Dear Colleagues:

Please consider contributing to a new book entitled Democratizing Energy: Insecurities, Risks, Transitions (Elsevier).

I am editing the volume together with Majia Nadesan and Martin Pasqualetti. We would love to see a strong contribution from development folks as well as geographic representation from regions around the world.

We are requesting an abstract by March 1, but the final draft due date is not until March of next year, so perhaps you can work it into your schedule?

I would appreciate it if you could email me directly with your expression of interest, even if tentatively.

The complete call is attached, but here is a summary:

DEMOCRATIZING ENERGY: INSECURITIES, RISKS, TRANSITIONS

Majia H. Nadesan, Martin J. Pasqualetti, and Jennifer Keahey, editors

OVERVIEW
Energy shapes cultural zeitgeists, impacting individual and collective senses of well-being and in/security. The form and flow of energy shapes societal landscapes, institutions and conditions of everyday life. In turn, the form, the supply, and the demand of energy predicate our collective future, a future that looks increasingly dystopic. All this is explained by a simple reality: The thread of energy weaves in and out of our daily routines, our economic transactions, our national policies and deployments, and just about everything else.

Given the critical importance of energy in world affairs – including rising energy demand in countries of the Global South, the geopolitics of energy, and the imminent threats of climate change – this volume addresses two primary questions (below). (More specific questions are listed later in this call for contributions.)

1.     What approaches should we adopt to improve energy governance if we are to achieve ecologically and socially sustainable energy futures?

2.     Are energy democracies capable of resolving the wave of energy-related issues moving forward?

Options

Contributions are welcome in whichever option suits your time and interest.  Three are available (1) Section foreword, (2) Short essay (1-2,000 words), (3) Chapter (2-5,000+ words)

Timeline

March 1, 2020 – Abstracts Due

October 1, 2020 – First Draft Due

December 15, 2020 – Feedback to Authors Due

March 15, 2021 – Final Draft Due

June 1, 2021 -- Submission to Elsevier Due