Energy geography in East Africa: spatial dimensions of renewable energy transitions and sociotechnical change
Research Project, 2020
– 2024
The project is led by PhD student Sylvère Hategekimana from University of Rwanda and Chalmers research School Energy, Environment and Systems. It aims to understand the role of spatial dimensions of energy transition for rural transformation processes in the East Africa. Placed in the field of Energy Geography, the project contributes conceptually to analyses of spatial patterns of energy transitions and makes empirical contributions to deeper knowledge regarding trends in development of resources, flows of finance and knowledge, territorialities, actor networks and power dynamics as well as their effects on rural transformation in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Participants
Helene Ahlborg (contact)
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Environmental Systems Analysis
Sverker Molander
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Environmental Systems Analysis
Madelene Ostwald
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Collaborations
University of Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
Funding
SIDA
Funding Chalmers participation during 2020–2024
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Energy
Areas of Advance