TY - JOUR
T1 - Illustrating the use of concepts from the discipline of policy studies in energy research
T2 - An explorative literature review
AU - Hoppe, Thomas
AU - Coenen, Frans
AU - van den Berg, Maya
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - With the increasing challenges the energy sector faces, energy policy strategies and instruments are becoming ever more relevant. The discipline of policy studies might offer relevant concepts to enrich multidisciplinary energy research. The main research question of this article is: How can policy studies contribute to multidisciplinary energy research, and in how far does research on energy policy actually use the concepts of policy studies? The article presents key theoretical concepts from the discipline of policy studies and shows how they can be of use in multidisciplinary energy research. This is illustrated by presenting the results of a systematic review of academic literature on the use of policy studies concepts in academic literature on energy policy in The Netherlands. Results reveal the main theoretical concepts that were used as well as the identification of major research clusters. Results also show that many concepts from policy studies were actually integrated into eclectic theoretical frameworks.
AB - With the increasing challenges the energy sector faces, energy policy strategies and instruments are becoming ever more relevant. The discipline of policy studies might offer relevant concepts to enrich multidisciplinary energy research. The main research question of this article is: How can policy studies contribute to multidisciplinary energy research, and in how far does research on energy policy actually use the concepts of policy studies? The article presents key theoretical concepts from the discipline of policy studies and shows how they can be of use in multidisciplinary energy research. This is illustrated by presenting the results of a systematic review of academic literature on the use of policy studies concepts in academic literature on energy policy in The Netherlands. Results reveal the main theoretical concepts that were used as well as the identification of major research clusters. Results also show that many concepts from policy studies were actually integrated into eclectic theoretical frameworks.
KW - Energy
KW - Literature review
KW - Policy
KW - Policy studies
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U2 - 10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978139649
SN - 2214-6296
VL - 21
SP - 12
EP - 32
JO - Energy Research and Social Science
JF - Energy Research and Social Science
ER -