How are societal values coupled with technical decision-making when it comes to energy security in specific countries or in relation to specific businesses or technologies? Bringing together researchers from diverse backgrounds, the workshop will to start a discussion of the so-called ‘socio-technical imaginaries’ of energy security present today. This will add much needed nuance to energy discussions, which very often either stay at a very general, geopolitical level – or delve into technical risk assessments while forgetting the social context.
J. Peter Burgess will hold the keynote address 'What is new and what is old about the concept of energy security?'
