For many years, energy market design has held great promises as a solution to current
energy issues; ranging from increasing international trade to emissions reduction, the …

The social life of methods–the idea that research methods are an important topic of inquiry in
and of themselves–has been receiving increasing interest in scholarship on the organisation …

The growing attention to sustainable transitions suggests that the development of renewable
energies is a central pillar of the transition towards low-carbon societies. However, even …

A diagnosis for why the social sciences have limited impact on energy policy-making is
proposed, and the outline of a remedy presented. The diagnosis identifies the limited use …

Solar power, and in particular solar photovoltaics (solar PV), is a rapidly growing source of
energy in many regions of the world. However, the contribution of solar power in Middle East …

The building integrated grid connected PV (BIGCP) is one of the most promising types of
urban distributed renewable energy sources. Many researchers found high BIGCP potential …

El presente artículo presenta una visión panorámica de los estudios sociales de la energía
a la vez que introduce los artículos del monográfico. Se comienza presentando las razones …

Despite growing scholarship on the politics of sociotechnical transitions, the role of
aparticularly relevant actor type–political parties–has been largely overlooked. To address …

Au cours des années 2000, le développement de la filière photovoltaïque en France a
essentiellement pris la forme de projets individuels et privés, organisés autour d'une quête …

The development of renewable energy is one manifestation of current transformations in the
organisation of European energy production and markets. To illuminate the changes …