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Are you researching energy systems at the margins? Show us how transformation unfolds -or fails- on the edge, at the upcoming Energy Ethics 2026 conference, St Andrews. CfP for our panel 'Island Energy Vs Energy Islands" at energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/ee2026/open-...

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New Blog Post 📣

Informed by years of ethnographic work, Gard Vangsnes discusses the pressures leading Amazonian indigenous communities to open up their lands to external gold mining and what has led groups like the Shuar to take up mining themselves

energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/blog/gold-ru...

Climate emotions, energy futures and the arts - the #EnergyinMotion Conference will kick off this Sunday with fantastic workshops, panel discussions, performances and more. I will present my research on island energy imaginaries on Monday. Join us for this hybrid event @energy-ethics.bsky.social

Graphic describing the online programme with 4 online workshops, 44 academic papers, film screenings and more

Graphic description of panel themes including resistance, justice, action, hope, artful methods, oil, energy, and more

Graphic describing online workshops

Graphic describing plenary sessions

Using my first BlueSky post to share this exciting hybrid conference 8-10 June I've organised with @susanwardell.bsky.social @gair.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social
#EnergyinMotion #CEE2025
Join us for art workshops, talks, poetry, film and more!

Our PEPtalk series is back

10am - 12pm BST
Thurs 24 April
In-Person & Online

Join our expert panellists – @corneliahelmcke.bsky.social, Fraser Stewart & Jamie Speirs – as they examine what is at stake & what comes next for #EnergyPolicy

#EnergySky

Registration is open now 👇
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'Resolving the Energy Trilemma across the Scottish Islands': the results of my island energy research are now published as policy report + brief to inform future energy policy energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/senior-... @cescotland.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social @ehl-alliance.bsky.social

Two days to go! Submit your abstract if you are fascinated by energy, climate emotions and art @energy-ethics.bsky.social @ehl-alliance.bsky.social @cescotland.bsky.social @energygeography.bsky.social

Last week 400 Grangemouth refinery workers were handed redundancy notices. Tomorrow at 1pm, @riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I will present research from interviews with Grangemouth workers on our unjust energy transition.
@energy-ethics.bsky.social St Andrews. Sign up either in person or online.

My recent Energy Blog post reflects on my ‘townhall’ events on different Scottish isles where local community groups, energy experts & residents discussed constraints to the National Grid for those 'at the end of the line'.

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Engineering Reality This book offers unprecedented insights into the politics around environmental impact assessments and the power they entail

My book analysing the politics of EIA and its relevance for the just energy transition, developing the theory of Energy Data Justice, available here link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

"Helmcke does not stop at acknowledging the politics of EIA, but her more ambitious aim is to turn it into a subversive tool with decolonial potential."

"Cornelia Helmcke's Engineering Reality examines the use and misuse of EIA in a large dam project in Colombia to bring clarity to the politics that surrounds it."

I am delighted to share with you the recent review of my book Engineering Reality by my brilliant colleague Gustav Cederlöf in the Journal of Political Ecology journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/... #EnergyTransition #Colombia #elquimbo @alliance_ehl @energy-ethics.bsky.social