Rethinking Access: Key Methodological Challenges in Studying Energy Companies

Energy is deeply embedded in society, and the way it is produced, distributed, and consumed has consequences for the way we live our lives. Yet, the multifaceted social and material relations that this involves tend to elude scientific description and analysis. Among the primary reasons for this elusiveness are the barriers we encounter when studying energy companies. Firstly, energy companies are considered close to the cogwheels and power of society, and more so than corporations in other fields they confront demands from both political spheres and civil society to attain sustainability and to take responsibility for bringing society through the