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2016-10-16
SSHRC Awarded IG 2017: Despite scientific consensus about the environmental costs of petrocarbon use and increasing political desire for energy transition, our societies remain fully dependent on fossil fuels. This research explores the ability---or inability---of contemporary culture to address...
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Fostering Community Engagement through Knowledge Mobilization in Renewable Energy Cooperatives - A Case Study of Canmore, Alberta
DownloadFall 2024
Renewable energy cooperatives can be critical resources in promoting sustainable energy transitions and developing alternates to conventional energy systems. Gaining experience and learning from those cooperatives innovating practices on the frontlines can support emerging energy communities, and...
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2012-10-10
SSHRC Awarded IG 2013: The character of contemporary life depends fundamentally on oil -- an accessible, easy to store, easy to transport, and rich source of energy that has created the material conditions for manufacturing economies, global trade, large-scale human population growth,...
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2015-01-01
SSHRC Awarded Knowledge Synthesis grant 2015: The dominant form of energy of any given era shapes the characteristics and capacities of societies in an essential way; energy is a key aspect of the fabric of our social experience, and not just a neutral input that helps run the engines of our...
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2022-10-27
SSHRC IG awarded 2023: Canada is experiencing rapid energy transition, with profound implications for how we live, move and work. Our country is poised to expand renewable energy capacity from 19 gigawatts in 2021 to almost 45 GW in 2025, driven mainly from wind and solar energy projects in...