Ramazan Sari is an energy economist in the Department of Management at the Technical University of Denmark. He has a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. His research is shaped by (i) gender, regional, and cultural differences in the acceptance of new energy technologies and policies and (ii) the economic and social aspects of sustainability, including economic growth, economic poverty, energy poverty, and energy justice. He has extensive research experience on economic growth, inequality, income distribution, energy, and environmental topics, utilizing quantitative and qualitative data in developing and developed countries. He has experience in coordinating, co-coordinating, and serving in many research and capacity-building projects funded by EU Horizon 2020, British Academy Newton Funds, Turkish Planning Institute, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council, Atomic Energy Agency of Vienna, Danida, and Horizon Europe. He is an associate editor for the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Nature’s journal. The literature well receives his research and places him in the Stanford-Elsevier top 2% rankings.

The social acceptability of new technologies in shaping energy policy

Sustainability assessment has recently become an important issue for policymakers and decision-makers, driven by the necessity to balance environmental, economic, and social policies. Consequently, understanding social factors in general, and social acceptance in particular, is crucial for the successful implementation of renewable technologies, the development of efficient energy and environmental policies, and a smooth energy transition. We focus on the social acceptance of agroPV, nature-based solutions, and energy-from-urban-waste projects to help pave the way for smoother implementation of these technologies and policies.