Scholars
Oksan Bayulgen
University of Connecticut
Based in
United States
North America
Dr. Bayulgen is a political scientist with specialization on energy transitions, environmental politics, democratization and development. She has received numerous grants to conduct extensive field work in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Norway, and Turkey. Her first book (Cambridge University Press 2010) was on the relationship between regime types and foreign investments in the oil industry. She has numerous articles in leading journals such as Environmental Politics, Energy Research and Social Science, Journal of Human Rights, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, and International Studies Review. She teaches courses on politics in developing countries, politics of oil, introduction to comparative politics, politics and foreign policies of Russia, democratization, and sustainable energy. Her most recent book (Michigan University Press, 2022) is on the politics of clean energy development in developing countries.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Russia Turkey United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Greenwashing Climate policy and politics Climate Justice Renewable energyPublications
Books
Bayulgen, Oksan. Twisting in the Wind: The Politics of Tepid Transitions to Renewable Energy, (University of Michigan Press 2022)
Bayulgen, Oksan. Foreign Investment and Political Regimes: The Oil Sector in Azerbaijan, Russia, and Norway, (Cambridge University Press 2010)
Articles
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Byzantine Energy Politics: The Complex Tale of Low-Carbon Energy in Turkey,” in Robin Mills and Li-Chen Sim (eds). Low-Carbon Energy in the Middle East and North America, Palgrave MacMillan (2021), pp.155-183.
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Tilting at Windmills? Electoral Repercussions of Wind Turbine Projects in Minnesota,” Energy Policy159 (December 2021) 112636 (co-authored with Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Mary Buchanan and Lyle Scruggs)
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Localizing the Energy Transition: Town-Level Political and Economic Drivers of Clean Energy in the United States,” Energy Research and Social Science 62 (2020) 101376
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Green Priorities: How Economic Frames Affect Perceptions of Renewable Energy in the United States,” Energy Research and Social Science 47 (2019): 28-36 (co-authored with Salil Benegal)
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Vetoing the Future: Political Constraints and Renewable Energy,” Environmental Politics 26:1 (2017): 49-70 (co-authored with Jeffrey W. Ladewig)
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Two-Steps Forward, One-Step Back: How Politics Dim the Lights on Turkey’s Renewable Energy Future,” Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs 18:4 (Winter 2013): 71-98
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Caspian Energy Wealth: Social Impacts and Implications for Regional Stability,” in Amanda Wooden and Christoph Stefes (eds.) The Politics of Transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Enduring Legacies and Emerging Challenges, NY: Routledge (2009)
Bayulgen, Oksan. “Foreign Investment, Oil Curse and Democratization: A Comparison of Azerbaijan and Russia” Business and Politics 7:1 (2005): 1-37.