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© The Author(s) 2020
S. Sareen (ed.), Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26891-6
A Workshop, pArAllel exhibitions And AssociAted
events
Several factors ensured a productive and convivial writing process, and
made this book possible. The conditions of its production also served a
further purpose through their own ontology, embodying its intent of
being accessible to a wider audience. This appendix tells the story of much
of what went into the making of this book and the collaborations that
inform it.
Stemming from concerns of social and environmental equity and justice, my interest in accountability has been informed by instruction from
and engagement with the co-authors. Christian Lund’s work on how
authority is produced in reflexive relation with claims over rights motivated a focus on relational practices. Steven Wolf’s work, drawing together
accountability, legitimation and empirical artefacts—captured in Kraft and
Wolf (2018)—shaped thinking around practices of legitimation as an entry
point to the empirical study of accountability. Håvard Haarstad’s work on
relational ontology and the networked governance of efforts to decarbonise informed the development of a relational approach. Benjamin
Sovacool’s work on energy justice was instructive in determining how to
engage decarbonisation and social equity enhancement as twin aspects of
accountability in governing energy transitions to sustainability. Timothy
Moss’ work, deepening historical understandings of energy transition
Appendix A
© The Author(s) 2020
S. Sareen (ed.), Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26891-6
A Workshop, pArAllel exhibitions And AssociAted
events
Several factors ensured a productive and convivial writing process, and
made this book possible. The conditions of its production also served a
further purpose through their own ontology, embodying its intent of
being accessible to a wider audience. This appendix tells the story of much
of what went into the making of this book and the collaborations that
inform it.
Stemming from concerns of social and environmental equity and justice, my interest in accountability has been informed by instruction from
and engagement with the co-authors. Christian Lund’s work on how
authority is produced in reflexive relation with claims over rights motivated a focus on relational practices. Steven Wolf’s work, drawing together
accountability, legitimation and empirical artefacts—captured in Kraft and
Wolf (2018)—shaped thinking around practices of legitimation as an entry
point to the empirical study of accountability. Håvard Haarstad’s work on
relational ontology and the networked governance of efforts to decarbonise informed the development of a relational approach. Benjamin
Sovacool’s work on energy justice was instructive in determining how to
engage decarbonisation and social equity enhancement as twin aspects of
accountability in governing energy transitions to sustainability. Timothy
Moss’ work, deepening historical understandings of energy transition
Appendix A