Project description

Graduate seminar examining the role of energy science, technology, and policy international development. The course will look at how changes in the theory and practiceof energy systems and of international development have co-evolved over the past half-century, and what opportunities exist going forward.A focus will be on rural and decentralized energy use, and the issues of technology, culture,and politics that are raised by both current trajectories, and potential alternative energychoices. We will explore the frequently divergent ideas about energy and development thathave emerged from civil society, academia, multinational development agencies, and the private and industrial sector.

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