the intro & most articles for the J Energy History special issue that @moneschleper.bsky.social @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & I edited have been out for ages, but I've delaying skeeting a summary of the whole issue until all the articles were up. which they now are! 1/x stm.cairn.info/journal-of-e...

Journal of Energy History 2024/1 (No 12)

Black and Green? Environmental Histories of the Oil Industry

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The oil and uranium industries always have been intertwined. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte published my new article on the shared history of uranium and oil geophysics in German, French and Canadian seemingly depleted boreholes. You can read the article (Open Access) here:

Transition in Residues: On Depleted Oil Wells, Radioactive Geophysics, and the Origins of the Twentieth Century's Energy Mix

The oil and uranium industries always have been intertwined. Both industries are inherently global and span an extensive geological history. The formation of uranium and oil deposits, and their event...

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How does the collective agency of multiple individual actors shape energy transitions? Jelena Stankovic and I explore the use of Cohort Theory within the framework of an energy transition. The article is out now (Open Access) in the journal Energy Research & Social Science

The cohort effect in solar energy and nuclear power: unveiling collective agency in energy transitions

How does the collective agency of multiple individual actors shape energy transitions? This paper engages with the many, varying careers of petroleum …

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Why is the #fossil fuel industry focusing on the development of #alternative energy? As the impact of #climate change becomes more visible, @michielbron.bsky.social reflects on lessons from the past and how we can guide the industry toward a more #sustainable future🌱 🎥👇

many thanks to @patrickmccray.bsky.social & Michael Gordin for editing, & @mxmcadam.bsky.social @ JHUP for publishing Greedy Science, an edited volume on science in the go-go '80s 1/x www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

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The researchers at @maastrichtu.bsky.social conduct important research on themes such as sustainability, quality of life, education and innovation, and Europe and globalization. In a new video series, some of our researchers talk about their diverse work www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/onderzoek...

if you know of any promising undergraduates interested in getting a master's degree in an STS-related field, please point them toward the ESST (1-year) and CAST (2-year) programs. outstanding instructors, curriculum, fellow students & training for a PhD or many other careers.

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We’re excited to announce the Rachel and Alan Wyatt #STS #Scholarship! Established by @sallywyatt.bsky.social in memory of her parents, it supports EU/EER students facing financial barriers in pursuing a master’s in ESST or CAST at FASoS. Learn more & apply👉 tinyurl.com/38ncyay4

Collega's gezocht! @dewindvogel.bsky.social groeit hard en is opzoek naar vier nieuwe teamleden. De functies variëren van voorzitter tot directeur of projectmedewerker. Wil jij een bijdrage leveren aan een coöperatieve en duurzame energietransitie, solliciteer dan snel: windvogel.nl/vacatures/

Vacatures - De Windvogel

Bekijk onze vacatures! Nu staan er vacatures voor bouwer energiegemeenschappen (betaald) en voor de rol van voorzitter van onze vereniging.

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Afgelopen week hielden we een extra ALV, om onze bestuursstructuur aan te passen. Zo kunnen we beter toezicht houden op al onze projecten en kunnen we beter contact houden met al onze leden. Lees het hele verslag terug op onze site! windvogel.nl/alv-stemt-in...

ALV stemt in met voorstel voor nieuwe bestuursstructuur - De Windvogel

Een extra ALV heeft ingestemd met een nieuwe bestuursstructuur van coöperatie De Windvogel.

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We're putting on a conference! "We" being me, @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & @michielbron.bsky.social as part of the Managing Scarcity project. Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories Dates: October 20-21, 2025 Location: Maastricht University Abstracts due: April 4, 2025 managingscarcity.com/waeh/

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Call for Papers Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories (WAEH): Scenarios and Transitions Organizers: Michiel Bron, Odinn Melsted, Cyrus Mody (Maastricht University) Venue: Maastricht University D…

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Very happy to see this #specialissue on #oilhist and #envhist out in the world: stm.cairn.info/journal-of-e.... With great articles by @renaudbecot.bsky.social, Reynaldo de los Reyes Patiño, @mattinbiglari.bsky.social, Randal L. Hall, Jelena Stanković, @michielbron.bsky.social, and Robert Lifset.

Journal of Energy History 2024/1 (No 12)

Black and Green? Environmental Histories of the Oil Industry

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Tomorrow, I will defend my PhD dissertation "The Petro-Atom: A century of ubiquitous oil involvement in nuclear energy, 1895-1993" at Maastricht University (16.00 CET) @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

for those who would like to take their minds off of ... other things today, here's a thread on the oil spillovers special issue that I guest-edited at History+Technology: www.tandfonline.com/toc/ghat20/4... 1/x

History and Technology

Oil Spillovers. Guest Editor: Cyrus Mody. Volume 40, Issue 3 of History and Technology

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Mine and Maria Rentetzi’s new article „Radium Boxes“ on the early history of the transport of radioactive materials has just been published in the Medical Research Archives journal! This one was very fun to write and I am really happy with how it turned out! #histtech #histsci #histstm #nukesky

The call for papers deadline for the next AIP Early-Career Conference has been extended to Dec. 1. This global conference is for students and early-career #histsci scholars in the history of the physical sciences. Aug. 4-9, 2025 in Salvador, Brazil. Travel assistance available! linktr.ee/aipecc

The 'Conference on the History of Philosophy of Technology' Program @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social is available! Keyotes by Xavier Guchet and Federica Buongiorno More than 50 speakers, impressive range of topics. Registration open! #Philtech #philsci #HOPOT #HOPOS fasos-research.nl/history-of-p...

Come work with me! I have a #PhD #vacancy for a cultural historian/historian of science/knowledge in my ERC CoG project PRESERVARE: vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...

interested in the history of the oil industry's involvement w/ various forms of alternative energy (esp. nuclear & geothermal) as well as with environmental governance? spend an hour w/ @odinnmelsted.bsky.social @moneschleper.bsky.social & me on kpft.org at noon today US Central Time/19:00 NL time

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Thank You For Your Donations During our October Membership DriveFM Schedule Changes for the New YearKPFT in the Houston ChronicleBeginning November 12, Alternative Radio Airs on KPFT – Fridays from […...

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www.academictransfer.com/nl/345235/ph... A vacancy for a PhD position at Maastricht University, to work with @moneschleper.bsky.social, @blenormand.bsky.social and me. Spread the news!

PhD in the history of biological fieldwork and gender

Are you interested in doing a PhD on the history of biology, the environment, and gender? Are you able to work independently and in a team? Do you want to work at an international and interdisciplinar...

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For historians of science, medecine and/or universities: Gewina organises their binannual conference this june. This year's exiting theme will be "ecology and economy". To register and find more information on the program see www.gewina.nl/register-wou...

New 4y PhD position on 20C French philosophy of science and technology at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social ! Supervised by Darian Meacham myself. #philsci #hopos #philtech vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

New review of Elizabeth Roehrlich's excellent "Inspectors for Peace: a History of the International Atomic Energy Agency" for H-Net

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Check out Michiel Bron's review of Elizabeth Roehrlich's " Inspectors for Peace: A History of the International Atomic Energy Agency," published in 2022 by Johns Hopkins University Press; review now available on H-Net #envhist #envhum #energy #envtech #nuclear www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

On Thursday the 14th of March (15.30), I will defend my PhD-dissertation: "The Politics of Big Science in a Small Country - The Moral Economy of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (1980 - 2020)." 1/2

inspiring special issue in HSR, with a contribution by @michielbron.bsky.social that will be of interest to energy historians (both those working on nuclear and oil), mining and commodity historians, and business historians (esp. those working on cartels, e.g., @pablo1981.bsky.social)

Michiel Bron@michielbron.bsky.social · 2y ago

This week the Historical Social Research published a new wonderful special issue (OA) on the geographies of nuclear energy (edited by Alicia Gutting, Teva Meyer, Melanie Bah and Per Hogselius): www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...

This week the Historical Social Research published a new wonderful special issue (OA) on the geographies of nuclear energy (edited by Alicia Gutting, Teva Meyer, Melanie Bah and Per Hogselius): www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...

The new applications for the Helleman Memorial Fellowships @aip.bsky.social are open now through April 1. A very nice way for Dutch postdocs and graduate students in physics to expand their research to the U.S. Feel free to ask for tips and experiences! www.aip.org/aip/awards/h...

AIP Robert H. G. Helleman Memorial Fellowships | American Institute of Physics

The Helleman Fellowships support graduate students or postdoctoral fellows with Dutch citizenship to pursue research activities in physics in the United States.

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big week for first books here in the Maastricht STS program - in addition to @matthewarcher.bsky.social 's Unsustainable from NYU Press we have Jacob Ward's Visions of a Digital Nation from @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026254629...

Visions of a Digital Nation

Why the privatization of British Telecom signaled a pivotal moment in the rise of neoliberalism, and how it was shaped by the longer development and digitali...

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On 2 February, @naturalis.bsky.social organises the Moving Animals science festival together with FASoS historians Vincent Bijman, @rafdebont.bsky.social & @monicavasile.bsky.social. About lemmings running off cliffs, the history of taxidermy & genetic engineering mammoths. Tickets👉shorturl.at/jltw9

pleased to see this chapter in Erik Conway & Bernie Carlson's edited volume on "new approaches to the history of electrification" out. in it, I argue that the Multi-Level Perspective is a decent-enough heuristic for understanding the 1970s energy crises... 1/3 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Surveying the Landscape: The Oil Industry and Alternative Energy in the 1970s

The multi-level perspective (MLP) is one of the most widely-used frameworks for understanding the conditions and choices underpinning energy transitions. Although this volume contains several cogent c...

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