Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization
ABSTRACTDecarbonizing energy systems is an ambitious sociotechnical project, and will have significant implications for social justice, given the increasing dependence of societies globally on energy services. Eliciting non-expert values and perspectives to help reflect on the desirability of vision...
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| author | Christopher Groves Karen Henwood Nick Pidgeon Catherine Cherry Erin Roberts Fiona Shirani Gareth Thomas |
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| description | ABSTRACTDecarbonizing energy systems is an ambitious sociotechnical project, and will have significant implications for social justice, given the increasing dependence of societies globally on energy services. Eliciting non-expert values and perspectives to help reflect on the desirability of visions of socio-technical change has long been promoted within RRI. However, RRI has focused on specific technological proposals and visions, and not encompassed socio-technical systems. Decarbonizing energy requires systemic change involving socio-technical configurations that will vary depending upon geographical constraints and community needs in their host locations. Our case study from Wales, UK shows how findings from interpretative risk research and scholarship on energy and everyday life can help design upstream participatory processes that address simultaneously systems, effects on place, and everyday life. Engaging community residents through community mapping explores these dimensions of energy transition, enriching and enlarging understandings of both local and systemic aspects of the energy transition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42c0db5a667f45179c888bbe3da0311b2023-07-07T17:13:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372023-01-0110110.1080/23299460.2022.2149954Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonizationChristopher Groves0Karen Henwood1Nick Pidgeon2Catherine Cherry3Erin Roberts4Fiona Shirani5Gareth Thomas6School of Social Sciences and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Social Sciences and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Psychology and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Psychology and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Social Sciences and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Social Sciences and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKSchool of Psychology and Understanding Risk Group, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKABSTRACTDecarbonizing energy systems is an ambitious sociotechnical project, and will have significant implications for social justice, given the increasing dependence of societies globally on energy services. Eliciting non-expert values and perspectives to help reflect on the desirability of visions of socio-technical change has long been promoted within RRI. However, RRI has focused on specific technological proposals and visions, and not encompassed socio-technical systems. Decarbonizing energy requires systemic change involving socio-technical configurations that will vary depending upon geographical constraints and community needs in their host locations. Our case study from Wales, UK shows how findings from interpretative risk research and scholarship on energy and everyday life can help design upstream participatory processes that address simultaneously systems, effects on place, and everyday life. Engaging community residents through community mapping explores these dimensions of energy transition, enriching and enlarging understandings of both local and systemic aspects of the energy transition.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2022.2149954Demonstrator projectsenergy systemsenergy transitionpublic engagementsocietal technology assessment |
| spellingShingle | Christopher Groves Karen Henwood Nick Pidgeon Catherine Cherry Erin Roberts Fiona Shirani Gareth Thomas Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization Journal of Responsible Innovation Demonstrator projects energy systems energy transition public engagement societal technology assessment |
| title | Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization |
| title_full | Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization |
| title_fullStr | Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization |
| title_short | Putting visions in their place: responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization |
| title_sort | putting visions in their place responsible research and innovation for energy system decarbonization |
| topic | Demonstrator projects energy systems energy transition public engagement societal technology assessment |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2022.2149954 |
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