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Dynamic Governance of Energy Technology Change

Socio-technical transitions towards sustainability

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Silvia Ulli-Beer

    1. General Energy Dynamics of Innovative Systems, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

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  • The book assists policy makers in long term policy making and helps them to overcome policy resistance
  • It informs entrepreneurial decision makers of promising technology substitution pathways for meeting policy targets on time
  • The book reflects on analytical methods of transition mapping and modeling that help to advance the expertise of researchers in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Sustainability and Innovation (SUSTAINABILITY)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to the Research Task on Governance Dynamics of Energy Technology Change

    • Silvia Ulli-Beer
    Pages 1-16

  3. Theory and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Conceptual Grounds of Socio-Technical Transitions and Governance

      • Silvia Ulli-Beer
      Pages 19-47

    3. A Research Method for Integrative Transition Simulation

      • Silvia Ulli-Beer, Stefan Groesser, Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz
      Pages 49-81

    4. How Do We Know Who to Include in Collaborative Research? Toward a Method for the Identification of Experts

      • Matthias Otto Müller, Stefan N. Groesser, Silvia Ulli-Beer
      Pages 83-104

  4. Fields of Analysis: Clean Personal Road Transportation and Energy-Efficient Housing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. The Role of Social Norms for the Diffusion of Eco-Innovations: Tipping Point, and Lock-in Effects

      • Mathias Bosshardt, Silvia Ulli-Beer, Alexander Wokaun
      Pages 107-132

    3. Industrial ECO-Transformation: Impacts of Climate Policy and Advanced Vehicle Technologies on the Carmaker Industry

      • Benjamin Boksberger, Silvia Ulli-Beer, Manuel Bouza, Alexander Wokaun
      Pages 133-162

    4. How Should Public Policy Transform the Stock of Buildings Toward Energy Efficiency and Low Emissions? Results from a System Dynamics Modeling Study of Switzerland

      • Matthias Otto Müller, Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz, Franz Schultheis, Markus Schwaninger, Silvia Ulli-Beer
      Pages 163-187

  5. Research and Policy Implications: Mastering the Challenges of Socio-Technical Transitions in Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Generic Structure to Simulate Acceptance Dynamics

      • Silvia Ulli-Beer, Fritz Gassmann, Mathias Bosshardt, Alexander Wokaun
      Pages 191-222

    3. Social Dynamics Overriding Utility Evaluations for Good and Bad: Implications for the Design of Sustainable Food Security Policies in Sub-Saharan African Countries

      • Birgit Kopainsky, Katharine Tröger, Sebastian Derwisch, Silvia Ulli-Beer
      Pages 223-241

    4. Lessons Learned from Integrative Transition Simulation

      • Silvia Ulli-Beer
      Pages 243-252
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About this book

Formulating effective responses to the global challenges of mitigating climate change and securing a sustainable energy future requires a clear understanding of the interdependent causalities between institutions, local decision making, strategic alliances and eco-innovations, as well as policies. It has been acknowledged that the linear “Manhattan project” model is not an adequate governance model for mastering the dynamic complexity of socio-technical transitions; therefore this book aims at advancing research on systematic transition management models. It offers qualitative and quantitative analyses of socio-technical transitions in road transportation and housing, bringing together tailored theorizing on sustainability transitions and applied system dynamics modeling. It highlights the interconnected causal feedbacks that are required to overcome the lock-in situation in road transportation and housing fueled by fossil energies. Showing which concerted actions and framework conditions are required in the transition phases in order to initiate and sustain socio-technical transition, it serves as a guide to model-based strategy making, policy design and analyses in support of sustainable futures.

Editors and Affiliations

  • General Energy Dynamics of Innovative Systems, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland

    Silvia Ulli-Beer

About the editor

Dr. Silvia Ulli-Beer, Senior Researcher at Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland.

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