This overview adopts a critical social science perspective to examine the state of play and
potential futures for coal in the context of climate change. It introduces key trends in coal …

This paper explores the socio-technical imaginaries surrounding infrastructures of coal
mining and coal combustion in Poland. Contemporary policy makers in Poland mobilise a …

The expansion of middle-income countries in the global South is now widely acknowledged
as significant for international development research and practice. But, as yet, scholars have …

This paper explores the emerging new master-planned city-building trend on the African
continent. Situating our research within urban policy mobilities literature, we investigate the …

Despite the truism that less is known about the deep-sea than outer space, deep-sea mining
(DSM) is being promoted as the next frontier of resource extraction. In 2019, Nautilus …

In the past 2 decades, over 150 new cities built from scratch have been launched in more
than 40 countries. As this trend has intensified in recent years, scholarship on new city …

Despite the rise and fall of the central role given to states in national development
discussions, there is an emerging trend in Africa where several countries are harnessing …

This paper analyses the dynamics of the relationship between the state and foreign firms in
the context of resource nationalism, focusing specifically on lithium industrialisation policy in …

Mushrooming new city developments have occurred in many developing countries in the
past two decades, which generate profound socio-economic, environmental, and politico …

This paper offers a value-theoretic critique of 'post-neoliberal'energy production in Ecuador.
The Ecuadorian government is attempting to end the dependence on finite hydrocarbon …