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• Smith, Ida Dokk; Kirkegaard, Julia Kirch & Szulecki, Kacper (2022). A functional approach to decentralization in the electricity sector: learning from community choice aggregation in California. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. ISSN 0964-0568. doi: 10.1080/09640568.2022.2027233.
• Szulecki, Kacper; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Bertelli, Davide; Cosciug, Anatolie; Kussy, Angelina & Mikiewicz, Gabriella [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). To vote or not to vote? Migrant electoral (dis)engagement in an enlarged Europe. Migration Studies. ISSN 2049-5838. doi: 10.1093/migration/mnab025. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Szulecki, Kacper & Øverland, Indra (2020). Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review. Energy Research & Social Science. ISSN 2214-6296. 69, s. 1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101768. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Etkind, Alexander; Szulecki, Kacper & Yablokov, Ilya (2020). Petroleum Conspiracies: How Russian Policymakers Seek Meaning in Oil Price Volatility. I Belyi, Andrei (Red.), Beyond Market Assumptions: Oil Price as a Global Institution. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-29088-7.
• Cadier, David & Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Populism, historical discourse and foreign policy: the case of Poland’s Law and Justice government. International Politics. ISSN 1384-5748. doi: 10.1057/s41311-020-00252-6.
• 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. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv 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.

• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Securitization and state encroachment on the energy sector: Politics of exception in Poland's energy governance. Energy Policy. ISSN 0301-4215. 136:111066, s. 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111066. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• 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
• 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
• Hancock, Kathleen; Palestini, Stefano & Szulecki, Kacper (2018). The Politics of Energy Regionalism. I Hancock, Kathleen & Allison, Juliann (Red.), The Oxford Handbook of Energy Politics. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190861360. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190861360.013.5.
• Silvast, Antti; Bolton, Ronan; Lagendijk, Vincent & Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Crossing Borders: Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives on European Energy Systems Integration. I Foulds, Chris & Robinson, Rosie (Red.), Advancing Energy Policy. Lessons on the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities. Palgrave Pivot. ISSN 978-3-319-99096-5. s. 97–110. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-99097-2.
• 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
• 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 & Westphal, Kirsten (2017). Taking Security Seriously in EU Energy Governance: Crimean Shock and the Energy Union. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-64964-1. s. 177–202. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64964-1_7.
• Judge, Andrew; Maltby, Tomas & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Energy Securitisation: Avenues for Future Research. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-64964-1. s. 149–173. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64964-1_6.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Kusznir, Julia (2017). Energy Security and Energy Transition: Securitisation in the Electricity Sector. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-64964-1. s. 117–148. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64964-1_5.
• Heinrich, Andreas & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Energy Securitisation: Applying the Copenhagen School’s Framework to Energy. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-64964-1. s. 33–59. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64964-1_2.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Conclusion. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-64964-1. s. 333–337.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). The Multiple Faces of Energy Security: An Introduction. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-64964-1. s. 1–29. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64964-1_1.

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• 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.
• 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 (2017). Energy Security in Europe. Divergent Perceptions and Policy Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-64964-1. 366 s.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Pękające granice, roznące mury. Kryzys europejskiego porządku. Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej. ISBN 978-83-940356-5-5. 229 s.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Cracking Borders, Rising Walls. The Crisis of the European Order. Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej. ISBN 9788394035662. 212 s.

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• Bertelli, Davide; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Szulecki, Kacper; Tulbure, Corina; Mikiewicz, Gabriella & Cosciug, Anatolie [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). How does owning real estate ‘back home’ intersect with migrants’ reflections on past and future (im)mobilities?
• Szulecki, Kacper; Kotnarowski, Michał & Stanley, Ben (2021). External voting, diaspora party systems & (il)liberal remittances: A comparative analysis of Central European post-accession elections.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Øverland, Indra (2021). The Nuclear Energy Weapon: Russia’s Plan B in a Decarbonizing World?
• Szulecki, Kacper & Øverland, Indra (2021). Climate Club Europe : Global implications of the European Green Deal and governance strategies for a ‘de facto climate club’.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Norway’s “Climate Election” Is a Warning for the Rest of Europe. Green European Journal.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Mišík, Matúš (2021). The problem of safeguarding research quality in interdisciplinary energy studies. Energy Policy. ISSN 0301-4215. 158. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112575.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). To vote or not to vote? What drives migrants' decision to participate? .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Final report: Understanding the Political Dynamics of Émigré Communities in an Era of European Democratic Backsliding .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Nord Stream 2. Czy Amerykanie nas zdradzili?
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Will the year 2021 be a breakthrough for climate policy?
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Are the Poles no longer afraid of nuclear energy?
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). A Just Transition.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). External voting and political remittances: What shapes migrants’ political participation? .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Why Polish judges protest - HUMAN 2021.
• Szulecki, Kacper; Stanley, Ben & Kotnarowski, Michał (2021). A comparative analysis of external voting in five Central European countries.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). The ups and downs of inclusive energy governance: Participation, panels and populism.
• Chudy, Rafal Piotr; Szulecki, Kacper; Siry, Jacek & Grala, Robert (2021). Biomasa drzewna jako surowiec dla energetyki. ACADEMIA - magazyn Polskiej Akademii Nauk. ISSN 1733-8662. 65(1), s. 62–65. doi: 10.24425/academiaPAN.2021.136849.
• Mikiewicz, Gabriella; Cosciug, Anatolie; Szulecki, Kacper; Tulbure, Corina; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Bertelli, Davide [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Migration and political (non)participation in origin countries: Romanians and Poles in Oslo and Barcelona. Routed - Migration & (Im)mobility Magazine. Vis sammendrag

  ​ Recent decades have seen an increase in the number of European states which allow their citizens abroad to vote in national elections. External voting – that is, voting in origin country elections from abroad – has become an important feature of contemporary democratic politics. Despite this and the large amount of research on migrant political participation in countries of residence, we still know markedly little about migrants’ motivations to vote (or not) in elections in their origin of country, and whether migration impacts voting habits and preferences.

• Szulecki, Kacper (2021). Are populists a threat to climate action?
• Szulecki, Kacper & Bialas, Patryk (2020). What are your associations with Upper Silesia? Perspectives for the regions just transition. [Internett]. Slaska Opinia - Online. Vis sammendrag

  O zmianach na Górnym Śląsku i zielonej energii w rozmowie Patryka Białasa i Kacpra Szuleckiego, Kultura Liberalna.

• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Atom: panika moralna zamiast polityki. Kultura Liberalna. ISSN 2081-027X.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Czy populiści mogą pomóc klimatowi? Kultura Liberalna. ISSN 2081-027X. 522(52).
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Jądrowa numerologia. Kultura Liberalna. ISSN 2081-027X. 620(50).
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Conspiracy theories and the energy transition: Russian oil conspiracies, the blackout myth, and Governance through fear.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Poland: Developing renewables in a land of coal .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). The Chernobyl Effect - Anti-nuclear Protest and the Forging of Poland's Democracy 1986-1990.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Just transition in the Upper Silesia coal region.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). The Chernobyl Effect: Anti-nuclear Protest and the Forging of Poland's Democracy .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). The Spaces for Freedom: Pandemic, the Climate Crisis and a Green Liberalism for the 21st century.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Jach, Aleksandra (2020). Buried Sun.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Sutowski, Michal (2020). PIS NIE JEST TU GORSZY OD PO: POLITYCY WCIĄŻ WIERZĄ, ŻE ZMIANA KLIMATU NIE DOTYCZY POLSKI. [Internett]. Krytyka Polityczna. Vis sammendrag

  – Dziś w rządzie PiS usłyszymy głosy, które byłyby nie do pomyślenia w rządzie Ewy Kopacz. Z drugiej strony wciąż brakuje strategii, dwie frakcje w ramach Zjednoczonej Prawicy, gowinowcy i ziobryści, ciągną kwestię klimatu w dwie zupełnie przeciwne strony – Michał Sutowski rozmawia z Kacprem Szuleckim z Uniwersytetu w Oslo.

• Erdal, Marta Bivand & Szulecki, Kacper (2020). To Vote or Not to Vote? Comparing Polish and Romanian Migrants’ Reflections on External Voting Behaviour and Transnational Political (Dis)engagement.
• Stanley, Ben & Szulecki, Kacper (2020). If Migrants Chose Governments: A Comparative Analysis of Central Eastern European Diaspora Votes.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Øverland, Indra (2020). Energy Democracy and its Limits.
• Huber, Robert; Cetkovic, Stefan; Maltby, Tomas & Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Is Populism a Challenge to European Energy and Climate Policy? Unpacking the Causal Links and Empirical Evidence.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Claes, Dag Harald (2020). Beyond Security of Demand: Managing Social, Political, and Economic Path Dependence in Oil Exporting Countries.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Do we need to phase out economic growth?
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Making Just Transitions Possible: It's identity, stupid!
• 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 (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?

• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). Europe’s greenest Commission ever faces an unprecedented challenge as the clock ticks. Dahrendorf Forum.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2020). C. Miedema: Not a Movement of Dissidents. H-Soz-Kult. Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften. ISSN 2196-5307.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Kveles protestbevegelsene i Hongkong, har vi alle tapt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Participant in the panel "PROSUMERS: Challenges and opportunities in the energy transition".
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Participant in Roundtable: The role of energy and infrastructure in reaching social, environmental and economic development.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Conceptualizing EU-diasporas: Legal, political, cultural & technical dimensions of intra-EU migration .
• Szulecki, Kacper; Stanley, Ben & Erdal, Marta Bivand (2019). Introducing DIASPOlitic.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2019). Understanding the Political Dynamics of Émigré Communities in an Era of European Democratic Backsliding.
• 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 & 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 (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). Poland and Germany: Energy transition and climate policy .
• 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.
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2018). Rike Norge og fattige Paraguay, en oppskrift på lykke? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2018). The revolving door between politics and dirty energy in Poland: a governmental- industrial complex. I Bartlett Quintanilla, Pamela & Cummins-Tripodi, Patrick (Red.), Revolving doors and the fossil fuel industry: Time to tackle conflicts of interest in climate policy-making. European Parliament. s. 98–107.
• 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 & Rayner, Tim (2018). Black-out concerns against markets: Capacity mechanisms in European electricity markets.
• 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.
• 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: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.019.
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Spółdzielnia. Znak. ISSN 0044-488X. 741(2), s. 40–47.
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). [Polska] Jana Szyszki bajki o klimacie. Kultura Liberalna. ISSN 2081-027X. 440(24).
• 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.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Poland: RE policy in a „coal-land” .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Poland’s renewable energy policy mix .
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Explaining national RE policy outcomes: Domestic factors, EU diffusion and technology. The case of Poland .
• Szulecki, Kacper & Szulecka, Julia (2016). Pocztówki z antropocenu. Znak. ISSN 0044-488X. 70(738).
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). W stronę geopolityki liberalnej. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Pękające granice, roznące mury. Kryzys europejskiego porządku. Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej. ISSN 978-83-940356-5-5. s. 11–48.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2016). Towards a liberal geopolitics. I Szulecki, Kacper (Red.), Cracking Borders, Rising Walls. The Crisis of the European Order. Biblioteka Kultury Liberalnej. ISSN 9788394035662. s. 11–38.
• Szulecki, Kacper & Grubb, Michael (2016). What next for building an EU Energy Union? Climate Strategies and Climate Policy Journal Blog.
• Kotnarowski, Michał; Szulecki, Kacper; Burean, Toma; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Iliev, Ivo & Reire, Gunda [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). External Voting among Central European Migrants Living in Western Europe. Institutt for fredsforskning.
• Bertelli, Davide; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Szulecki, Kacper; Cosciug, Anatolie; Kussy, Angelina & Mikiewicz, Gabriella [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Migrant Political Engagement and Voting from Abroad: Insights from Interviews with Polish and Romanian Migrants in Barcelona and Oslo. PRIO. 2021(2021). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Szulecka, Julia & Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Polish Environmental Movement 1980-2017. (De)legitimization, Politics & Ecological Crises. Environmental Studies and Policy Research Institute.
• Szulecki, Kacper (2017). Poland’s renewable energy policy mix: European influence and domestic soap opera. CICERO Senter for klimaforskning. ISSN 0804-452X. 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.

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