Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Exploring the refusal to integrate social sciences with the field of energy in Iran; Case Study of electricity Industry

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Author

Jamal Abdollahpour

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Management and Social Science Department, Research Institute of Policy and Governance Studies, Niroo (Energy) Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2025.5246.4989
Abstract
The integration of social sciences with the field of energy has led to the emergence of the interdisciplinary knowledge field of energy social sciences in developed countries and its utilization in the field of action. This issue has faced refusal in Iran, the reasons for which we have analyzed in the elecricity industry from the point of view of experts in this field as well as the field of social sciences. Theories and researches have pointed to ideological, institutional, cognitive and capacity barriers. We have done research in this framework and the use of interview-based qualitative methodology in data acquisition and thematic analysis in data analyzing. experts in the electricity industry; Anomic conditions of sustainable development, Organizational culture based on everyday life, predominance of technical-bureaucratic thinking and non-participatory governance and social science experts; Challenges within social science discourse, lack of interdisciplinary approach, lack of common discourse context of electricity industry with social sciences and public culture with limiting elements are mentioned as obstacles. In terms of nature; these factors are ideological, institutional, epistemic and capacity that play a role in the fields of governance of industry, university and society. The development of interdisciplinary studies of energy social sciences in Iran requires discourse creation in this framework.

Keywords

social sciences
electricity industry
interdisciplinary studies
refusal factors

Subjects

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