Nicholas Caverly
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology | College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Project Title: Racism, antiracism, and infrastructure in the context of energy transition
As an ISSR Scholar, Nick will develop proposals to support research into the ways racism becomes a social and technological barrier to climate change mitigation. Transitions from fossil fuels to clean energy are integral to mitigating climate change burdens. This project will use ethnographic and archival research to examine three questions: 1) why do racially privileged people seek to preserve fossil fuel systems, 2) what do advocates grounded in diverse communities do to sustain decarbonization, and 3) how do utility operators navigate conflicting, racialized demands through technical decisions about energy system operations.