During August 2021, the centrality of energy to Scotland’s politics and contested future, and to understanding its recent past, were revealed through three major news stories. The first of these was the tension surrounding the UK government’s approach to the development of a new giant oilfield west of Shetland. Siccar Point Energy intend to develop the Cambo field with the … [Read more...] about Putting energy at the centre of Scotland’s history
Ewan Gibbs
About Ewan Gibbs
Ewan Gibbs lectures in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. Author: Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland (University of London Press, 2021) From 2022-2024, Ewan will be completing a BA-Wolfson fellowship, ‘Decarbonising the Economy and Society: Policy, Labour and Community in Energy Transitions’.