Christian Büscher - Böcker

Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem offers an innovative approach to equip interdisciplinary research on sociotechnical transitions with coherence and focus. The book emphasizes sociotechnical problems in three analytical dimensions:- In the control dimension, contributing authors examine how control can be maintained despite increasing complexity and uncertainty, e.g., in power grid operations or on energy markets;- In the change dimension, the authors explore if and how change is possible despite the need for stable orientation, e.g., regarding discourses, real-world labs and learning;- Finally, in the action dimension, the authors analyze how the ability to act on a permanent basis is sustained despite opaqueness and ignorance, exemplified by the work on trust, capabilities or individual motives.Drawing on contributions from engineering, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology, the book assembles a range of classic and current themes including innovation, resilience, institutional economics, design or education. Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem presents the ongoing transformation of the energy complex as a multidimensional process, in which the analytical dimensions interact with each other in shaping the energy future. As such, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, energy science and environmental social science more generally, as well as to practitioners working within the field of energy policy.

Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem offers an innovative approach to equip interdisciplinary research on sociotechnical transitions with coherence and focus. The book emphasizes sociotechnical problems in three analytical dimensions:- In the control dimension, contributing authors examine how control can be maintained despite increasing complexity and uncertainty, e.g., in power grid operations or on energy markets;- In the change dimension, the authors explore if and how change is possible despite the need for stable orientation, e.g., regarding discourses, real-world labs and learning;- Finally, in the action dimension, the authors analyze how the ability to act on a permanent basis is sustained despite opaqueness and ignorance, exemplified by the work on trust, capabilities or individual motives.Drawing on contributions from engineering, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology, the book assembles a range of classic and current themes including innovation, resilience, institutional economics, design or education. Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem presents the ongoing transformation of the energy complex as a multidimensional process, in which the analytical dimensions interact with each other in shaping the energy future. As such, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, energy science and environmental social science more generally, as well as to practitioners working within the field of energy policy.

Der vorliegende Sammelband ist der Beobachtung geschuldet, dass in den ak- ellen öffentlichen Debatten über Problemlösungen hinsichtlich einer „ökolo- schen Krise“ soziologische Argumente keinerlei Rolle spielen. Die Rettung der Welt wird sozusagen ohne Vorstellungen von „Gesellschaft“ betrieben. All- falls hinsichtlich der Verursachung der Krise wird die Verselbständigung eines wissenschaftlich-technisch-kapitalistischen Komplexes angenommen, der die dringend gebotene Verhinderung weiterer Schäden durch menschliche Eingriffe in die Natur systematisch unterminiert. Ansonsten finden sich zumeist Appelle an die Einsicht in eine Art notwendiger ökologischer Demut, gerichtet an Per- nen, sowohl in ihren jeweiligen Lebensstilen als auch in ihrer Eigenschaft als Träger gesellschaftlicher Rollen (Politiker, Manager, Wissenschaftler etc. ), oder Appelle an die Verantwortung von Unternehmen, die sozialen und ökologischen Folgen ihres Tuns zu berücksichtigen und sich politisch, ökologisch sowie sozial „korrekt“ zu verhalten. Vor 25 Jahren hat Niklas Luhmann die Studie „Ökologische Kommunikati- 1 on“ vorgelegt. Es war der systematische Versuch, die Möglichkeiten der mod- nen Gesellschaft, sich auf eine ökologische Gefährdung einzustellen, mit Hilfe einer „Theorie der Gesellschaft“ durchzuspielen. Aus der Prämisse, dass die Gesellschaft einem Primat funktionaler Differenzierung unterliegt, folgt seine Beobachtung: Funktionssysteme können nur auf der Ebene ihrer Programme unter Einbeziehung ihres je spezifischen Codes Resonanz auf ökologische P- bleme erzeugen. Damit ist ein anderes Niveau der Erwartungsgeneralisierung anvisiert, als es allgemein üblich ist.

In most countries, only very limited time resources are available for statistics education within mathematics education. Thus, statistics education research needs to develop teaching-learning arrangements that are compact and applicable to classrooms. Christian Büscher designs and investigates a compact teaching-learning arrangement which aims at mathematical and reflective knowledge about statistics. Central results include the specification of the learning content of statistical measures, an empirical reconstruction of students’ learning processes towards statistical measures, and the identification of students’ situated reflections about mathematics within their learning processes.