An interdisciplinary understanding of energy citizenship: Integrating psychological, legal, and economic perspectives on a citizen-centred sustainable energy transition

Autor(en)

Karen R.S. Hamann, Maria P. Bertel, Bożena Ryszawska, Brigitta Lurger, Piotr Szymański, Magdalena Rozwadowska, Fleur Goedkoop, Lise Jans, Goda Perlaviciute, Torsten Masson, Immo Fritsche, Tamara Favaro, Annemarie Hofer, Iris Eisenberger, Celin Gutschi, Carla Grosche, Johanna Held, Ursula Athenstaedt, Katja Corcoran

Abstrakt

Energy citizenship is an emerging concept in policy and practice. Yet scientific theorising around energy citizenship is scarce, and rarely bundled in interdisciplinary discourse. In this article, we present an interdisciplinary definition of energy citizenship as people's rights to and responsibilities for a just and sustainable energy transition. Energy citizenship contains multiple aspects and allows for various approaches, of which we zoom into psychological, legal, and economic perspectives on the topic. From a psychological perspective, we construct an empirically testable sub-definition of energy citizenship based on previous psychological theorising. A legal perspective shows, exemplarily for the EU context, that energy citizenship qualifies as an EU citizenship because it consists of a bundle of rights and duties of the individual in the context of a committed, just and sustainable energy transition. An economic perspective reveals how energy citizenship already takes shape in current EU directives, and how this implies a new – more collectivist – economic model. Drawing on the three perspectives, we then sketch energy citizenship as an interdisciplinary research field. As a conclusion, we present a transdisciplinary definition of energy citizenship that is suitable for policy makers, energy communities and citizens, as it explicates a co-responsible process of people and governments.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Innovation und Digitalisierung im Recht

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Leipzig, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Università degli Studi di Pisa

Journal

Energy Research & Social Science

Band

97

Anzahl der Seiten

18

ISSN

2214-6326

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.102959

Publikationsdatum

03-2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

505012 Öffentliches Recht, 504030 Wirtschaftssoziologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 7 – Bezahlbare und saubere Energie

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/an-interdisciplinary-understanding-of-energy-citizenship-integrating-psychological-legal-and-economic-perspectives-on-a-citizencentred-sustainable-energy-transition(e65424c6-d64b-4527-9033-09d226ccafd8).html