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Faculty of Science

School of Information Systems

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Research centre

Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology

Supervisors

Dr Kenan Degirmenci
Position
Lecturer in Information Systems
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Science

Overview

Climate justice aims at sharing the benefits and burdens of climate change equitably between individuals and communities, regardless of their socioeconomic status, geographic location, or other demographic factors (Upham et al., 2022). Yet, ethnic minority populations are disadvantaged, for example, with rising energy costs and limited access to renewable energy sources, such as African Americans in the United States (Nature Energy Editorial, 2020) or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia (Cain, 2024).

In this project, we analyse eco-equity as a means of fair and transparent distribution of resources both within and across generations (Watson et al., 2010), and we examine corruption which can hamper the ability to adapt to climate change (Alves and Mariano, 2018).

References

  • Alves, M. W. F. M., Mariano, E. B. (2018). Climate justice and human development: A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 202, 360-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.091
  • Cain, A. (2024). Energy justice of sociotechnical imaginaries of light and life in the bush. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 5, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2023.100073
  • Nature Energy Editorial. (2022). Energy justice towards racial justice. Nature Energy, 5, 551. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-00681-w
  • Upham, P., Sovacool, B., & Ghosh, B. (2022). Just transitions for industrial decarbonisation: A framework for innovation, participation, and justice. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 167, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112699
  • Watson, R. T., Boudreau, M.-C., & Chen, A. J. (2010). Information systems and environmentally sustainable development: Energy informatics and new directions for the IS community. MIS Quarterly, 34(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.2307/20721413

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