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Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Über den Autor / die Autorin
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.
Zusammenfassung
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.
Zusatztext
"This book follows a promising approach in putting together various interdisciplinary and up-to-date perspectives on energy transitions in a structured way. It thereby provides interesting new insights for further understanding interrelations of circumstances and finding ways for handling the complexity of energy transitions within a socio-technical background." -- Bert Droste-Franke, Head of Energy Department, EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH, Germany"This is a timely and ambitious collection of disciplinary perspectives on the rapidly accelerating shift towards energy transition. By framing the process as a "socio-technical problem", the authors provide an integrative view, which is direly needed to tackle the challenges of this real-world experiment." -- Bernhard Truffer, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland, and Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands"You won’t find better proof of the value added by a truly interdisciplinary approach to key sociotechnical problems than this book. The last chapter summarizing and demonstrating the case for a more expansive, integrated thinking is the best introduction I know for more effectively addressing the energy transitions taking place across much of the world." -- Emery Roe, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA
