Anita Serbina

Type of the article: Research Article

Abstract
The transition toward climate neutrality is reshaping economic systems and increasing the importance of human capital in green modernization. However, a significant gap persists between technological advances and the strategic management of the workforce. This study aims to systematize and conceptually map the contemporary scholarly landscape of human capital management research within the renewable energy transition. Using the PRISMA 2020 protocol, the study analyzed 2,258 Scopus-indexed documents published between 1994 and 2026 through bibliometric and science mapping methods. The methodology combined descriptive statistics, keyword frequency analysis, multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), and network co-occurrence cluster analysis using the Bibliometrix R-package and VOSviewer. The results show a rapid increase in publication activity, with an annual growth rate of 18.01%, with China, the United States, and India leading global output and the international collaboration rate reaches 28.6%. Science mapping showed that the term “human capital” entered this field more actively only after 2020 (297 occurrences), still lagging behind technological topics. MCA indicated a clear conceptual separation between knowledge domains: the relative distance between the educational and workforce clusters suggests that these themes are still weakly integrated in the literature. Network analysis identified five thematic clusters: the technological and educational foundation, macroeconomic environment and resources, strategic management and innovative transformation, the socio-labor dimension and labor market, and eco-technological regulation. These results point to the need for a more integrated approach to adaptive human capital development that connects technological change, professional mobility, and institutional learning and strengthens the role of human capital in supporting green transformation.

Acknowledgment
This paper was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as part of the research project Adaptive Human Capital Management in the Renewable Energy Sector: Synergy of Innovation and Social Sustainability” (Grant/Project No. 0126U000453).