Hanna Lempinen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland. Lempinen’s research builds on environmental sociology, social impact assessment literature and sustainability studies in developing novel approaches to understanding the intertwinements of energy and the society at large.

• 1. Introduction: Energy and the North.- 2. The Politics of Energy and Sustainability.- 3. The “Social” in the Sustainable.- 4. The Elusive Social and the Arctic Energyscape.- 5. Concluding Thoughts.

Hanna Lempinen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland. Lempinen’s research builds on environmental sociology, social impact assessment literature and sustainability studies in developing novel approaches to understanding the intertwinements of energy and the society at large.

• 1. Introduction: Energy and the North.- 2. The Politics of Energy and Sustainability.- 3. The “Social” in the Sustainable.- 4. The Elusive Social and the Arctic Energyscape.- 5. Concluding Thoughts.

Hanna Lempinen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland. Lempinen’s research builds on environmental sociology, social impact assessment literature and sustainability studies in developing novel approaches to understanding the intertwinements of energy and the society at large.

• 1. Introduction: Energy and the North.- 2. The Politics of Energy and Sustainability.- 3. The “Social” in the Sustainable.- 4. The Elusive Social and the Arctic Energyscape.- 5. Concluding Thoughts.