Whose ego needs are being met? That, imho, is the key question, in almost any gathering, whether it dresses itself up as academic (aka 'intellectual'), activist, capitalist, whatever. If you ask that question (at least to yourself – it's a CLM to say what you think, after all), then a whole lot probably becomes clearer.... Continue Reading →
Event Report; ‘Connecting national energy transitions with changes in urban energy systems’
Professor Aleh Cherp, Central European University (Hungary) and University of Lund (Sweden) yesterday gave a seminar titled 'Connecting national energy transitions with changes in urban energy systems', at the University of Manchester. This below is mostly rough notes, and I may have mangled, so please don’t take as gospel. Mostly it’s an aide-memoire and ‘things... Continue Reading →
The politics of socio-technical transitions #03
Here's the third post on this topic, ahead of a symposium on Monday. You can read the first one here and the second one here. Mostly I'll be extolling the virtues of; Newell, P. and Paterson, M. (1998) A climate for business: global warming, the state and capital. Review of International Political Economy Vo.. 5... Continue Reading →
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