Benjamin Sovacool

Benjamin Sovacool

University of Sussex

H-index: 132

Europe-United Kingdom

About Benjamin Sovacool

Benjamin Sovacool, With an exceptional h-index of 132 and a recent h-index of 112 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Sussex, specializes in the field of Energy security, energy policy, energy studies, climate policy, science and technology studies.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Political economy of low-carbon electricity: Governance effects across 198 countries

Ten interdisciplinary lessons for industrial decarbonisation practice and policy: IDRIC’s First Research Synthesis Report

Energy justice beyond the wire: Exploring the multidimensional inequities of the electrical power grid in the United States

Actors, legitimacy, and governance challenges facing negative emissions and solar geoengineering technologies

Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries

Like diamonds in the sky? Public perceptions, governance, and information framing of solar geoengineering activities in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Leading the post-industrial revolution? Policy windows, issue linkage and decarbonization dynamics in the UK’s net-zero strategy (2010–2022)

Energy, material, and resource efficiency for industrial decarbonization: A systematic review of sociotechnical systems, technological innovations, and policy options

Benjamin Sovacool Information

University

Position

United Kingdom and Aarhus University Denmark

Citations(all)

64127

Citations(since 2020)

44993

Cited By

33678

hIndex(all)

132

hIndex(since 2020)

112

i10Index(all)

518

i10Index(since 2020)

460

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Benjamin Sovacool Skills & Research Interests

Energy security

energy policy

energy studies

climate policy

science and technology studies

Top articles of Benjamin Sovacool

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Political economy of low-carbon electricity: Governance effects across 198 countries

Darrick Evensen

Benjamin K Sovacool

2024/1/1

Ten interdisciplinary lessons for industrial decarbonisation practice and policy: IDRIC’s First Research Synthesis Report

Benjamin K Sovacool

Abbas AbdulRafiu

Marc Hudson

Marcelle McManus

Anna Korre

...

2024/3

Energy justice beyond the wire: Exploring the multidimensional inequities of the electrical power grid in the United States

Energy Research & Social Science

Benjamin K Sovacool

Sanya Carley

Lynne Kiesling

2024/5/1

Actors, legitimacy, and governance challenges facing negative emissions and solar geoengineering technologies

Environmental Politics

Benjamin K Sovacool

Chad M Baum

Roberto Cantoni

Sean Low

2024/2/23

Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries

Nature Communications

Sean Low

Livia Fritz

Chad M Baum

Benjamin K Sovacool

2024/4/24

Like diamonds in the sky? Public perceptions, governance, and information framing of solar geoengineering activities in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Environmental Politics

Chad M Baum

Livia Fritz

Sean Low

Benjamin K Sovacool

2024/1/13

Leading the post-industrial revolution? Policy windows, issue linkage and decarbonization dynamics in the UK’s net-zero strategy (2010–2022)

Industrial and Corporate Change

Benjamin K Sovacool

Marfuga Iskandarova

Frank W Geels

2024/4/17

Energy, material, and resource efficiency for industrial decarbonization: A systematic review of sociotechnical systems, technological innovations, and policy options

Jinsoo Kim

Benjamin K Sovacool

Morgan Bazilian

Steve Griffiths

Minyoung Yang

2024/6/1

Reconfiguring European industry for net-zero: a qualitative review of hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage benefits and implementation challenges

Benjamin K Sovacool

Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio

Kyle Herman

Marfuga Iskandarova

Joao M Uratani

...

2024

Public perceptions and support of climate intervention technologies across the Global North and Global South

Nature Communications

Chad M Baum

Livia Fritz

Sean Low

Benjamin K Sovacool

2024/3/6

The sociotechnical dynamics of blue carbon management: Testing typologies of ideographs, innovation, and co-impacts for marine carbon removal

Environmental Science & Policy

Benjamin K Sovacool

Chad M Baum

Sean Low

Livia Fritz

2024/5/1

Blinded by sunspots: Revealing the multidimensional and intersectional inequities of solar energy in India

Global Environmental Change

Ryan Stock

Benjamin K Sovacool

2024/1/1

Coal transitions—part 2: phase-out dynamics in global long-term mitigation scenarios

Environmental Research Letters

Jan C Minx

Jérôme Hilaire

Finn Müller-Hansen

Gregory Nemet

Francesca Diluiso

...

2024/3/5

Micro-stories and the lived experience of transport poverty: Lessons from Iceland for just mobility transitions

Chukwuka G Monyei

Paul Upham

Benjamin K Sovacool

2024/5/1

Towards more equitable energy transitions in low-income households: An integrated analysis of energy and transport poverty in Northern Ireland

Energy Conversion and Management

Christopher Lowans

Aoife Foley

Dylan Furszyfer Del Rio

Benjamin K Sovacool

2023/9/1

Metrics for Decision-Making in Energy Justice

Erin Baker

Sanya Carley

Sergio Castellanos

Destenie Nock

Joe F Bozeman III

...

2023/11/13

Decarbonizing the cement and concrete industry: A systematic review of socio-technical systems, technological innovations, and policy options

Steve Griffiths

Benjamin K Sovacool

Dylan D Furszyfer Del Rio

Aoife M Foley

Morgan D Bazilian

...

2023/7/1

Uneasy tensions in energy justice and systems transformation

Nature Energy

David Bidwell

Benjamin K Sovacool

2023/4

Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures

Majia Nadesan

Martin J Pasqualetti

Jennifer Keahey

2022/9/29

Imaginaries on ice: Sociotechnical futures of data centre development in Norway and Iceland

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

Paul Upham

Benjamin K Sovacool

Chukwuka G Monyei

2023/9

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Co-Authors

H-index: 87
Frank Geels

Frank Geels

Manchester University

H-index: 77
Morgan Bazilian

Morgan Bazilian

Colorado School of Mines

H-index: 69
Andy Stirling

Andy Stirling

University of Sussex

H-index: 57
Steve Sorrell

Steve Sorrell

University of Sussex

H-index: 52
Jonn Axsen

Jonn Axsen

Simon Fraser University

H-index: 47
Marilyn A. Brown

Marilyn A. Brown

Georgia Institute of Technology

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