1175 | 302 | Socio-spatial disparities in energy crisis and energy transition – the case of Hungary | Lea KŐSZEGHY
The energy crisis, and energy transition poses significantly different challenges to households in different socio-spatial position. There are distinct socio-spatial patterns in households’ energy use practices and energy-related problems, as well as in their potential for crisis management and energy transition. Households’s strategies concerning crisis management and energy transition is also influenced by social disparities in knowledge and attitudes about energy consumption and sustainable energy use, and awareness about measures to promote energy transition (1). Households affected by energy vulnerability and energy poverty face specific problems, including the socially disparate impact of energy transition measures, as reflected in the emerging just transition agenda (2,3)._x000D_
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The presentation analyses such socio-spatial patterns, with specific regard to energy vulnerable and energy poor households in Hungary, on the basis of a survey conducted in February-March 2023 by the Centre for Social Sciences (N=1000, personal interviews on a representative adult population sample, research funding: NRDI, Ref. No. 138020). Reflecting on the recent energy crisis, the presentation also examines socio-spatial differences in households’ strategies to handle the radical energy price increase since 2022, with specific regard to the evaluation of such strategies from the point of view of energy transition (promoting transition vs. adverse effects on energy transition). The presentation also comments on the impact of the housing system, housing and energy policies on energy transition and energy crisis._x000D_
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1. Elisha R. Frederiks, Karen Stenner, Elizabeth V. Hobman (2015) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.09.026_x000D_
2. Darren McCauley, Raphael Heffron (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.04.014_x000D_
3. Stefan Bouzarovski, Sergio Tirado Herrero (2017) https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776415596449
Lea KŐSZEGHY
Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Sociology, Budapest
ID Abstract: 302