ABSTRACT

Decarbonizing 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.

摘要

能源系统脱碳是一项雄心勃勃的社会技术项目，鉴于全球社会对能源服务的依赖日益增加，将对社会正义产生重大影响。RRI 长期以来一直在提倡引导非专家价值观和观点来帮助反思社会技术变革愿景的可取性。然而，RRI 专注于具体的技术提案和愿景，而不是涵盖社会技术系统。能源脱碳需要涉及社会技术配置的系统性变革，而社会技术配置将根据所在地区的地理限制和社区需求而变化。我们来自威尔士的案例研究，英国展示了关于能源和日常生活的解释性风险研究和学术研究的发现如何帮助设计上游参与过程，同时解决系统、对地方和日常生活的影响。通过社区绘图吸引社区居民参与，探索能源转型的这些维度，丰富和扩大对能源转型的本地和系统方面的理解。