energy

Titled 'From the State to the Market and Back. Policy Implications of Changing Energy Paradigms', Andreas Goldthau's latest piece argues that the market as dominant governance model in energy is increasingly contested. Businesses need to be prepared to adapt to fragmented environments between state dirigisme and market liberalism.

On 6 October 2011, DPP faculty member Andreas Goldthau participated in a one-day "Global Energy Strategy Simulation" in Istanbul, organized by the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSIAD) and run by the Texas-based global intelligence company Stratfor.

The event, which drew an audience of roughly 500 people, sought to simulate how major producers, consumers and transit countries would respond to fluctuations in oil prices in the future.

Aleh Cherp, Andreas Goldthau, and Jessica Jewell present a new paper at the Standing Group on International relations. The paper argues that since the Energy System is a complex system the challenges it faces must be governed by striking a tenuous balance between exploitation (characterized by determination and efficiency) and exploration (characterized by diversity and flexibility).

This summer Jessica Jewell of the Energy Policy Research Group and the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy is participating in the Young Scientists Summer Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis outside of Vienna.

Jessica Jewell, an EPRG member and a PhD Student in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy presented a paper at the University of Sussex Energy Group Conference "Energy transitions in an interdependent world: what and where are the future social science research agendas?". The paper reviewed the 50 some countries that have expressed interest in developing a national nuclear power program and evaluated them for the capacities and drivers of implementation. 

The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), and the Brookings Institution, held a conference entitled "Towards a Nuclear Power Renaissance? Challenges for Global Energy Governance" on 4 - 5 March 2010 in Potsdam. The conference included approximately 40 participants from Germany, Europe and the United States.

The global market for oil and gas resources is rapidly changing. Three major trends - the rise of new consumers, the increasing influence of state players, and concerns about climate change - are combining to challenge existing regulatory structures, many of which have been in place for a half-century. "Global Energy Governance" analyzes the energy market from an institutionalist perspective and offers practical policy recommendations to deal with these new challenges.