Energy Sovereignty, Energy Security, Energy Justice

Energy matters a great deal on both the local and global scale. Energy Sovereignty, Energy Security, Energy Justice explores key contemporary energy issues from a human perspective.

When we need solutions for energy problems, we often look to scientists and engineers for technological fixes, such as alternative energy sources, or carbon capture and storage. Do we need to include humanists and social scientists in the conversation? This volume argues that since energy systems are fundamentally social systems, any real solutions to energy problems must address the human dimensions of energy production and use.

Energy Security, Energy Sovereignty, Energy Justice brings together a multidisciplinary group of scholars to ponder questions about the human and social aspects of our past and current energy landscapes. What are the historical precedents for energy transition? What does energy sovereignty mean, and for whom? What are the wider implications of energy justice? Who should be included in these conversations?

This innovative book stages a conversation across a range of disciplines. Each chapter is followed by a response from one of the other contributors, building the ethic of dialogue that the book argues for into its very structure. The book concludes with an afterword by engineer Steven Bryant reflecting on the conversation as a whole, and on the value of taking a human-centred approach to energy issues.

With Contributions By: Alana Bartol, Anna Bettini, Steven L. Bryant, Warren Cariou, Petra Dolata, Jim Ellis, Noreen Humble, Jon Rozhon, Lori Thorlakson, and Sheena Wilson

Petra Dolata is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary.

Jim Ellis is a Professor of English and director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary.

Noreen Humble is Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary and associate director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities