New directions for interconnector research: drawing from social sciences and humanities perspectives to explore the Celtic Interconnector

IF 7.2 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI:10.1016/j.erss.2025.104473

Alexandra Revez , Evan Boyle , Anne Goarzin , Edmond Byrne , Jesse D. Peterson , Fionn Rogan , Claire Connolly , Aoife Deane , James Cuffe , Roman Le Goff Latimier , Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh , David Espes , Brian Ó Gallachóir

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The current discourse on interconnectors primarily centers on the technical and economic aspects necessary for delivering a stable grid infrastructure powered by renewable sources and for integrating energy markets. This article, therefore, explores opportunities to broaden definitions of energy grid interconnectivity beyond the techno-economic sphere. It considers multidisciplinary perspectives and presents novel exploratory viewpoints from the social sciences and humanities. It examines ideas of interconnection by drawing on the Celtic Interconnector, an Irish-French initiative, to explore the cultural, historical, political, and geographical dimensions of interconnectivity. Insights are derived from two workshops with academics in Ireland and France, encouraging a more contextual understanding of energy interconnections beyond their physical and economic dimensions. The article builds on these insights to set out an agenda for future research and reflect on frames of reference for describing, analysing, and engaging with emerging interconnector processes and the multiple stakeholders involved.

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互联研究的新方向：从社会科学和人文科学的角度探索凯尔特互联

目前关于互联的讨论主要集中在提供由可再生能源供电的稳定电网基础设施和整合能源市场所必需的技术和经济方面。因此，本文探讨了在技术经济领域之外扩大能源电网互联定义的机会。它考虑了多学科的观点，并从社会科学和人文科学提出了新颖的探索性观点。它通过借鉴爱尔兰-法国倡议的凯尔特互联（Celtic Interconnector）来探讨互联的文化、历史、政治和地理层面。这些见解来自于与爱尔兰和法国学者的两次研讨会，鼓励人们在物理和经济层面之外对能源互联进行更多的背景理解。本文建立在这些见解的基础上，为未来的研究制定了议程，并反思了描述、分析和参与新兴互连过程和涉及的多个利益相关者的参考框架。

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Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

CiteScore

14.00

自引率

16.40%

发文量

441

审稿时长

55 days

期刊介绍： Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.