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This research blog focuses on sustainability issues in the Global South. Sustainability is understood here not only as “sustainable development” but also in its temporal scale: how do so-called “sustainable” projects evolve over time? How do “sustainable” technical solutions maintain relationships with their environment, through complex and evolving socio-technical and economic networks? Research topics and approaches include social anthropology and development, sociology of innovation, maintenance and care studies, organizational theory.

This blog primarily summarizes findings from my PhD research on access to electricity’s longevity in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Peru. It is also a space for broader discussions on science and technology sociology for sustainable development. As such, readers come not only from the Academia but also from institutions who decide and set in motion this “sustainability”.

In particular, this blog is a way to share back my research to all those who are contributing to its results, through formal and informal discussions… Please let me thank you again for your time and passion!

About me

Previously project manager and specialist in monitoring and evaluation of appropriate technologies for urban and rural populations in Latin America, Asia and Africa, I have worked for the last ten years on energy, water and sanitation, disaster risk management issues, with a particular interest on durability, sustainability and post-project evaluations.

The question that has driven me for several years is the following: what happens to development projects after the withdrawal of external support?

That is why at the end of 2020, I started a PhD to understand the sustainability of solar mini-grids in Africa and Latin America. I am studying how their conditions of governance, maintenance and their business models evolve in time. My thesis is being carried out at the University of Grenoble, under the supervision of Pascale Trompette and Sandrine Mathy (PACTE and GAEL lab), and in collaboration with Schneider Electric (Nicolas Plain, Emilienne Lepoutre and Olivier Jacquet).

However, I remain solely responsible for the opinions expressed here, as well as any potential errors and inaccuracies that may have crept into this blog!

Contact

Emilie ETIENNE

emilie.etienne@umrpacte.fr 

More information

Summary of the thesis

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OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Emilie Etienne (29 juillet 2021). About. Sustainability in the Global South. Consulté le 1 mai 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/ump8


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