Request for Research Proposals: The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions

UNU-WIDER and the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are collaborating to assemble an edited volume focused on the political economy of clean energy. Sustainable energy transitions involve the shift of resources between competing industrial sectors and political constituencies.

Stakeholders in this process have varying degrees of political and economic power, and understanding how political economic factors influence clean energy transitions is crucial to effective policy formulation and facilitating transitions to sustainable energy systems. This initiative seeks to contribute to enhanced understanding of these factors.

UNU-WIDER and JISEA/NREL invite proposals from qualified researchers for papers exploring the political economy of clean energy. The aim is that these papers will culminate as chapters in a book volume.

The deadline for submissions is February 28th, 2015.

Further details and the official submission page can be found at: 
http://www.wider.unu.edu/opportunities/proposals/en_GB/research-proposal-political-economy-clean-energy-transitions/