Deconstructing facts and frames in energy research: Maxims for evaluating contentious problems

Energy Policy

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-42

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,b   Brown, Marilyn A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy analysis; Energy and politics; Energy studies research; Resolution of energy problems

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND POLITICS; ENERGY PROBLEM; ENERGY RESEARCH; ENERGY STUDIES; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SELF-AWARE;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; PLANNING METHOD; POWER GENERATION; RESEARCH WORK; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 84943650519     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.06.020     Document Type: Article

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