Project properties
Title Governance of (new) energy technologies: shale gas and geothermal energy
Group Public Administration and Policy
Project type thesis
Credits 12
Supervisor(s) Efrat Gommeh and Dr. Tamara Metze
Examiner(s) Dr. Tamara Metze
Contact info efrat.gommeh@wur.nl
Begin date 2019/03/01
End date 2022/10/01
Description In an energy transition to renewable energy, energy technologies may cause conflicts. For example, local communities may contest the production of shale gas or deep geothermal energy. These local conflicts; however, are always connected to national and global energy and environmental policies. In this project we study these policies in three countries and aim to better understand how these influence the local conflicts – and how these local conflicts influence energy (and environmental) policies.
In this Master Thesis project, we are interested in the role of rules and institutions in global energy, and in a comparison of the energy policies in the Netherlands, South Africa and US (specifically, New York State) in relation to emerging controversies over energy technologies.

Region: The Netherlands, South Africa, US (New York State)
Used skills Qualitative and possibly quantitative research
Requirements We look for an ambitious student who is capable of working autonomously and has/have a background in political science. Students are expected to further develop the above in a stand-alone research proposal.