Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem

An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Control, Change, and Action in Energy Transitions
Herausgeber: Büscher, Christian; Sumpf, Patrick; Schippl, Jens

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the ongoing transformation of energy supply as a multi-dimensional process, in which the analytical dimensions interact with each other in shaping the energy future. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, energy science and environmental sociology more generally.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781138735828
• ISBN-10: 1138735825
• Artikelnr.: 54242208

Autorenporträt

Christian Büscher is a senior researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Jens Schippl is a senior researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Patrick Sumpf is a research associate at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Christian Büscher, Jens Schippl and Patrick Sumpf
Chapter 2: Framing Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem of Control, Change,
and Action
Christian Büscher
Part I: Sociotechnical Problem of Control
Chapter 3: Power Systems in Transition: Dealing with Complexity
Wolfgang Kröger and Cen Nan
Chapter 4: Aligning Institutions and Technologies in Energy Systems
Rolf W. Künneke
Chapter 5: Exposure and Vulnerability of the Energy System to Internal and
External Effects
Marcus Wiens, Wolfgang Raskob, Florian Diehlmann, Stefan Wandler, and Frank
Schultmann
Part II: Sociotechnical Problem of Change
Chapter 6: Real World Experiments as Generators of Sociotechnical Change
Matthias Gross
Chapter 7: Learning and Disruptive Innovation in Energy Transitions: Who
Causes Which Constraints in the German Electricity Transition?
Gerhard Fuchs
Chapter 8: Energy System Transformation and Inertia in the UK: A
Discourse-Institutional Perspective
Audley Genus, Marfuga Iskandarova and Leigh Champagnie
Part III: Sociotechnical Problem of Action
Chapter 9: The Energy System and Trust: Public, Organizational, and
Transsystemic Perspectives
Patrick Sumpf
Chapter 10: Shaping Our Energy Future: The Irreducible Entanglement of the
Ethical, Social, and Technical Realms
Rafaela Hillerbrand
Chapter 11: Technology and Motives: The Challenge of Energy Consumption
Behavior
Siegmar Otto and Inga Wittenberg
Addendum: Observing Sociotechnical Problems
Chapter 12: Observing Amplified Sociotechnical Complexity: Challenges for
Technology Assessment Regarding Energy Transitions
Todd R. La Porte
Chapter 13: Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem: A Concluding Discussion
Christian Büscher, Jens Schippl and Patrick Sumpf