Energy transition is crucial to the struggle against climate change. Imre Szman is concerned with who is trying to lay claim to the narratives guiding our transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, how they are doing it, and why and to what ends. Mark Simpson joins Szeman in conversation about Szeman’s new book,
Futures of the Sun: The Struggle over Renewable Life.
Imre Szeman is director of the Institute for Environment, Conservation, and Sustainability and professor of human geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He is cofounder of the
Petrocultures Research group.
Mark Simpson is professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta, one of the founding collaborators on the research collective
After Oil, and a core member of the Petrocultures Research Group.
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“The content of this book is extraordinary. Imre Szeman is an exceptional expert, well-versed in analysing the complex intersections between energy, society, and politics. The book is a real opportunity to deepen our understanding of contemporary energy and political issues.”
—International Journal of Environmental Studies
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