Presented By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
CANCELED EVENT! Shale Politics in Europe: Policy and Protest
CANCELED EVENT! Dr. Elizabeth Bomberg, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
This event has been canceled.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - CANCELED!
1pm-2:30pm CANCELED!
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor 48109-3091
Dr. Elizabeth Bomberg, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Description
The development of shale gas, especially through hydraulic fracturing (or ‘fracking’) has become increasingly important and contested. While much as been written on shale extraction policy in the US, coverage of shale politics and policy in Europe is less well known. In this talk Elizabeth Bomberg will explore the politics surrounding shale exploration in Europe, focusing on a series of core questions: Why has shale extraction become so contested in Europe? How important is shale to Europe’s energy mix? Why have different European states adopted such different positions on shale extraction? What role will the European Union (EU) play in shaping shale development in its member states? Throughout the talk Dr. Bomberg will make comparisons to shale developments and politics in the US.
Elizabeth Bomberg was born in California and moved to Scotland in the 1990s. She is currently senior lecturer (associate professor) and Deputy Head of Politics at the University of Edinburgh. She serves as associate director of the University’s Global Environmental and Society Academy (GESA) and directs the MSc program in Global Environment, Politics and Society. Her area of expertise is comparative environmental politics and policy, with a substantive focus on movements, climate change, energy, and sustainable development, and a geographic emphasis on the European Union. She is currently researching the politics of shale, especially issues linked to activism, regulation and risk. She is also involved in an AHRC project on church-based climate activism.
Sponsored by:
University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
For more information contact Bonnie Roberts 734-647-4091; email closup@umich.edu; or visit our website www.closup.umich.edu.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - CANCELED!
1pm-2:30pm CANCELED!
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
735 S. State Street, Ann Arbor 48109-3091
Dr. Elizabeth Bomberg, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Description
The development of shale gas, especially through hydraulic fracturing (or ‘fracking’) has become increasingly important and contested. While much as been written on shale extraction policy in the US, coverage of shale politics and policy in Europe is less well known. In this talk Elizabeth Bomberg will explore the politics surrounding shale exploration in Europe, focusing on a series of core questions: Why has shale extraction become so contested in Europe? How important is shale to Europe’s energy mix? Why have different European states adopted such different positions on shale extraction? What role will the European Union (EU) play in shaping shale development in its member states? Throughout the talk Dr. Bomberg will make comparisons to shale developments and politics in the US.
Elizabeth Bomberg was born in California and moved to Scotland in the 1990s. She is currently senior lecturer (associate professor) and Deputy Head of Politics at the University of Edinburgh. She serves as associate director of the University’s Global Environmental and Society Academy (GESA) and directs the MSc program in Global Environment, Politics and Society. Her area of expertise is comparative environmental politics and policy, with a substantive focus on movements, climate change, energy, and sustainable development, and a geographic emphasis on the European Union. She is currently researching the politics of shale, especially issues linked to activism, regulation and risk. She is also involved in an AHRC project on church-based climate activism.
Sponsored by:
University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
For more information contact Bonnie Roberts 734-647-4091; email closup@umich.edu; or visit our website www.closup.umich.edu.
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