Samenvatting

"Energy is vital to our modern way of life and tangled in almost everything we do. Despite the noted importance of energy, energy literacy has not received as much attention as climate or ecological literacy. This paper applied an energy literacy framework with a transdisciplinary PhD cohort. The students come from a diversity of technical and non-technical backgrounds, some with experience in the mining sector and others with very limited experience with energy topics. Through a workshop intervention the students were introduced to the energy literacy framework and then applied it through a series of exercises. The reflections on this process provide insights into the complexity and interconnectedness of energy issues, importance of language, and how our experiences shaped the context within which we view the energy system."