Despite recent calls for more critical views of capitalism in sustainability transitions research,
a starting point for transitions researchers is lacking. Recognizing the potential of the …

When countries transition to renewable energy, why do some countries benefit in terms of
social equity outcomes more than others? This study examines the effects of technology …

What are the geopolitical risk implications related to the war in Ukraine for the raw material
and energy policies of countries highly dependent on Russia? This paper looks at the …

Two existential challenges have emerged for contemporary democracy over the last decade:
populism and climate change. Since the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis populist parties …

In this article, we investigate the combined impact of energy, renewable and CO 2 efficiency
on countries' overall productive performance. To this aim, we employ a global-level dataset …

While joining the European Union (EU) in 2004, the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4)
had to face a major challenge in the context of adapting to the EU standards in the field of …

The existing concepts of energy democracy and energy justice leaves little or no room for a
comprehensive discussion on state capacity that is vital for a successful energy transition …

The paper aims at describing and explaining the carbon-dependency political strategy in
climate-energy policies as an exemplary case of populist politics in Poland. Under the …

The paper examined how political hesitancy shaped the energy transition in Romania.
Aiming to reveal the contribution of the media to (re) frame energy transition, we employed …

The North-South divide forms the central axis along which scholars study the contemporary
global order. Yet many countries fall in-between the cracks of a world divided into core and …