Dear Colleagues, We are editing the 'International Handbook of Energy Security' for the publishers Edward Elgar, and are seeking expressions of interest in contributing to some remaining topics we'd like covered, as indicated at the end of this message.
We already have commitments to most topics by a range of prominent scholars, including John Vogler, Jurgen Scheffran, Michael Watts, Kathleen Hancock, Aad Correlje, Cleo Paskal, Aleh Cherp and others, and we hope you can join in what promises to be an interesting project. The volume will include some 30 chapters in several parts, covering areas of security of energy supply and demand, energy and the environment, and energy and human security. As a handbook, the aim is to provide a constructively critical overview of energy security issues and debates, rather than purely original research per se, though original insights are anticipated and we expect the volume will advance academic debates as well as inform practitioners. It is the publishers expectation that the work will be included in the Social Science Citation Index, through their agreement with Thompson Reuters (though the latter would ultimately make that editorial decision). If accepted as a contributor, you would then be asked to accept a strict deadline 31 August 2012 for your contribution of no more than 8000 words, to be submitted to Julia Trombetta ([email protected]) electronically as a Word.doc file. This would in turn allow us to turn around any requested editorial changes for a final version by the end of September, with the prospect of publication in the summer of 2013. We would welcome expressions of interest, and if you're willing and able to contribute to one of the topic headings listed below (*), then please respond to Julia Trombetta ([email protected]) by 15 April with your contact information and institutional affiliation and a brief summary of your qualifications for writing the chapter (or just a website link or attached CV, as convenient). We would then respond by the end of April with a decision about participation, and where accepted then provide style guidelines and agreement forms, and respond to any queries you may have. We look forward to hearing from you. Hugh Dyer and Julia Trombetta TOPICS AVAILABLE: IN THE SECTION ON SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY * National Energy Strategies: Industrial Societies IN THE SECTION ON SECURITY OF ENERGY DEMAND * Energy Price Volatility: Markets and Interventions. * Securing Energy, Securing Investments. * Producers, Retailers and Consumers: Affordability and Transition IN THE SECTION ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY * Environmental Impacts and Security Implications of Fossil Fuel Extraction. * Environmental Impacts and Security Implications of Energy Distribution. * Environmental Impacts and Security Implications of Energy Consumption. IN THE SECTION ON ENERGY AND HUMAN SECURITY * Ethical Dimensions of Renewable Energy. * Centralized vs. Decentralized Energy Systems and Human Security * The Political-Economy of Energy Infrastructures: Pathways to Change. ---
