Hello all, at long last, this has now been finalized. See below for an email from the 2019 Conference Chair, Prof. Martin J. “Mike” Pasqualetti. He is copied here for any direct queries, and available at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>.
** Registration is now open for the ERSS 2019 conference, ENERGY AND SOCIETY IN TRANSITION. • https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/international-conference-on-energy-research-and-social-science • https://www.elsevier.com/erss-conference The conference will be held on the campus of Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, an easy 10 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport by car, taxi or light rail. ASU is the largest in the country, and houses a full complement of energy studies in the social sciences, design, the humanities, law, business, and engineering. Sky Harbor airport is well-served by most of the major airlines, including BA, American, United, Delta, and more. You are welcome to register, attend the conference, and explore the beautiful southwest USA (including Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon, and 7 additional national parks and monuments within driving distance). [ERSS header banner] We invite abstracts that explore the intersection of energy and social change. Illustrative examples of appropriate topics include, but are not limited to: * Societal drivers, dynamics, and outcomes of energy systems change (including social, economic, cultural, or political aspects) * Public perspectives on and responses to new energy technologies * Innovations in energy and electricity markets and policy * Changing landscapes and geographies of energy production, transport, and consumption * The social practices of energy use, demand, and behavior * Historical and social analyses of transitions * Cities, urban energy systems, and urban form and function * New models of governance and democracy * Geopolitics of energy transformations * The energy-poverty nexus, including questions of ethics, justice, and inequality in energy systems change * Energy innovation and sustainable development * Enduring and changing relationships of energy, gender, and race We welcome interdisciplinary contributions from across the social sciences, environmental studies, humanities, and energy research. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
