The aim of the workshop is to discuss the difficulties faced by households on a tight budget in paying for domestic energy consumption.
In doing so, it seeks to shed light on energy poverty through the prism of (non-)payment (individual budgetary logic, spending prioritization practices, institutional debt management, etc.). Researchers will discuss their current and future work, revisit past research, discuss available methods and data, and share their bibliographies.
Program Session 1 – Budgets and trade-offs Caroline Henchoz
– Haute Ecole de Travail Social et de la Santé Lausanne (HETSL)
Thinking about "small" budgets in the social sciences. Management and allocation of financial resources and payment of energy consumption expenses.
Lise Desvallées
, University of Pau, TREE
The weight of energy bills in the residential costs of households in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Exploring the spatial dynamics of housing, transportation, and energy costs.
Nina Testut
, "L'Ethnographe" (practitioner)
Budget trade-offs for households weakened by the Covid crisis and energy debt management. Focus groups and interviews with households and solidarity actors.
Sylvain Bordiec
, University of Bordeaux, LACES
The energy of the Yellow Vests. Energy consumption and social mobilization.
Session 2 – Who deals with unpaid energy bills? Caroline Escoffier
, EDF lab Saclay, Energy Technology and Society Group
A survey on the decline in applications for FSL Energy.
Hélène Ducourant
, Gustave Eiffel University, LATTS
Unpaid bills from customers of new energy suppliers. Debt collection work in debt collection agencies.
Session 3 – Discussions on data, methods & bibliography Aminata Coly
, Gustave Eiffel University, LATTS, Orange Innovation
Banking and budgetary issues in large-scale surveys: an overview of surveys and possible uses.
Bibliographic discussions among participants.
Location: LATTS Bienvenüe building, room B235
4/20 Boulevard Newton – Plot C, 2nd floor – Champs sur Marne
(RER A – Noisy Champs station)
Date and times: May 12 – 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Organization, contact & registration: helene.ducourant@univ-eiffel.fr