Introducing SSH aspects of Energy Transitions

The European Commission has supported a better integration of non-economic energy-Social Sciences and Humanities into the energy research and policy process in the last years. It is considered crucial that SSH topics and approaches are included in European funding strategies, and that the SSH community is included in selection processes. Energy transitions are not only technological and ecological challenges but also political and social ones. We need to draw on many kinds of knowledge – including evidence from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). In this presentation, we explore the challenges in the integration of SSH approaches and methods in the energy domain and discuss several topics where energy SSH have produced more valuable results