Solar Technology and Global Environmental Justice: The Vision and the Reality - Paperback

by Andreas Roos (Author)

Building on insights from ecological economics and philosophy of technology, this book offers a novel, interdisciplinary approach to understand the contradictory nature of Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.

Author Biography

Andreas Roos is an interdisciplinary scholar with a doctoral degree in the field of human ecology. His work draws from ecological economics, environmental history and philosophy of technology to understand the contentious relation between technology and ecology. Roos's most recent work focuses on assessing the potential of renewable energy technologies to transform modern human-environmental relations. Publishing in top ranking journals, Roos's other contributions include ecological perspectives on the digital economy and the possibilities for commons-based energy technology.