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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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2018

ISBN

9781351736725

Edition

Topic

Economics

Subtopic

Sustainable Development

Index

Economics

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