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Governance of Energy Transition. Peter Stegmaier & Kornelia Konrad , MB- STePS Get connected to Green Energy Kick-off meeting 27 June 2012, University of Twente. STePS – Science, Technology & Policy Studies. Science & Innovation Policy. Technology Dynamics and Assesssment.
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Governanceof Energy Transition Peter Stegmaier & KorneliaKonrad, MB-STePS Get connected to Green Energy Kick-off meeting 27 June 2012, University of Twente
STePS – Science, Technology & Policy Studies Science & Innovation Policy Technology Dynamics and Assesssment Understanding Science, Technology and Innovation as social processes History of Science, Technology & Society
SOCIO-TECHNICAL TRANSITION Soco-technical system Cf. Geels/Schot (2007: 410)
CASE: NUCLEAR • Exit: Italy (exit decision 1986, 2011; exit date 1990), Spain (exit decision 1994; exit date 2034), Belgium (exit decision 1999; exit date 2025), Germany (exit decision 2002, 2011; exit date 2022), Switzerland (exit decision 2011; exit date 2034), Japan (exit announcement 2011; exit in the long term) • No expansion: Sweden, decision by 2009, confirmed 2010 (new power plants only as substitute for abandoned ones; no more state funding) • Plant manufacturing cancelled: Ireland (1970s), Austria (1978, 1997), Philippines (1986), Cuba (1992, 2000)
Incumbents strategies (NL, F, D) with regard to influencing energy transition policies (PhD project, H Steringa) Users’ innovative practices in a Living Lab Smart City project (PhD project, S Sauer) socio-technical scenarios and strategy workshopsfor nano-based innovations in domains as energy, water, food, health Promises & concerns- role of different ways of expectation-building in nano-based innovation sectoral and industry structure - interaction with nano-based innovations FurtherProjects INNOVATION – ABANDONMENT GREEN ENERGY