Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen

Independent Scholar Fellow 2022-23

Darkness and Disorder: Refugees, Humanitarian Agencies, and the Struggle to Provide Sustainable Energy Access in Refugee Camps

Within refugee camps, energy has been neglected by both humanitarian organisations and academic research. This Fellowship aims to change that by developing an ethnography of the humanitarian energy world and telling the stories of refugees in their own words. The research will produce a book titled ‘Voices in the dark: Energy Access and the Politics of Living in Refugee Camps’ to demonstrate how energy is used by refugees. Berghahn books have already expressed interest in publishing the book through their Forced Migration series.

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Research outcomes

Rosenberg-Jansen, S. (2024).

Voices in the Dark: The Energy Lives of Refugees. Berghahn Books.

Rosenberg-Jansen, S. (2022).

The emerging world of humanitarian energy: A conceptual research review. Energy Research & Social Science, 92, 102779.

Areas of interest

Sustainability Energy Politics Humanitarianism Global South Renewable Energy Refugees Forced Displacement

Cohort

ISF8

Biography

Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen is an independent academic scholar and the research lead for the Global Platform for Action for Sustainable Energy Solutions in Situations of Displacement (GPA). Sarah is an expert adviser on humanitarian energy, with experience leading sustainable energy work with displaced communities in several countries including Rwanda, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Jordan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Her research interests focus on renewable energy solutions in refugee camps, the energy lives of displaced people, and understanding how humanitarian systems can provide inclusive and ethical opportunities for vulnerable communities.

Biographical details correct as of 05.10.24