Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem : An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Control, Change, and Action in Energy Transitions / Christian Buscher ; Jens Schippl ; Patrick Sumpf.
1. Introduction 2. Framing Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem of Control, Change, and Action
Part I: Sociotechnical Problem of Control 3. Power Systems in Transition: Dealing with Complexity 4. Aligning Institutions and Technologies in Energy Systems 5. Exposure and Vulnerability of the Energy System to Internal and External Effects
Part II: Sociotechnical Problem of Change 6. Real World Experiments as Generators of Sociotechnical Change 7. Learning and Disruptive Innovation in Energy Transitions: Who Causes Which Constraints in the German Electricity Transition? 8. Energy System Transformation and Inertia in the UK: A Discourse-Institutional Perspective
Part III: Sociotechnical Problem of Action 9. The Energy System and Trust: Public, Organizational, and Transsystemic Perspectives 10. Shaping Our Energy Future: The Irreducible Entanglement of the Ethical, Social, and Technical Realms 11. Technology and Motives: The Challenge of Energy Consumption Behavior
Addendum: Observing Sociotechnical Problems 12. Observing Amplified Sociotechnical Complexity: Challenges for Technology Assessment Regarding Energy Transitions 13. Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem: A Concluding Discussion