Energy Company–Landowner Negotiations

Case study

Inside this project.

A concise view of the question, design, my role, method, contribution, and scope.

Question

How do energy companies negotiate with landowners when acquiring land for hydraulic fracturing, and how do institutional settings shape bargaining power?

Data / design

Landowner negotiation records and policy-relevant source material coded for comparison.

My role

I contributed to data collection and coding-scheme development as part of the interdisciplinary team.

Method / approach

Data collection and coding-scheme development used to make qualitative records comparable.

What it contributes

An interdisciplinary Nature Energy project analyzing how energy companies negotiate with landowners and how institutional contexts shape bargaining power.

Venue / status

Published, Nature Energy, 2024. Open paper

Scope

The article reports the interdisciplinary team's analysis; my contribution centered on collecting and coding the source material.