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This is the most comprehensive book discussing the impact of renewable energy transition by engaging local narratives, and combining this with the domestication of technology theory.  Addressing a specific concern, the discussion considers the development of household biogas from an interdisciplinary sociological perspective and addresses the success factors for the implementation of biogas policy on the household level in Indonesia. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork in a rural Indonesia, this book explores the interactive process of social and technological innovation from a user perspective. Their social interactions with wider stakeholders such as biogas technology trainers, laborers, construction partner organizations, and fellow users are examined. The author sheds light on emerging evidence around biogas sustainability by engaging a unique interdisciplinary framework that combines aspects of both sociology and engineering. Offering a unique insight, this book is relevant for social scientists, postgraduate students, social workers, environmental activists, communication experts, and engineers working across aspects of renewable energy development. They will gain new interdisciplinary insights and applicable approaches to building household biogas by actively engaging the users.

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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.

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