Social Life of Biogas

Meredian Alam is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. He was formerly involved in the Australian Research Council Discovery project “Fostering pro-environment consciousness and practice: environmentalism, environmentality and environmental education in Indonesia” from 2014 to 2019. His key research interest covers  international development, renewable energy transition, and environmental collective action. His Ph.D. dissertation “When Environment is Ours: Youth Environmentalism” received a Higher Degree Research Award (Distinction) from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He earned an M.Phil. in culture, environment, and sustainability from the University of Oslo, Norway, and took up Research Fellowship at the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, doing research in comparative biogas development in Nepal, China, India, and Pakistan during his study from 2010 to 2012. He also holds an MSc in Mental Health from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom, and an MA in Development Sociology from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia.

• Chapter 1 Prelude.- Chapter 2 Towards Household Biogas Technology.- Chapter 3 Domestication of Biogas Technology.