Dear sustainability transitions and social science colleagues, Inspired greatly by the work of Jonathan Köhler et al<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210422418303332?via%3Dihub>. and the STRN research community, David J. Hess and I have attempted to undertake a similar project looking at the intersections of science and technology studies (STS) and energy and climate transitions. Our first study utilized a systematized review to take stock of the field and summarize what it has to offer; our second review involved a larger team of interdisciplinary science and technology studies colleagues (many of them STRN members) to propose future research agendas:
* Sociotechnical matters: Reviewing and integrating science and technology studies with energy social science<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629620300396> * Sociotechnical agendas: Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629620301924?via%3Dihub> (Both articles are gold open access and can be read by all with the links above). One of the novel aspects to the Köhler et al. study was that they opened it up to criticism, commentary, and debate by inviting a series of Comments in the sister journal EIST. Given we believe the discussion of STS could benefit from the same sort of exchange, we would like to do the same in the journal ERSS. I hereby invite the community to submit pitches for Perspectives (short articles of 2000 to 5000 words) that engage with-in any way-the two studies above. If interested, please submit a short pitch as a Word Document of 200 to 500 words to b.sovac...@sussex.ac.uk<mailto:b.sovac...@sussex.ac.uk> by end of the day November 1 2020. Contributions from early career scholars, scholars in the Global South, as well as disciplines far beyond STS or the STRN are especially welcome. We will shortlist and invite up to *ten* of these pitches to submit a Perspective to ERSS that will be formally peer reviewed, with a deadline of January 1 2021. There is no guarantee of eventual acceptance. Lastly, while Köhler et al. did an outstanding job mapping a research agenda for STRN, and we have tried to do the same for STS, the approach taken would certainly have utility in other fields, e.g. geography, political ecology, political economy, anthropology, environmental sociology, circular economy, etc. We would most certainly welcome such reviews (as full length articles) at ERSS as well. Have a good week all, Benjamin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CWXP265MB02620F15A9DD080772F734ACB5200%40CWXP265MB0262.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
