Óðinn Melsted

The limits to growth and development? Computer modeling, planetary limits, and the question of industrial development in the Global South, 1960s–1970s The limits to growth and development? Computer modeling, planetary limits, and the question of industrial development in the Global South, 1960s–1970s was published in Environment, Technology, and Dev...

new publication by @odinnmelsted.bsky.social Candida Sánchez Burmester, George Roberts & me putting the Club of Rome in a more global perspective than it's usually framed: 1/x

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

it was a pleasure to share info on Robert O. Anderson that I & especially @odinnmelsted.bsky.social have collected w/ @roycerk2.bsky.social & glad that info proved useful in deflating one of the conspiracy theories in this apparently "mid" & misleading book:

Conferencing at the beautiful University of Iceland (where I studied a decade ago) at the Congress of Nordic Historians. I'll be discussing "Green Nordics? Histories of Energy Transitions, Green Mythmaking and Environmental Realities" with Anna Åberg, Mogens Rüdiger and @tanjariekkinen.bsky.social!

Journal of Energy History 2024/1 (No 12) Black and Green? Environmental Histories of the Oil Industry

the intro & most articles for the J Energy History special issue that @moneschleper.bsky.social @odinnmelsted.bsky.social & I edited have been out for ages, but I've delaying skeeting a summary of the whole issue until all the articles were up. which they now are! 1/x

stm.cairn.info/journal-of-e...

Too bad, look forward to discussing it at another opportunity.

We're throwing an #energyhist conference in Maastricht, Workshop on Alternative Energy Histories (October 20-21, deadline for proposals is April 4):

Journal of Energy History 2024/1 (No 12) Black and Green? Environmental Histories of the Oil Industry

Very happy to see this #specialissue on #oilhist and #envhist out in the world: stm.cairn.info/journal-of-e....
With great articles by @renaudbecot.bsky.social, Reynaldo de los Reyes Patiño, @mattinbiglari.bsky.social, Randal L. Hall, Jelena Stanković, @michielbron.bsky.social, and Robert Lifset.

CfP: Predicting Europe. Histories of the Future in Post-1945 Europe

Deadline: 17 January

Please check out and share our CfP for a special issue of Business History devoted to "Sustainability Transitions in Business History". I'm editing alongside @marrv.bsky.social and Mattias Näsman (Umeå). Abstracts are due January 30th. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

The oil spillover: prospecting for oil in innovation studies and the history of technology Innovation studies scholars use the concept of ‘spillovers’ to explain how ideas and people move among firms and industries and how regions form industrial clusters. Historians of technology use di...

the oil spillover - read all about it!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Creating the Conditions for Western European Petroculture: The Marshall Plan, the Politics of the OEEC, and the Transition from Coal to Oil Not registered yet?

There's a lot more to this history, I happen to know someone who's written about it: shs.cairn.info/journal-of-e...

Geoscience spillover: Gunnar Böðvarsson and the adoption of petroleum technologies in Iceland’s geothermal industry, 1940s–1970s During the twentieth century, Iceland became a leader in geothermal energy use, with hot water and steam providing for the heating of 9 out of 10 houses and almost one-third of the electricity supp...

New article out about the oil industry and geothermal energy in Iceland, or how spillovers from oil like exploration & drilling technologies enabled Iceland's geothermal wonder. It's part of a special issue about "oil spillovers" edited by @ccmmody.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Flyer for the ESEH2025 conference and call for papers, for more information see https://eseh2025.com

@dudleymarianna.bsky.social and I are looking for papers for panel(s) on landscapes of energy history and transition for
#ESEH2025!

We also plan a workshop session on new methods and approaches within #energyhistory.

Let us know whether you want to be involved in either / or by 11 Oct!

#envhist

Started a new job as an Assistant Professor in the History Department at Maastricht University today. The campus is still quiet, but that will change soon. Busy and exciting times ahead!

📢 Das DACH Netzwerk Umweltgeschichte lädt zu seinem 1. NEST-Workshop zum Thema „Umwelt – Technik – Wissen“ nach Berlin ein (6.- 8. Nov. 2024)! Wir wollen einen Begegnungsraum jenseits der großen Konferenzen schaffen, in dem MAs, PhDs und Early-Postdocs sich vernetzen, ihre Projekte gemeinsam ...

Interesting... he also worked for Friends of the Earth (bit more than committee work there)

Had the honor of speaking about Iceland at the University of Alaska today (well, online)