Imaginaries and practices: learning from ENERGISE about the integration of social sciences with the EU Energy Union
Genus, Audley Fahy, Frances Goggins, Gary Iskandarova, Marfuga Laakso, Senja
Genus, Audley
Fahy, Frances
Goggins, Gary
Iskandarova, Marfuga
Laakso, Senja
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2018-08-24
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Genus A., Fahy F., Goggins G., Iskandarova M., Laakso S. (2018) Imaginaries and Practices: Learning from ‘ENERGISE’ About the Integration of Social Sciences with the EU Energy Union. In: Foulds C., Robison R. (eds) Advancing Energy Policy. Palgrave Pivot, Cham
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This chapter aims (1) to identify problematic framings relating to the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research with the developing EU Energy Union and (2) to account for the practice of SSH-related energy policy integration with regard to the disciplines, actors, initiatives and processes involved. It articulates an imaginary of SSH and policy integration prevalent in Horizon 2020 funding calls relating to the EU Energy Union, which prefigures what is asked of SSH. Implications of this imaginary for the framing, substance and process of energy policymaking and the role of SSH research therein are discussed. An alternative imaginary is depicted, based on reflection on ‘European Network for Research, Good Practice and Innovation for Sustainable Energy’ (ENERGISE), a three-year, pan-European Horizon 2020-funded project being undertaken by the authors and other partners. The conclusion identifies priorities which need to be addressed in future Horizon 2020-funded research, centring on further probing of alternative imaginaries of, and approaches to, eliciting energy policy integration of SSH.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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10.1007/978-3-319-99097-2_9
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland