Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

Publications

Peer review articles (Indexed in Scopus)

  1. Pérez-Sindín, X.S., Alonso-Domínguez, Á., Docampo, M.G. et al. On preserving decommissioned fossil fuel power plants as industrial heritage. npj Herit. Sci. 14, 99 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-026-02362-5
  2. Pérez-Sindín, X. S. (2026). Ideology, environmental attitudes, and perceived pace of transition: explaining public acceptance of fossil fuel phase-out in Spain. Environmental Sociology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2026.2627449
  3. Sanz-Hernández, A., Docampo, M. G., Sindín, X. S. P., & Andrade-Suárez, M. (2026). Beyond closure: Just transition, environmental values and vital expectations in post-coal Spain. The Extractive Industries and Society, 25, 101783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2025.101783
  4. Pérez-Sindín, X. S., Wójcik, P., Chen, T. H. K., & Prishchepov, A. V. (2025). Can nighttime lights serve as a proxy for economic inequality at the local administrative unit scale? Evidence from Spain. PLoS One, 20(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319890
  5. Sanz-Hernández, A., Docampo, M. G., Pérez-Sindín, X., & Andrade-Suárez, M. (2026). Beyond closure: Just transition, environmental values and vital expectations in post-coal Spain. The Extractive Industries and Society, 25, 101783. 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101783
  6. Sanz Hernández, A., Alonso-Domínguez, Á., Marcos Santiago, R., Rodríguez Pacios, A., & Pérez-Sindín, X. (2025). Justice is Memory: Coal Phase-Out, Recognition Justice, and Cultural Sustainability in the Spanish Energy Transition. Revista Internacional de Sociología. https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.
  7. Ding, Shengping; Xu, Lilai; Liu, Shidong; Yang, Xue; Wang, Li; Pérez-Sindín, XS; Prishchepov, Alexander V (2024) Understanding the spatial disparity in socio-economic recovery of coastal communities following typhoon disasters. Science of the Total Environment, 919, 170831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170831  
  8. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Lee, Joohee; Nielsen, Thomas (2022) Exploring the spatial characteristics of energy injustice: A comparison of the power generation landscapes in Spain, Denmark, and South Korea. Energy Research & Social Science, 91, 102682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102682
  9. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Chen, Tzu-Hsin Karen; Prishchepov, Alexander V (2021) Are night-time lights a good proxy of economic activity in rural areas in middle and low-income countries? Examining the empirical evidence from Colombia. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 24, 100647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100647
  10. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Van Assche, Kristof (2021) “Coal [from Colombia] is our life.” Bourdieu, the miners (after they are miners) and resistance in As Pontes. Resources Policy, 71, 102006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102006
  11. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S (2021) Are energy megaprojects socially disruptive? Assessing the impacts of the As Pontes fossil-fueled power plant in Spain. Energy Research & Social Science, 80, 102229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102229
  12. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Van Assche, Kristof (2020) From coal not to ashes but to what? As Pontes, social memory and the concentration problem. The Extractive Industries and Society, 7(3), 882-891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.07.016
  13. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Blanchette, Melanie L. (2020) Understanding public perceptions of a new pit lake in As Pontes, Spain. Mine Water and the Environment, 39(3), 647-656. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-020-00651-4 (see Podcast and/or video)

Other articles in peer review journals

Vázquez, Carlos Abella; Losado, Diana Rodríguez; Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Efectos del cambio de orden de variables y categorías de respuesta en los resultados de una encuesta política. Metodología de Encuestas, 12(1), 7-27. Link

Sanz Hernández, A., Pérez-Sindín, X., García Docampo, M., Ferrer, C., López Rodríguez, M.E., & Esteban Carbonell, E. (in press). Gender, Geography, and Economy in the Energy Transition: Challenging Narratives of Environmental Awareness and Resistance in the Shaping of Sustainable Transitions. KULT-UR, Vol. 12, No. 23. https://doi.org/10.6035/kult-ur.8565

Pérez-Sindín, X.S; Vázquez, Esteban Fernández; Sanz-Hernández, Alexia; Domínguez, Ángel Alonso; Docampo, Manuel García (2024) Does anyone live here? Mine closures and depopulation in Spanish coal mining areas. Methaodos. Revista de ciencias sociales, 12(2), m241202a06-m241202a06. https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v12i2.822

Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S (2020) Defining and theorizing place-based communities in the era of globalization. Revista de Investigaciones Políticas y Sociológicas (RIPS), 19(2), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.15304/rips.19.2.6938

Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; (2019) Segregation of Foreign Population in a Medium Size City in the Northwest of Spain. The case of A Coruña. Ería: Revista cuatrimestral de geografía, 39(1), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.17811/er.1.2019.65-78

Book chapters

  1. Pérez-Sindín, X.S; Ethnography and the Depth of Analysis: The True Value of Qualitative Research. Reference Module in Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-26629-4.00075-7
  2. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S (2021) More-Than-Representational Postmining Landscapes in the Former Coal Regions of Eastern Germany: Between economic revitalization and risk society. Transcending the Nostalgic: Landscapes of Postindustrial Europe beyond Representation, 42, 64. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/downloads/OpenAccess/JaramilloTranscending/JaramilloTranscending_03.pdf
  3. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín (2017) Secondary Data sources: advantages and disadvantages. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods, 1578-1579. https://methods.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-communication-research-methods/chpt/secondary-data#_
  4. Pérez-Sindín, Xaquín S; Estudio de caso sobre los determinantes del capital social en el ámbito local. Actas del XI Congreso Español de Sociología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología. 10-12 de julio de 2013, 807-815. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7283286