Research Programme: The Politics of Energy Security
About the Research Programme
The overall aim of the Politics of Energy Security research programme is to encourage original and comprehensive approaches to an understanding of 'energy security' and how it impacts on the political relations within, between and across states. This can be done by exploring the linkages between the evolving discourses on energy security, climate change and geopolitics. By developing parallel research projects within and across these three areas of inquiry, the following questions can be addressed:
- What is 'energy security' and how does it impact on received notions of national and international community?
- How have western governments responded to the pressures caused by dwindling supply, the increased concern over the global ecology and the increased demand for energy and resources caused by rapid industrialisation of India and China?
- How has this new discourse influenced the geopolitical relationship between the great powers and has the promise of new supplies given rise to new power brokers?
- How do these pressures and the responses to them relate to global security regimes such as those governing nuclear energy and nuclear weapons?
- How have these pressures impacted on the consolidation and promotion of other international norms such as human rights protection?
- A series of individual projects on the Politics of Energy Security Research Programme were presented at a one-day workshop on Monday 10th November 2008.
A series of individual projects on the Politics of Energy Security Research Programme were presented at a one-day workshop on Monday 10th November 2008.
Researcher Profile
Dr Hugh Dyer has published several articles and chapters on 'environmental security'.
He is also co-editor of the forthcoming International Handbook of Energy Security (Edward Elgar).