Jiska de Groot

Jiska de Groot

University of Cape Town

H-index: 14

Africa-South Africa

About Jiska de Groot

Jiska de Groot, With an exceptional h-index of 14 and a recent h-index of 14 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Cape Town, specializes in the field of Climate, energy and development.

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

Beyond the Grid: The Micropolitics of Off‐Grid Energy in Qandu‐Qandu, South Africa

Smart and disruptive infrastructures: Re-building knowledge on the informal city

The ‘capability’of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions

Solar energy at the peri-urban frontier: An energy justice study of urban peripheries from Burkina Faso and South Africa

Does basic off-grid energy access improve well-being in off-grid informal settlements? A field experiment with off-grid solar power in Cape Town

Rethinking the off-grid city

Rethinking education for SDG 7: A framework for embedding gender and critical skills in energy access masters programmes in Africa

Creating value in the margins: rethinking value creation, empowerment and womens entrepreneurship in South Africas street food sector

Jiska de Groot Information

University

Position

Researcher Energy Poverty and Development

Citations(all)

770

Citations(since 2020)

625

Cited By

304

hIndex(all)

14

hIndex(since 2020)

14

i10Index(all)

21

i10Index(since 2020)

19

Email

University Profile Page

University of Cape Town

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Jiska de Groot Skills & Research Interests

Climate

energy and development

Top articles of Jiska de Groot

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Beyond the Grid: The Micropolitics of Off‐Grid Energy in Qandu‐Qandu, South Africa

Antipode

Kerry Bobbins

Federico Caprotti

Jiska de Groot

Whitney Pailman

Mascha Moorlach

...

2024/1

Smart and disruptive infrastructures: Re-building knowledge on the informal city

Urban Studies

Kerry Bobbins

Federico Caprotti

Jiska de Groot

Whitney Pailman

Mascha Moorlach

...

2024/1

The ‘capability’of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions

Urban Research & Practice

Stephen Essex

Federico Caprotti

Jiska de Groot

Jon Phillips

Lucy Baker

...

2023/9/29

Solar energy at the peri-urban frontier: An energy justice study of urban peripheries from Burkina Faso and South Africa

Energy Research & Social Science

Roberto Cantoni

Federico Caprotti

Jiska de Groot

2022/12/1

Does basic off-grid energy access improve well-being in off-grid informal settlements? A field experiment with off-grid solar power in Cape Town

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N Mathebula

J de Groot

M Moorlach

F Caprotti

C Butler

...

2022/11/28

Rethinking the off-grid city

Urban Geography

Federico Caprotti

Jiska de Groot

Kerry Bobbins

Norman Mathebula

Catherine Butler

...

2022/9/14

Rethinking education for SDG 7: A framework for embedding gender and critical skills in energy access masters programmes in Africa

Energy Research & Social Science

Whitney Pailman

Jiska de Groot

2022/8/1

Creating value in the margins: rethinking value creation, empowerment and womens entrepreneurship in South Africas street food sector

Jiska De Groot

Nthabiseng Mohlakoana

Abigail Knox

Debbie Sparks

Hans Bressers

2022/2/4

Why do low-income urban dwellers reject energy technologies? Exploring the socio-cultural acceptance of solar adoption in Mumbai and Cape Town

Energy Research & Social Science

Anika Nasra Haque

Charlotte Lemanski

Jiska de Groot

2021/4/1

Is (in) access to infrastructure driven by physical delivery or weak governance? Power and knowledge asymmetries in Cape Town, South Africa

Geoforum

Anika Nasra Haque

Charlotte Lemanski

Jiska de Groot

2021/11/1

COVID-19 responses: infrastructure inequality and privileged capacity to transform everyday life in South Africa

Environment and Urbanization

Jiska De Groot

Charlotte Lemanski

2021/4

COVID-19 Respuestas: desigualdad de infraestructura y capacidad privilegiada para transformar la vida cotidiana en Sudáfrica

Medio Ambiente y Urbanización

Jiska De Groot

Charlotte Lemanski

2021/9/15

‘Candles are not bright enough’: inclusive urban energy transformations in spaces of urban inequality

Federico Caprotti

Jon Phillips

Saska Petrova

Stefan Bouzarovski

Stephen Essex

...

2021/3/2

Volume 1: Community and Society

Sarah Turner

Nguyen N Binh

Abdellatif Qamhaieh

Carolina Sternberg

Sheere Kadez Brooks

...

2021/7/22

Infrastructure Inequality and Privileged Capacity to Transform Everyday Life in COVID-19 South Africa

Charlotte Lemanski

Jiska de Groot

2021/7/22

Curriculum transformation to address the Sustainable Development Goals: A holistic approach for embedding gender in higher education

Whitney Pailman

Jiska de Groot

2021/6

Scales of governance: Translating multiscalar transitional pathways in South Africa’s energy landscape

Energy Research & Social Science

Federico Caprotti

Stephen Essex

Jon Phillips

Jiska de Groot

Lucy Baker

2020/12/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 50
Simon R Bush

Simon R Bush

Wageningen Universiteit

H-index: 47
Hans Bressers

Hans Bressers

Universiteit Twente

H-index: 13
Nthabiseng Mohlakoana

Nthabiseng Mohlakoana

Universiteit Twente

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