Welcome

Welcome to the Energy, Science and Policy Initiative.

ESP is an interdisciplinary research community at Arizona State University -- and a network of scholars around the planet -- whose goal is to analyze the social implications of energy system transformations. 

Our objective in ESPI is to establish a strong program of research and policy engagement that seeks to understand and analyze the social dynamics of past, present, and future energy systems and to develop and design reflexive mechanisms of energy systems governance by which humanistic and social science research can inform the process of energy system transformation to create enhanced societal outcomes around the globe.