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Just energy transition and gender. A systematic review for feminist research

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104138

Martina Angela Caretta , Diana Vela-Almeida

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Gendered impacts of oil price shocks: analyzing women's labor force participation in petrostates 油价冲击的性别影响：石油国家女性劳动力参与分析

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104134

Soran Mohtadi , Brian Blankenship , Qaraman Hasan , Indra Overland , Stella Tsani , Johannes Urpelainen

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A conceptual framework for residential energy security in the context of clean energy transitions 清洁能源转型背景下的住宅能源安全概念框架

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104096

Camille Wejnert-Depue , Ying Zhang , Kelly Casper , Brian C. O'Neill , Stephanie T. Waldhoff

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Affordable solar for whom? Understanding the effects of a policy intervention on residential solar adoption among vulnerable communities 谁能负担得起太阳能？了解政策干预对脆弱社区住宅太阳能采用的影响

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104122

Mokshda Kaul , Danae Hernandez-Cortes

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“I can't compromise the quality of my life I'm sorry”: Privileged individuals in the United Kingdom show little willingness to change high-carbon lifestyles “对不起，我不能牺牲我的生活质量”：英国的特权阶层几乎不愿意改变高碳生活方式

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104114

Sophie Duncan , Annika Hjelmskog , Esther K. Papies

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When energy resources, transit routes, critical minerals and the interests of great powers meet in the Western Balkans: do citizens have a voice? 当能源资源、运输路线、关键矿产和大国利益在西巴尔干相遇时，公民有发言权吗？

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104153

Mirjana Radovanović , Sanja Filipović , Goran Šimić

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Friend or foe? Diesel generators and the global energy transition 是敌是友？柴油发电机与全球能源转型

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104124

Charles Lawrie , Camillo Stubenberg

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Corporate-led approaches to affordable energy: the advantages and limitations of pay-as-you-go (PayGo) for cooking with LPG in Dar Es Salaam 企业主导的可负担能源方法：在达累斯萨拉姆使用液化石油气烹饪的即用即付（PayGo）的优点和局限性

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104155

Kirsten Ulsrud , Mikkel Vindegg , Lars Kåre Grimsby , Borgar Aamaas

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A quiet public? Procedural justice in Portuguese wind energy governance 安静的公共场所？葡萄牙风能治理中的程序正义

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104147

Flávio G. Oliveira, Inês Campos, Filipe Moreira Alves

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Sustainable energy technology adoption for a low-carbon future: A global meta-analysis of psychological determinants 采用可持续能源技术实现低碳未来：心理决定因素的全球荟萃分析

IF 6.9 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104152

Philipp S. Eppe , Elena Niehoff , Casper Albers , Thijs Bouman

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