Towards a conceptualization of power and micro-level politics in energy transitions

STEPS Centre Seminar: Helene Ahlborg 12.00-1.30, Monday 11 April 2016
Room C175 (Global Studies Resources Centre meeting room), Arts C, University of Sussex

Helene Ahlborg will share her research about rural mini-hydropower electrification in Tanzania  and societal transformation. She will explain why and how electrification processes simultaneously reinforce social inequality and enhance social mobility.

Ahlborg studies the co-development of technology and society and how the provision of electricity services, based on small-scale renewable energy resources, impacts on people’s lives and transforms rural communities. She also looks at how the local context and relations of power influence the electrification process and impact on the long–term viability of the energy system.

Helene belongs to the interdisciplinary research group STEEP-RES (Socio-Technical-Ecological Evaluations of Potential Renewable Energy Systems) at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. Find out more about Helene Ahlborg.

Everyone welcome!