The virtual workshop included the presentations of five research papers on energy poverty, energy insecurity, and utility disconnections.
Participants represented a range of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and research institutions.
Energy Insecurity and Utility Disconnections Research Workshop, May 2021
The papers presented at the workshop included:
Energy Poverty: Measuring and Planning
Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University
A Multidimensional Approach to Energy and Equity: Exploring Energy Poverty Recognition and Response in the U.S.
Dominic Bednar, University of Michigan
The Incidence of Extreme Economic Stress: Evidence from Utility Disconnections
Steve Cicala, Tufts University
The Effect of Utility Disconnection Moratoriums on Household Energy and Financial Insecurity
Trevor Memmott, Indiana University
Housing Precarity & the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts of Utility Disconnection and Eviction Moratoria on Infections and Deaths across US Counties
Kay Jowers, Duke University
Energy Justice Workshop, May 2019
The purpose of the workshop was to bring together researchers that are empirically investigating different aspects of energy justice.
There are important empirical questions that need to be addressed through innovations in both data and methodology. Although more and more scholarly attention is being paid to energy justice and the just transition, empirical research has lagged behind. Our underlying motivation for the workshop was to start a conversation about what empirical research in this field should look like, and how can we help develop a new cadre of scholars to engage.
The workshop was made possible through the generous support of Bruce Cain and the Bill Lane Center for the American West (Stanford University) and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.