Key Readings for Energy Geography

Find key texts for energy geography below. This is a live and evolving list, please let us know if you have suggestions or  additions!

Baka, J., & Vaishnava, S. (2020). The evolving borderland of energy geographies. Geography Compass, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12493

Bridge, G., Bouzarovski, S., Bradshaw, M., & Eyre, N. (2013). Geographies of energy transition: Space, place and the low-carbon economy. Energy Policy, 53, 331–340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.066

Bridge, G. (2018). The map is not the territory: A sympathetic critique of energy research’s spatial turn.Energy Research and Social Science, 36, 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.09.033

Bridge, G., Barr, S., Bouzarovski, S., Bradshaw, M., Brown, E., Bulkeley, H., & Walker, G. (2018). Energy and Society: A Critical Perspective (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi-org.ezproxy4.library.arizona.edu/10.4324/9781351019026

Calvert, K. (2016). From ‘energy geography’ to ‘energy geographies’: Perspectives on a fertile academic borderland. Progress in Human Geography, 40(1), 105–125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132514566343

Hoicka, C. E. (2023). How do we practice equity, diversity and inclusion in sustainable energy research? Advice for modern researchers. Energy Research & Social Science, 97, 102964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.102964

Huber, M. (2015). Theorizing Energy Geographies. Geography Compass, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12214

Huber, M. T., & McCarthy, J. (2017). Beyond the subterranean energy regime? Fuel, land use and the production of space. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 42(4), 655–668. 

Knuth, S., Behrsin, I., Levenda, A., & McCarthy, J. (2022). New political ecologies of renewable energy. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 5(3), 997–1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486221108164

Kumar, A. (2022). Energy geographies in/of the Anthropocene: Where now? Geography Compass, 16(10). https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12659

Pasqualetti, M. J. (2011). The Geography of Energy and the Wealth of the World. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101(4), 971– 980. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2011.575323

Zimmerer, K. S. (2011). New geographies of energy: Introduction to the special issue. In Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 101, Issue 4, pp. 705–711. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2011.575318