Objective The question of which economic framework (or sets of frameworks) is (are) appropriate for providing policy prescriptionsconducive to ecological sustainable has gained renewed interest within the community of ecological economists andpolitical economists. To help answer this question I propose to investigate the suitability of four economic frameworks —neoclassical environmental economics, non-Walrasian neoclassical environmental economics, institutional ecologicaleconomics, and ecological Marxian political economy, for providing effective and coherent policy prescriptions for renewableand sustainable energy resources, specifically for electricity generation.The inquiry will be both philosophical/methodological and empirical. The four frameworks will be interrogated against casestudies of the UK, Germany, Norway, France, Canada, and the US. The case studies will be comprised of analyses of thesocio-economic, historical, political, and cultural backdrop of energy resources in each country. The results of thisinterrogation will then be used to assess the suitability of the four frameworks for providing policy prescriptions conducive toecological sustainability with regards to their respective methodologies including ontology, epistemology, methodology (toinclude methods as well), and ideology. The case for methodological pluralism will be assessed and a notion of pluralismdeveloped for economic frameworks concerned with ecological sustainability.The benefits that will be gained from undertaking this research program at the ERA level will accrue to economists andsocial scientists first by giving them better analytical and conceptual tools, and all those, including policy makers, politicians,and business leaders who depend on those tools afterwards through better results. Fields of science humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophyepistemologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesknowledge engineeringontologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationsocial sciencessociologyideologiessocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicspolitical economy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF Coordinator ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION Net EU contribution € 183 454,80 Address BISHOP HALL LANE CM1 1SQ Chelmsford United Kingdom See on map Region East of England Essex Heart of Essex Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 183 454,80
