1. SECURITIZING ENERGY FROM GEOPOLITICS TO ENERGY DEMOCRACY

2. Plan Research problem Analytical approach Energy security & IR theory
Fieldwork & methodology
Main findings
- Energy security logic of emancipation in the energy sector
Q & A

3. Research problem A-contextual security studies energy studies
Dual approach

4. Why contextual analysis of energy security?
Analytical testing ground
Energy security:
Multi-dimensional
Cross-sectoral
'liminal'

5. Analytical approach multiple security logics
Merging the analysis of energy security & analytical toolbox derived from the CSS
Analytical openness:
multiple security logics
mechanisms of their operation and interaction
Broader approach to contexts

6. Ciuta's 3 logics typology
‘Logic of war’
‘Logic of subsistence’
‘Total security logic’
survival
subsistence
reflexivity
‘grammar of conflict’
competing hierarchies of energy security aspects
risk rationale

7. Corry's Grammars of security

8. Corry's Grammars of security
Analogy:
Securitisation / logic of war
Riskification / total security logic
Politicisation / subsistence logic
Are we out of the ontological cave yet?

9. Security logics/grammars in the energy sector
Rationale
Rhetoric
Control
Action
Manifestation
Nature of security
Value of security
LOW
Survival
Grammar of conflict
Centralized
Policy moves above ‘normal politics’
‘Zero-sum’ energy game
Absence of
war/
winning
the war
Exclusive
negative
LOS
Sustenance
Utility of
trade-offs
Unequally shared among stakeholders
Hierarchizing energy security dimensions
Establishment of energy security priorities
Fulfilment
of needs
Positive RL
Prevention
Calculation & precaution
Lack of control/
attempting control
Strategies for alleviating risk
Precautionary measures in place
Manageability
of risk
Inclusive
Negative

10. Operationalization of context
DISTAL CONTEXT
SECURITY MECHANISMS
SETTING/CONSTELLATION

11. Research questions
What security logics are at play across different energy contexts and what are the mechanisms of their diffusion and interaction?
How do competing security logics in the national and global energy sector influence domestic energy policy agenda?
What do energy security logics and their interaction tell us about the nature of security more broadly?

12. Methodology Interpretivist methodology & abductive logic of inquiry
Case selection: Germany, Poland & Ukraine
Empirical focus on ‘trigger events’
Pipeline politics vs. Ukrainian gas crises & Nordstream project
Nuclear energy debate & renewables & energy efficiency
Research methods: discourse analysis & semi-structured interviews
Actors: energy companies, government, media, energy experts, environmental groups

13. Main findings
Multiplicity of logics in the energy sphere: characteristics, mechanisms, interaction
Contextual dynamics of energy security: shedding light on the policy agenda
Security logics are contextual
Purchase of the methodological approach & contextual analysis of security
Energy security logic of emancipation & its conceptualization

14. The energy security logic of emancipation
Individuals as the ultimate referents of energy security
Reflexive & inclusive security practices & rhetoric of social inclusion, empowerment and liberation
Gradual democratization of the energy sphere as the main security mechanism
Transformative on two levels

15. Competing energy security dimensions across the logics

16. The energy security logic of emancipation within analyzed contexts

17. Rationale Rhetoric Control Action Nature of security Value of security
Manifestation
Nature of security
Value of security
LOW
Survival
Grammar of conflict
Centralized
Policy moves above ‘normal politics’
‘Zero-sum’ energy game
Absence of
war/
winning
the war
Exclusive
negative
LOS
Sustenance
Utility of
trade-offs
Unequally shared among stakeholders
Hierarchizing energy security dimensions
Establishment of energy security priorities
Fulfilment
of needs
positive RL
Prevention
Calculation & precaution
Lack of control/
attempting control
Strategies for alleviating risk
Precautionary measures in place
Manageability
of risk
Inclusive
LOE
Self-reliance
Empowerment & liberation
Diffused
Reflexive practice of energy production
'Energy democracy'
Self-made safety

18. ESLO vs. Literature on emancipation
K. Booth „security as emancipation”
M. McDonalds „immanent critique”
C. Aradau „desecuritization & democratic politics”

19. Occurrence of energy security logics across the analysed cases
Occurrence of energy security logics across the analysed cases
Logic of war
Logic of subsistence
Risk logic
Emancipatory logic
Germany
Low
High
Poland
Medium
Ukraine

20. Contribution
Empirical
Theoretical
Conceptual
Methodological

21. Q & A