Introduction -- Kinetic equations and particle collisions -- General description of wave-particle interaction phenomena -- Hydrodynamic description of space plasma -- Transport of superthermal electrons : general analysis -- Analysis of cold plasma transport -- Kinetic theory of superthermal electron transport -- Kinetic superthermal electron instabilities in the ionosphere -- Kinetic theory of ring current and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves : fundamentals -- Kinetic theory of ring current and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves : applications -- Concluding remarks.