Kacper Szulecki

• Żuk, Piotr & Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Unpacking the right-populist threat to climate action: Poland's pro-governmental media on energy transition and climate change. Energy Research & Social Science.  ISSN 2214-6296.  66 . doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101485 Vis sammendrag

  Is populist politics a threat to ambitious climate action and decarbonisation of energy systems? With the coinciding challenges of an alleged global ‘populist wave,’ and the growing visibility of a planetary climate crisis, this issue has gained relevance. While theoretical literature on the links between populism and climate action is growing, there is still little empirical evidence regarding the ways in which the thin ideology of populism can interact with climate policy in practice (particularly in the context of Eastern Europe). We look into this black box, by analyzing the Polish right-wing populist media discourses on energy and climate. Poland is widely perceived as a laggard in European climate policy and energy transition, seeking to safeguard domestic coal as a major energy source and opposing ambitious decarbonisation goals. At the same time, since 2015 it has seen a right-wing populist government in power, making it a very interesting case for an analysis of the interaction of populist politics and climate action. Using four key elements of populist political rhetoric as a framework (a populist episteme, Manichean good and evil connotations and internal enemies) we organize the arguments distilled from a wide reading of pro-governmental right-wing Polish media, to illustrate the content of populist climate and energy discourse, seeing some of the tropes found in our case as generalizable to other national contexts.

• Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Szulecki, Kacper; Rayner, Tim & Banet, Catherine (2019). Energy security concerns versus market harmony: The Europeanisation of capacity mechanisms. Politics and Governance.  ISSN 2183-2463.  7(1), s 92- 104 . doi: 10.17645/pag.v7i1.1791 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  The impact of renewables on the energy markets–falling wholesale electricity prices and lower investment stability–are apparently creating a shortage of energy project financing, which in future could lead to power supply shortages. Governments have responded by introducing payments for capacity, alongside payments for energy being sold. The increasing use of capacity mechanisms (CMs) in the EU has created tensions between the European Commission, which encourages cross-country cooperation, and Member States that favour backup solutions such as capacity markets and strategic reserves. We seek to trace the influence of the European Commission on national capacity markets as well as learning between Member States. Focusing on the United Kingdom, France and Poland, the analysis shows that energy security concerns have been given more emphasis than the functioning of markets by Member States. Policy developments have primarily been domestically driven, but the European Commission has managed to impose certain elements, most importantly a uniform methodology to assess future supply security, as well as specific requirements for national capacity markets: interconnectors to neighbouring countries, demand side responses and continuous revision of CMs. Learning from other Member States’ experiences also play a role in policy decisions.

• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Between domestic politics and ecological crises: (De)legitimization of Polish environmentalism. Environmental Politics.  ISSN 0964-4016.  s 1- 30 . doi: 10.1080/09644016.2019.1674541 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Securitization and state encroachment on the energy sector: Politics of exception in Poland's energy governance. Energy Policy.  ISSN 0301-4215. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111066 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Silvast, Antti; Bolton, Ronan; Lagendijk, Vincent & Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Crossing Borders: Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives on European Energy Systems Integration, In Chris Foulds & Rosie Robinson (ed.),  Advancing Energy Policy. Lessons on the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities.  Palgrave Pivot.  ISBN 978-3-319-99096-5.  Chapter 7.  s 97 - 110
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Truth in the Time of Infowars: Moral Politics and Conscience. East European Politics and Societies.  ISSN 0888-3254.  32(2), s 320- 327 . doi: 10.1177/0888325417742494 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Heinrich, Andreas & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Energy Securitisation: Applying the Copenhagen School’s Framework to Energy, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  2.  s 33 - 59
• Judge, Andrew; Maltby, Tomas & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Energy Securitisation: Avenues for Future Research, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  6.  s 149 - 173
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Conceptualizing energy democracy. Environmental Politics.  ISSN 0964-4016.  27(1), s 21- 41 . doi: 10.1080/09644016.2017.1387294 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Conclusion, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  Conclusion.  s 333 - 337
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). The Multiple Faces of Energy Security: An Introduction, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  1.  s 1 - 29
• Szulecki, Kacper & Kusznir, Julia (2017). Energy Security and Energy Transition: Securitisation in the Electricity Sector, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  5.  s 117 - 148
• Szulecki, Kacper & Westphal, Kirsten (2017). Taking Security Seriously in EU Energy Governance: Crimean Shock and the Energy Union, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  7.  s 177 - 202
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Jak je obtížné žít v pravdě, I: Jiří Suk & Kristina Andělová (red.),  Jednoho dne se v našem zelináři cosi vzbouří. Eseje o Moci bezmocných.  Institute for Contemporary History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.  ISBN 978-80-7285-200-0.  chapter.  s 109 - 117
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Von Czarnobyl zu Żarnobyl: Die Auswirkungen Tschernobyls auf die grüne Opposition in Polen, I: Melanie Arndt (red.),  Politik und Gesellschaft nach Tschernobyl. (Ost-)Europäische Perspektiven.  Ch. Links Verlag.  ISBN 978-3-86153-890-5.  Chapter 1.  s 26 - 52
• Szulecki, Kacper; Fischer, Severin; Gullberg, Anne Therese & Sartor, Oliver (2016). Shaping the ‘Energy Union': between national positions and governance innovation in EU energy and climate policy. Climate Policy.  ISSN 1469-3062.  16(5), s 548- 567 . doi: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1135100 Vis sammendrag

  The ‘Energy Union' can be seen as the most significant policy idea that seeks to reform European energy governance, policy and regional cooperation. However, so far the concept is mostly an empty box in which every stakeholder tries to put whatever is on the top of their priority list. This article reviews three major theoretical approaches to the analysis of European integration and EU policy that can be used to study the ongoing process of Energy Union formation. It then tries to structure the discussion by showing the evolution of the Energy Union concept, focusing on proposals by D. Tusk, J-C. Juncker and the European Commission, followed by a comparative analysis of four country cases representing different energy mixes and energy policy directions: Germany, France, Poland and Norway. All of these proposals are described and assessed according to their emphasis on the three dimensions of energy policy: security, affordability and sustainability. We sketch two possible scenarios for the future of EU energy policy, as suggested by the intergovernmentalist and supranationalist approaches and emphasize the potential impact of the governance mechanism of the Energy Union, which could reach far beyond what is expected and provide welcome coherence in Europe's energy and climate policy

• Falkenhayner, Nicole; Langenohl, Andreas; Scheu, Johannes; Schweitzer, Doris & Szulecki, Kacper (2015). Idioms of Stability and Destabilization. Introducing the Concept of ›Idiom‹ to the Epistemology of Social Analysis, In Nicole Falkenhayner; Andreas Langenohl; Johannes Scheu; Doris Schweitzer & Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Rethinking Order. Idioms of Stability and Destabilization..  Transcript Verlag.  ISBN 978-3-8376-2472-4.  1.  s 9 - 30
• Szulecki, Kacper (2015). Heretical geopolitics of Central Europe. Dissidents intellectuals and an alternative European order. Geoforum.  ISSN 0016-7185.  65, s 25- 36 . doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.008
• Szulecki, Kacper (2015). Order of the Orderless. Dissident Identity between De-Stabilization and Re-Stabilization, In Nicole Falkenhayner; Andreas Langenohl; Johannes Scheu; Doris Schweitzer & Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Rethinking Order. Idioms of Stability and Destabilization..  Transcript Verlag.  ISBN 978-3-8376-2472-4.  Chapter 6.  s 105 - 124
• Szulecki, Kacper (2015). Renewable Energy, In Philipp Pattberg & Fariborz Zelli (ed.),  Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Governance and Politics.  Edward Elgar Publishing.  ISBN 978 1 78254 578 1.  Chapter 53.  s 416 - 422
• Szulecki, Kacper; Borewicz, Tomasz & Waluszko, Janusz (2015). A Brief Green Moment: The emergence and decline of Polish anti-nuclear and environmental movement. Interface: a journal for and about social movements.  ISSN 2009-2431.  7(2), s 27- 48
• Creutzig, Felix; Hedahl, Marcus; Rydge, James & Szulecki, Kacper (2014). Challenging the european climate debate: Can universal climate justice and economics be reconciled with particularistic politics?. Global Policy.  ISSN 1758-5880.  5(1), s 6- 14 . doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.12156 Vis sammendrag

  Researchers from various disciplines have built impressive but distinct compendia on climate change; the defining challenge for humanity. In the spirit of Lord Dahrendorf, this paper represents the output of interdisciplinary collaboration and integrates state-of-the-art academic expertise from the fields of philosophy, economics and governance. Our focus is on Europe, which is widely perceived as a leader in climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, leadership weakness on climate over recent years, largely due to recession and political vacillation, is eroding this perception. What is needed is a firm justification for strong climate action, acknowledgement of the available tools, awareness of the reasons for our failures to date, and a realistic, but goal-oriented strategy for an integrated climate policy. We therefore present current normative insights from climate justice research highlighting the need to make institutions responsive to those most vulnerable; we discuss the economics of the transition to a low-carbon economy, pointing to key policy instruments and post-2020 climate targets for the EU; we contrast the normative and quantitative synoptic principles with the particularistic implementation schemes and politics of (not) implementing measures on the ground; and we suggest a careful coordination of European climate policies with acute challenges that could increase both climate justice and political feasibility.

• Szulecki, Kacper & Puka, Lidia (2014). The politics and economics of cross-border electricity infrastructure: A framework for analysis. Energy Research & Social Science.  ISSN 2214-6296.  4, s 124- 134 . doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.10.003
• Szulecki, Kacper & Westphal, Kirsten (2014). The cardinal sins of European energy policy: Nongovernance in an uncertain global landscape. Global Policy.  ISSN 1758-5880.  5(1), s 38- 51 . doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.12153 Vis sammendrag

  Recent years have seen some fundamental changes in the way the global energy sector and its governance function. All of these changes have a significant impact on the energy policy choices that are available for EU policy makers and should be incorporated in a proactive European strategy for the future. Instead, however, we witness a general stalemate in the energy policy debate within the EU, and internal problems seem to impede any meaningful and coherent external policy. In this article, building on a wide literature review, we sketch the changing global energy landscape, explaining the current state of ‘unprecedented uncertainty’ around a set of major issues. Then we describe what we see as the five ‘cardinal sins’ of European energy policy and governance, which preclude effective common responses and external action. We conclude by outlining possible ways of overcoming the challenges that face European energy policy and governance.

• Szulecki, Kacper & Szulecka, Julia (2013). Analysing the Rospuda River Controversy in Poland: Rhetoric, Environmental Activism and the Influence of the European Union. East European Politics.  ISSN 2159-9165.  29(4), s 397- 419 . doi: 10.1080/21599165.2013.836701
• Szulecki, Kacper (2011). Hijacked Ideas. Human Rights, Peace, and Environmentalism in Czechoslovak and Polish Dissident Discourses. East European Politics and Societies.  ISSN 0888-3254.  25(2), s 272- 295 . doi: /10.1177/0888325410387643
• Szulecki, Kacper (2011). Neophyten, Häretiker, Dissidenten: Polnische Linksintellektuelle und (Anti-)Kommunismus. Jahrbuch für historische Kommunismusforschung.  ISSN 0944-629X.  2011, s 61- 88
• Szulecki, Kacper; Pattberg, Philipp & Biermann, Frank (2011). Explaining Variation in the Effectiveness of Transnational Energy Partnerships. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions.  ISSN 0952-1895.  24(4), s 713- 736 . doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2011.01544.x
• Szulecki, Kacper (2009). Partnerstwa dla zrównoważonego rozwoju›› jako nowa forma współpracy transnarodowej. Stosunki Miedzynarodowe.  ISSN 0209-0961.  40(3-4), s 91- 112

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• Borewicz, Tomasz; Szulecki, Kacper & Waluszko, Janusz (2019). „Bez atomu w naszym domu”. Protesty antyatomowe w Polsce po 1985 roku. Europejskie Centrum Solidarnosci.  ISBN 978-83-62853-95-3.  264 s.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Dissidents in Communist Central Europe. Human Rights and the Emergence of New Transnational Actors. Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-030-22612-1.  242 s.
• Szulecki, Kacper (ed.) (2017). Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1.  366 s.
• Szulecki, Kacper (ed.) (2016). Cracking Borders, Rising Walls. The Crisis of the European Order. Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej.  ISBN 9788394035662.  212 s.
• Szulecki, Kacper (red.) (2016). Pękające granice, roznące mury. Kryzys europejskiego porządku. Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej.  ISBN 978-83-940356-5-5.  229 s.
• Falkenhayner, Nicole; Langenohl, Andreas; Scheu, Johannes; Schweitzer, Doris & Szulecki, Kacper (ed.) (2015). Rethinking Order. Idioms of Stability and Destabilization.. Transcript Verlag.  ISBN 978-3-8376-2472-4.  226 s. Vis sammendrag

  Stability is at the core of every discussion of order, organization or institutionalization. From an »inside« perspective, the stability of each order-constituting element is assumed. In contrast, in critical discourses instability (e.g. through ambiguity or non-control) is located at the outside of the social order as its negative. By treating this argumentative symmetrical structure as »idioms of stability and destabilization«, the articles try to rethink order: How can we describe structures from a perspective in which instability, non-control and irrationality are not contrary to ordering systems, but contribute to their stability? How might the notions of identity, knowledge and institutions in social and cultural studies be contested by this change of perspective?

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• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). C. Miedema: Not a Movement of Dissidents. H-Soz-Kult. Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften.  ISSN 2196-5307. . doi: https://www.hsozkult.de/review/id/reb-28700?title=c-miedema-not-a-movement-of-dissidents&recno=6&language=en&q=&sort=&fq=&total=16733
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Europe’s greenest Commission ever faces an unprecedented challenge as the clock ticks. Dahrendorf Forum.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Illiberal Remittances. Is Mass Migration and the Demise of the Myth of the West Fueling Populism in CEE?. Aspen Review Central Europe.  ISSN 1805-6806.  9(1), s 16- 24 Vis sammendrag

  Freedom of movement—particularly to travel and work in the “West”—was something Central Europeans dreamed of behind the Iron Curtain, and used to be given as the number one rationale for joining the EU. What if mass migration and democratic backsliding are not just coincidental? Are we overlooking the impact of personal experiences of the ‘West’ on CEE politics?

• Winther, Tanja; Standal, Karina; Szulecki, Kacper & Abram, Simone Almond (2020). How to achieve a socially inclusive and just transition to a low-carbon society? Innspill til Kunnskapsdepartementet fra Include-forskere. Vis sammendrag

  Response to invitation from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research regarding inputs to EU's Higher Education European Commission (European Research Area and European Green Deal)

• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Conceptualizing EU-diasporas: Legal, political, cultural & technical dimensions of intra-EU migration.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Kveles protestbevegelsene i Hongkong, har vi alle tapt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Participant in Roundtable: The role of energy and infrastructure in reaching social, environmental and economic development.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Participant in the panel "PROSUMERS: Challenges and opportunities in the energy transition".
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Understanding the Political Dynamics of Émigré Communities in an Era of European Democratic Backsliding.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Claes, Dag Harald (2019). Towards Decarbonization: Understanding EU Energy Governance. Politics and Governance.  ISSN 2183-2463.  7(1), s 1- 5 . doi: 10.17645/pag.v7i1.2029
• Szulecki, Kacper & Stanley, Ben (2019). Illiberal remittances? Studying the political dynamics and voting patterns of CEE migrants in Western Europe. Vis sammendrag

  While populism scholars have looked at the ways in which migrants become objects of populist politics, we understand too little about the role of migrants as subjects in the rise of populism in Europe today. This paper will present early findings of the DIASPOlitic project, providing new knowledge about the political dynamics within “EU-diasporas”, as well as about migrants’ roles as supporters, members, and activists in populist political parties and movements. Our paper seeks contributes to ongoing debates about Europe in transition, inquiring into how increased mobility – one of the fundamental freedoms of the EU – may place core European values under pressure. We question an important hypothesis in the migration studies literature – namely, that of “democratic remittances” – suggesting that migrants from less consolidated democratic polities who live in “old” liberal democracies would “send” democratic values and practices home. We believe that the ongoing By “EU-Diasporas” we mean intra-European migrant communities: e.g. Poles in the UK, Lithuanians in Norway, Romanians in Spain or Portuguese in France. These collectivities are recent in origin and are almost entirely voluntary (albeit emerging from circumstances in which socio-economic conditions have pushed migrant labour out of their home country). The Schengen Area and EU/EEA regulations guaranteeing freedom of movement make such migrant communities more flexible, and modern technology and affordable transportation allow for much closer contact and frequent visits to home countries. Last but not least, the legal status of EU migrants is very different from other types of migration – they may retain full citizenship rights of the country of origin, very often are not compelled to register their emigration, and thereby inhabit a legal space which is difficult to encapsulate and regulate. Unlike Anderson’s (1998) “long-distance nationalists” who imagine political utopias for their country of origin without having to experience them in reality, members of EU-diasporas may remain directly affected by the political dynamics of their country of origin. This differentiates EU-diasporas not only from extra-EU migrants, but also from older waves of migration from the CEE region (Koinova 2009). A stronger link to sending countries, we hypothesize, should mean that EU-diasporas participate in domestic politics “at home” in a different way than other migrant groups. We are therefor interested to see to what extent the experience of living abroad – in consolidated democracies of Western and Northern Europe – influences migrant voting behaviour in national (i.e. sending country elections). Preliminary research we have conducted suggests that some migrant EU-diasporas vote significantly more right and more populist than voters “at home”, and we want to explore this further by looking at voting results of all CEE national elections 2004-2018 divided by EU-diaspora community results.

• Szulecki, Kacper; Stanley, Ben & Erdal, Marta Bivand (2019). Introducing DIASPOlitic.
• Ancygier, Andrzej & Szulecki, Kacper (2018). What is a rational energy policy and who is the judge? Comments on Smyrgała’s “Fukushima and Energiewende”. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy.  ISSN 1556-7249.  13(8), s 357- 362 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag

  In this article, we respond to a number of points raised by Dominik Smyrgała in his recent piece “Fukushima and Energiewende.” We believe his piece, although timely and taking on an important topic, suffers from three important issues. Smyrgała makes selective use of statistical data and opinions, and bends some facts and the spirit of certain documents to fit his thesis. Lastly, the question he asks about the impact of a single event on an entire energy system trajectory is epistemologically very difficult to tackle and the research design he proposes does not acknowledge it – thus failing to answer the research question. We further discuss “irrationality” as a handy rhetorical device used to criticize energy policy decisions one doe snot agree with. The goal of this response is also to provide some additional information on the changes taking place in the German energy sector and deepen the understanding of this massive social, economic, and political experiment.

• Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Szulecki, Kacper; Banet, Catherine; Boasson, Elin Lerum; Wettestad, Jørgen & Bjermeland, Monica (2018). Panel: Utviklingen av støttesystemer for fornybar energi i seks europeiske land.
• Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Szulecki, Kacper; Banet, Catherine & Rayner, Tim (2018). Black-out concerns against markets: Capacity mechanisms in European electricity markets.
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Rike Norge og fattige Paraguay, en oppskrift på lykke?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Captivated by the metaphor, enchanted by ideas (on Timothy Snyder's "Road to Unfreedom). Eurozine.  ISSN 1684-4637.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). EU Energy Policy: Governing Transition.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Energy Democracy? Advancing a socio-political perspective on energy transitions.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Norske gullmedaljer? Det skyldes geografien. Og velstanden.. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Poland and Germany: Energy transition and climate policy.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). The revolving door between politics and dirty energy in Poland: a governmental- industrial complex, In Pamela Bartlett Quintanilla & Patrick Cummins-Tripodi (ed.),  Revolving doors and the fossil fuel industry: Time to tackle conflicts of interest in climate policy-making.  European Parliament.  Chapter 8.  s 98 - 107
• Szulecki, Kacper & Misik, Matus (2018). On the complexity of energy policy inquiry. Response to Krzykowski and Krzykowska. Energy Policy.  ISSN 0301-4215.  118, s 106- 108 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.019
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Polish Environmental Movement 1980-2017. (De)legitimization, Politics & Ecological Crises.
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). [Polska] Jana Szyszki bajki o klimacie. Kultura Liberalna.  ISSN 2081-027X.  440(24)
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Spółdzielnia. Znak.  ISSN 0044-488X.  741(2), s 40- 47
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Explaining national RE policy outcomes: Domestic factors, EU diffusion and technology. The case of Poland.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Jaroslaw Kaczynski har introdusert en ny form for maktutøvelse som likner langsom tilberedning av mat, 'slow cooking' – en konservativ revolusjon uten hastverk. VG : Verdens gang.  ISSN 0805-5203.  s 38
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Poland: RE policy in a „coal-land”.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Poland’s renewable energy policy mix.
• Szulecki, Kacper (ed.) (2017). Poland’s renewable energy policy mix: European influence and domestic soap opera. Working paper / CICERO, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo. 2017:01. Vis sammendrag

  Poland’s energy mix is dominated by indigenous coal, and since the country joined the European Union in 2004 it has been clear that it will do much to safeguard its domestic coal sector and resist pressures for ambitious harmonized decarbonization efforts. At the same time, Poland is meeting its renewable energy targets and its onshore wind capacity is growing at a significant pace. In 2015 and 2016, a new renewable energy policy mix has been put in place, relying on tenders for renewable energy volume in large scale RES and a micro-installations support scheme. In parallel, a capacity mechanism is still on the table, though its details are only being worked out. What explains this particular choice of instruments? In this article I focus on four explanatory factors: the influence of the European environment; domestic political and organizational fields and the material and structural constraints of the energy system and resource endowment. I provide a historical overview of renewable energy policy in Poland since the early 1990s, showing how policy evolved, new actors and coalitions emerged, and how the influence of the EU changed overtime. The preliminary findings suggest that the European environment has been crucial in pushing for stronger RES support policies, while the inherently instable domestic political field explains the soap opera of renewable energy policy legislation: drafts, new plans, amendments and legal instability. On the other hand, the choice of particular instruments, within the confines of options acceptable by the EU, is best explained by the stable and segmented organizational field, dominated by a professional logic of the centralized, engineer-lead coal sector, which in turn is linked to the importance of the country’s resource endowment. In these conditions, the current renewable energy policy mix seems optimal for the actors dominating the organizational field, and a deep paradigm shift and overturning the political economy of the energy sector would be needed to change that.

• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Creating energy regions.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Democratic energy: socio-political implications of decarbonization.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). European energy governance and decarbonization policy: learning from the 2020 strategy. Climate Policy.  ISSN 1469-3062.  16(5), s 543- 547 . doi: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1181599
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Kacířská geopolitika. Listy - Dvouměsíčník pro kulturu a dialog.  ISSN 1210-1222.  46(2), s 61- 69
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Securitized energy or energy security? Copenhagen School meets energy studies” at the international conference.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Towards a liberal geopolitics, In Kacper Szulecki (ed.),  Cracking Borders, Rising Walls. The Crisis of the European Order.  Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej.  ISBN 9788394035662.  Introductory chapter.  s 11 - 38
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). W stronę geopolityki liberalnej, I: Kacper Szulecki (red.),  Pękające granice, roznące mury. Kryzys europejskiego porządku.  Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej.  ISBN 978-83-940356-5-5.  Introductory chapter.  s 11 - 48
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). When energy becomes security: Copenhagen School meets energy studies.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Ancygier, Andrzej (2016). Die polnische Energie- und Klimapolitik in der Verantwortung von PiS. Polen-Analysen.  ISSN 1863-9712.  175(2), s 2- 10
• Szulecki, Kacper & Grubb, Michael (2016). What next for building an EU Energy Union?. Climate Strategies and Climate Policy Journal Blog. . doi: https://climatestrategies.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/what-next-for-building-an-eu-energy-union/
• Szulecki, Kacper; Heinrich, Andreas; Lis, Aleksandra; Smith Stegen, Karen & Kusznir, Julia (2016). Auf dem Weg zu einer gemeinsamen EU-Energiepolitik? Debatten über Energiesicherheit in Polen und Deutschland. Polen-Analysen.  ISSN 1863-9712.  190(11), s 2- 9
• Szulecki, Kacper; Lis, Aleksandra; Heinrich, Andreas; Smith Stegen, Karen & Kusznir, Julia (2016). Towards a common EU energy policy? Debates on energy security in Poland and Germany. ESPRi Policy Papers.  (2)
• Szulecki, Kacper & Szulecka, Julia (2016). Pocztówki z antropocenu. Znak.  ISSN 0044-488X.  70(738)
• Szulecki, Kacper (2015). Renesans czy zmierzch atomu? Analiza światowych i europejskich trendów oraz ich znaczenia dla polskiego programu jądrowego.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Ancygier, Andrzej (2015). The new Polish government’s energy policy: expect more State, less market. Energy Post.
• Szulecki, Kacper; Ancygier, Andrzej & Szwed, Dariusz (2015). Energy democratization? Societal aspects of de-carbonization in the German and Polish energy sectors. Vis sammendrag

  Development of renewable sources of energy has not only a significant impact on the power system but also on society. It has the potential to replace the existing conventional sources of energy with never-ending renewable sources, while at the same time empowering the consumers of electricity and leading to the democratization of the power system. What are the impacts of energy transformation on the society and on the political system, and what are the socio-political impediments for an energy transformation to take place? Finally, what kind of energy/society relations do we want to achieve as a result? Tapping into the ongoing policy debate on “energy democracy”, we try to conceptualize the societal aspects of energy transformation and renewable energy expansion. Departing from a conceptualization of energy policy that treats society not as the object but its subject, we put forth five levels of RES influence on society.

• Szulecki, Kacper; Gullberg, Anne Therese; Fischer, Severin & Sartor, Oliver (2015). Giving shape to the Energy Union:Evolution, national expectations and implications for EU energy and climate governance.
• Szulecki, Kacper; Szulecka, Julia & Ancygier, Andrzej (2015). Expertise on Polish Energy Policy.
• Szulecki, Kacper; Wigura, Karolina & Jasina, Łukasz (2015). Syci Polacy patrzą na Ukrainę?, I: Łukasz Jasina (red.),  Syci Polacy patrzą na Ukrainę.  Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej.  ISBN 978-83-940356-3-1.  Chapter 2 and 3.  s 25 - 35

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