Publication type
A3 Book section, chapters in research books
Author(s)
Lotta Apajalahti
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Energy
LUT School of Energy Systems
Lappeenranta
LUT Focus Areas
Business and society
Energy transition
Research areas
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Energy
Social Sciences
Biography
I'm a social scientist working on various energy-related research, main focus being on sustainable energy transition. My research interests include the societal impact on renewable energy that takes into account planetary boundaries, challenges and support for emerging energy communities and women energy entrepreneurs in the Global South, socio-cultural framing of novel technology, modeling vulnerabilities of energy systems change, identifying and modeling system/sector interlinkages on energy, food and mobility, path dependency, and path break-out in the electricity sector in Europe and decarbonizing energy systems. I'm leading a multidisciplinary research group on Energy & Society. I'm co-teaching a Master's level course in Energy & Society that is open to all disciplines in LUT.
Researcher information
Keywords
Energy transition, socio-technical change, societal impacts of renewable energy, energy communities
