Simon Pirani
Simon Pirani marubuci ne kuma ɗan Burtaniya ne, masanin tarihi kuma mai bincike kan makamashi. Farfesa ne mai girma a Makarantar Harsuna da Al'adu na Zamani a Jami'ar Durham.  Daga shekarun 2007 zuwa 2021 ya kasance babban jami'in bincike a Cibiyar Nazarin Makamashi ta Oxford (tare da wani lokaci a matsayin babban abokin bincike na ziyarar a 2017-19).  

A cikin shekarar 2018 Pirani ya wallafa Burning Up: Tarihin Duniya na Amfani da Fossil Fuel, wanda a ciki ya nuna ci gaban amfani a sakamakon faɗaɗa tattalin arzikin jari-hujja na duniya.  Yana mai cewa alakar da ke tsakanin tsarin kere-kere da ke da alaka da mafi yawan amfani da man fetur, da tsarin zamantakewa da tattalin arziki da aka cusa su, shi ne mafi muhimmanci. Ana tattara labaransa da abubuwan da suka gabatar kan wannan jigon a gidan yanar gizonsa.  Ya kuma rubuta game da waɗannan jigogi a kan blog, Mutane da yanayi.

Binciken farko na Pirani a matsayin masanin tarihi ya dogara ne akan Rasha, musamman a cikin juyin juya halin Rasha a cikin Retreat 1920-1924: Ma'aikatan Soviet da sababbin 'yan gurguzu (2008), aikin tarihin zamantakewa wanda ke ba da cikakken bayani game da dangantaka mai banƙyama tsakanin ƙungiyoyin aiki da kwaminisanci. jam'iyyar a Moscow a farkon zamanin Soviet, da Canji a Rasha ta Putin: Power Money and People (2010).

Pirani kuma ya yi rubuce-rubuce sosai kan kasuwannin iskar gas a tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet, gami da a matsayin editan haɗin gwiwa, kuma mai ba da gudummawa ga, Matrix Gas na Rasha: How Markets Are Driving Change (2014). Kafin ya shiga makarantar kimiyya, Pirani ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida. Ya rubuta jerin rahotanni kan shari'ar Georgiy Gongadze a Ukraine.

Pirani ya rubuta cewa ra'ayinsa an kafa shi a cikin al'adar Markisanci. Ya kasance memba na Jam'iyyar Ma'aikata Juyin Juya Hali (UK) (ƙungiyar Trotskyist) daga shekarun 1972 har zuwa farkon 1990s, kuma shine editan mujallar ƙungiyar ma'aikatan ma'adinai ta Burtaniya (1990-95).

Simon Pirani yana ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya huɗu na Felix Pirani, sanannen masanin kimiyyar lissafi ne.

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