Generation and Gender Energy Deprivation: Realities and Social Policies

The acronym of this research, 2GENDERS, stands for “Generation and Gender ENergy DEprivation: Realities and Social policies”. It shows the objectives of this research that were translated into four research questions: 1. Who are the households living in energy poverty in Belgium and what are the generation and gender aspects of this phenomenon? (RQ 1) 2. Do persons living in energy poverty experience other fragilities, especially regarding relationships, mobility, and self-reported health? (RQ 2) 3. What are the daily practices of persons living in energy poverty, especially those related to energy consumption, and what meanings do they give thereto? (RQ 3) 4. How can we translate the voice of people living in energy poverty and experiencing other fragilities into policy recommendations? (RQ 4) This is a mixed-method research, meaning that both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, here in parallel