Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human, Technical, and Environmental Aspects of Energy Entrepreneurship

该项目将制作塞内加尔电网供应、使用和维护的历史人种志。重点将放在从国家管理的电网向企业家建设的地方电网的转变上。联合调查将探讨一系列行动者在这个社会技术系统中的角色和态度，从政治家、工程师、公用事业专业人员到能源企业家——通过利用他们或他们的家庭在自由化之前参与的贸易网络进入能源市场的跨国贸易商。参与者观察和访谈也将对家庭消费者进行。这项研究将形成一篇论文、期刊文章和一本书，对从事能源基础设施和市场问题、可持续发展的决策者和发展社区应该有价值。

This project will produce an historical ethnography of electric grid provision,use, and maintenance in Senegal. The focus will be on the shift from state-managedelectric grids to local electric grids built by entrepreneurs. The co-PI will explore the roleand attitudes of a range of actors in this socio-technological system, from politicians,engineers, and utility professionals to energy entrepreneurs-- transnational traders whohave entered the energy market by leveraging the trade networks they or their familiesparticipated in before liberalization. Participant observation and interviews will also bedone with household consumers.The research will result in a dissertation, journal articles, and a book which should be of value to policy makers and development communities engaged in energy infrastructure and market issues, sustainable development.