Abstract

Morphological analysis (MA) is a reliable technique for identifying research opportunities in policy analysis. This article presents a MA of the energy policy analysis literature of over four decades of research to enable structured understanding of the field. A three-stage research method has been adopted to identify and review journal articles and research publications. The MA affirms that energy policy analysis research literature points to energy–economy–sustainability–policy interactions. These interactions are studied from the issues and concerns perspective. The MA framework (MAF) representation of energy policy issues and concerns comprises 4 dimensions, 11 sub-dimensions and 50 variants. This MAF representation of the energy policy analysis literature can be useful for researchers to systematically study the domain and identify significant research opportunities, emerging themes and priorities in energy policy analysis research. The article also suggests immediate and promising research opportunities in the domain using the MAF. MA is also a reliable method for researchers who study other public policy domains.

中文翻译：

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能源政策分析研究的形态分析——新出现的问题和关注点

摘要

形态分析 (MA) 是一种在政策分析中识别研究机会的可靠技术。本文介绍了超过四个十年研究的能源政策分析文献的硕士学位，以使对该领域的结构化理解。采用三阶段研究方法来识别和审查期刊文章和研究出版物。MA肯定能源政策分析研究文​​献指向能源-经济-可持续性-政策相互作用。这些相互作用是从问题和关注的角度来研究的。能源政策问题和关注点的 MA 框架 (MAF) 表示包括 4 个维度、11 个子维度和 50 个变体。能源政策分析文献的这种 MAF 表示有助于研究人员系统地研究该领域并确定能源政策分析研究中的重要研究机会、新兴主题和优先事项。这篇文章还提出了使用 MAF 在该领域的直接和有希望的研究机会。对于研究其他公共政策领域的研究人员来说，MA 也是一种可靠的方法。