Should we quit our jobs? Challenges, barriers and recommendations for interdisciplinary energy research

Geertje Schuitema and Nicole D. Sintov

Energy Policy, 2017, vol. 101, issue C, 246-250

Abstract: Many plea for a better integration of social sciences in energy research, which would imply more comprehensive interdisciplinary energy research. We argue that in order to achieve this, institutional barriers and research challenges need to be recognised and addressed. We identify six challenges and barriers, and provide recommendations for working towards solutions. We conclude that to engage in interdisciplinary research implies extra costs and fewer rewards for all researchers, particularly early and mid-career academics. We propose a new conceptualisation of practices and incentive structures among academic institutions, funding agencies, and publication outlets, and urge all energy researchers to join this debate.

Keywords: Interdisciplinary energy research; Science policy; University structures; Publication process; Research costs and rewards; Early and mid-career academics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.11.043

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