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To wind up changed: Assessing the value of social conflict on onshore wind energy in transforming institutions in the Netherlands

This article by Annemiek de Looze and Eefje Cuppen investigates empericallly if and how social conflict leads to institutional change.

Author: Annemiek de Looze and Eefje Cuppen
Date: 12 July 2023
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The energy transition is a complex challenge involving technological, political, behavioural, and social transformations. In this transition, social conflict frequently occurs regarding disagreements over how, when and where energy should be produced, transformed or transported. Recent literature argues for the potential value of social conflict when conflict is used to draw lessons and improve policy and projects to fit with the concerns of stakeholders. However, research in which the actual positive repercussions of multiple social conflicts are evaluated on a systemic level is lacking. In this paper the authors aim to empirically investigate if and how social conflict leads to institutional change.