Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Urban Geography of Green Jobs

博士论文研究：绿色就业的城市地理学

• 批准号: 1932905
• 负责人: Nik Heynen
• 金额: $ 1.47万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1932905&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Urban; Geography

This doctoral dissertation research improvement project is about how urban job training prepares workers for clean energy employment in cities. This research investigates the career pathways of workers as the energy sector transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energies. It analyzes contemporary job training programs together with historical processes that limit access to jobs in the energy sector. The benefits of this research will determine how economic development and employment opportunities emerging from public and utility investment can best support under-served communities. The research results will be disseminated through academic publications, conferences, white papers and policy reports developed in conjunction with local grassroots stakeholders and through national environmental and labor organizations. As a doctoral dissertation project this project advances the career of a junior scientist.The doctoral student will investigate how the history of the civil rights movement shapes emergent energy and labor politics in the formation of green jobs policy in U.S. cities. This research asks, how can green jobs policies leverage public infrastructure programs to create training opportunities that identify barriers to advancement in employment? This project draws on political ecology and environmental justice to identify how job readiness programs fail to consider everyday life situations that make it difficult for workers to maintain a job. Questions of everyday experiences of worker recruitment, training, and placement into jobs contribute to understanding employment dynamics in the process of energy transition. The research question will be answered through archival research and policy analysis to follow green jobs programs through state agencies and advocacy organizations, via interviews with key environmental and labor organizations, and from participant observation to examine equity objectives.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个博士论文研究改进项目是关于城市就业培训如何为工人在城市清洁能源就业做好准备。这项研究调查了能源行业从化石燃料向可再生能源转型时工人的职业道路。它分析了当代职业培训计划以及限制能源部门就业机会的历史过程。这项研究的好处将决定公共和公用事业投资带来的经济发展和就业机会如何能够最好地支持服务不足的社区。研究结果将通过学术出版物、会议、白皮书和与当地基层利益相关者以及国家环境和劳工组织共同制定的政策报告进行传播。作为一个博士论文项目，该项目促进了初级科学家的职业生涯。博士生将研究民权运动的历史如何在美国城市绿色就业政策的形成过程中塑造新兴能源和劳工政治。本研究提出，绿色就业政策如何利用公共基础设施计划来创造培训机会，以识别就业进步的障碍？该项目利用政治生态学和环境正义来确定工作准备计划如何未能考虑导致工人难以保住工作的日常生活情况。工人招聘、培训和就业安置的日常经历问题有助于了解能源转型过程中的就业动态。研究问题将通过档案研究和政策分析来回答，以跟踪国家机构和倡导组织的绿色就业计划，通过对主要环境和劳工组织的访谈，以及通过参与者观察来审查公平目标。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Just Transition for All? Labor Organizing in the Energy Sector Beyond the Loss of “Jobs Property”

只是所有人的过渡？

• DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2022.2079471
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Annals of the American Association of Geographers
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Luke, Nikki

Powering racial capitalism: Electricity, rate-making, and the uneven energy geographies of Atlanta

• DOI: 10.1177/25148486211016736
• 发表时间: 2021-06-17
• 期刊: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING E-NATURE AND SPACE
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Luke, Nikki