New Book: Demanding Energy - Space, Time and Change

Marlyne Sahakian, Assistant Professor affiliated with the GEDT, recently published a book chapter entitled Constructing Normality Through Material and Social Lock-In: The Dynamics of Energy Consumption Among Geneva’s More Affluent Households, within the Book Demanding Energy: Space, Time and Change. The latter  critically engages with an important but rarely-asked question: what is energy for? This starting point foregrounds the diverse social processes implicated in the making of energy demand and how these change over time to shape the past patterns, present dynamics and future trajectories of energy use. Through a series of innovative case studies, the book explores how energy demand is embedded in shared practices and activities within society, such as going to music festivals, cooking food, travelling for business or leisure and working in hospitals.