Henner Busch

Henner Busch

Associate Professor, Researcher

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Research

Research Interests

Energy Justice

Renewable Energy Transitions

Community Energy & Energy Cooperatives

Urban Climate Governance

Just Transition

Carbon Capture and Storage

The Depiction of Environmental Processes in Video Games

 

My research mainly focusses on the social and political aspects of energy system change and climate mitigation. I am particulaly interested in conflicts arising from transition processes. I use a wide array of theories and methods from the social sciences. 

Biography

I am currently working as an Associate Professor at LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies). Between Feb 2018 and Nov 2020, I worked as a postdoc at the department of HUman Geography at Lund University. From 2016 to 2017 I worked as a researcher at LUCSUS. Before that I was a PhD candidate in Sustainability Science at LUCSUS and member of the LUCID research school (Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability).

I have a background in Governmental Studies (Erfurt, Germany) and hold a MSC in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES) from Lund University. I graduated in 2010 with a thesis on the motivation of municipal key-actors to support the introduction of renewable energies. After graduation I have been working at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engeneering in Potsdam-Bornim, Germany. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Free keywords

  • Transnational municipal networks
  • Renewable energy
  • Urban sustainability
  • Urban climate governance
  • Energy justice
  • Community ennergy
  • Climate change in video games

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