Susan Morrissey Wyse

Susan Morrissey Wyse

PhD student
York University
Canada
Susan Morrissey Wyse began her PhD in 2019 with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (now Environmental and Urban Change). The focus of her PhD dissertation is on the social impacts of low-carbon energy initiatives. The aim of her research is to investigate the intersection of democracy and justice within low carbon and renewable energy transitions. The study will look at the active role of individuals and communities through the lenses of several emerging frameworks that emphasizes the processes and/or outcomes of energy, that is, how people participate and how they are impacted. These frameworks include, but are not limited to, energy justice, energy democracy and energy citizenship.