Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Control, Change, and Action in Energy Transitions
- 288 pages
- English
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Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem
An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Control, Change, and Action in Energy Transitions
About this book
Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem offers an innovative approach to equip interdisciplinary research on sociotechnical transitions with coherence and focus. The book emphasizes sociotechnical problems in three analytical dimensions:
- In the control dimension, contributing authors examine how control can be maintained despite increasing complexity and uncertainty, e.g., in power grid operations or on energy markets;
- In the change dimension, the authors explore if and how change is possible despite the need for stable orientation, e.g., regarding discourses, real-world labs and learning;
- Finally, in the action dimension, the authors analyze how the ability to act on a permanent basis is sustained despite opaqueness and ignorance, exemplified by the work on trust, capabilities or individual motives.
Drawing on contributions from engineering, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology, the book assembles a range of classic and current themes including innovation, resilience, institutional economics, design or education. Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem presents the ongoing transformation of the energy complex as a multidimensional process, in which the analytical dimensions interact with each other in shaping the energy future. As such, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, energy science and environmental social science more generally, as well as to practitioners working within the field of energy policy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Framing energy as a sociotechnical problem of control, change, and action
- Part I Sociotechnical problem of control
- Part II Sociotechnical problem of change
- Part III Sociotechnical problem of action
- Addendum Observing sociotechnical problems
- Index