Research

• Studies on energy poverty
• Studies on energy sufficiency
• Studies on climate ethics, basic energy needs and subsistence emissions
• Studies on double energy vulnerability

Studies on energy poverty

Please refer to the following publications.

・S. Kahouli and S. Okushima、 “Regional energy poverty reevaluated: A direct measurement approach applied to France and Japan、” Energy Economics、 102、 October 2021、 105491.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988321003777

・R. Castaño-Rosa and S. Okushima、 “Prevalence of energy poverty in Japan: A comprehensive analysis of energy poverty vulnerabilities,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 145, July 2021, 111006.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032121002963

・S. Okushima, “Understanding Regional Energy Poverty in Japan: A Direct Measurement Approach,” Energy and Buildings, 193, June 2019, pp. 174-184. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778818320619

・S. Okushima, “Gauging Energy Poverty: A Multidimensional Approach,” Energy, 137, October 2017, pp. 1159-1166.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544217308952

・S. Okushima, “Measuring Energy Poverty in Japan, 2004-2013,” Energy Policy, 98, November 2016, pp. 557-564.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421516304724

Studies on energy sufficiency

Please refer to the following publications.

・S. Okushima, “Measuring energy sufficiency: a state of being neither in energy poverty nor energy extravagance,” Applied Energy, 354, January 2024, 122161.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261923015258

Studies on climate ethics, basic energy needs and subsistence emissions

Please refer to the following publications.

・S. Okushima, “Reevaluating fair carbon emissions for households in Japan: Basic energy needs and subsistence CO2 emissions,” Climate Policy.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2024.2425017

・S. Okushima, “Energy poor need more energy, but do they need more carbon?: Evaluation of people’s basic carbon needs,” Ecological Economics, 187, September 2021, 107081.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921001397

Studies on double energy vulnerability

Please refer to the following publications.

・S. Okushima, and N. Simcock, “Double energy vulnerability in Japan,” Energy Policy, 191, August 2024, 114184.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421524002040