My first book, Spaceship in the Desert, studied the emergence of new energy infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), examining how oil-rich economies prepare for a future with less oil. In my current book project, I flip this question and ask how energy-poor countries satisfy u..
Gökçe Günel
Gökçe Günel is assistant professor in Anthropology at Rice University. Her latest book is Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi (Duke University Press, 2019).