Thomas Ptak

Associate Professor

Texas State University

United States

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Thomas Ptak is an Associate Professor at Texas State University, USA. His research focuses on critical infrastructure, climate change, energy geographies, and border studies, as reflected in his recent articles. He explores the social impacts of power outages, the dynamics of energy development, and the complexities of borders in contemporary contexts.

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Sarah Kelly

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Olivier Walther

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Steven Radil

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Articles (10)

A systematic review and typology of power outage literature: Critical infrastructure, climate change and social impacts

Repositioning energy geographies in a time of crisis: Arguments from a subdiscipline on the margins of geography

Coupling fire and energy in the Anthropocene: Deploying scale to analyze social vulnerability to forced electricity outages in California

Border studies at 45

Understanding borders through dynamic processes: capturing relational motion from south-west China’s radiation centre

Critically evaluating the purported global “boom” in small hydropower development through spatial and temporal analysis

Approaching obsolescence? A multi-criteria analysis of high-risk dams in the United States Pacific Northwest

Borders resurgent: towards a post-Covid-19 global border regime?

How Believing That Climate Change Is a Conspiracy Affects Skeptics’ Environmental Attitudes

“Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones”: How Borders, Energy Development and Ongoing Experimentation Shape the Dynamic Transformation of Yunnan Province

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Paul Nugent

Jussi Laine

Sarah Kelly

Olivier Walther

Steven Radil

Kristin Haltinner

Ryan J. Stock

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