Publication de l’ouvrage « TECHNOLOGIES OF DISCONTINUATION Towards Transformative Policies »
Publication de l’ouvrage TECHNOLOGIES OF DISCONTINUATION Towards Transformative Policies co-écrit par Peter Stegmaier, Pierre-Benoît Joly, Stefan Kuhlmann, Philip Johnstone
Andrew Stirling et Marc Barbier (LISIS). Edition Edward Elgar. Tiré du projet ancien dans le programme multilatéral ORA, intitulé DISGO.
Technologies of Discontinuation examines how governments and other decision-makers can manage the phase-out of unsustainable technologies and systems.Providing helpful strategies and pathways, expert authors shed light on how the discontinuation of an incumbent regime can be governed in practice. Employing comparative case studies, the authors identify recurring patterns, strategies and challenges in discontinuation processes. While innovation policy often focuses on supporting new solutions, they argue that effective transformation also requires deliberately ending harmful or obsolete socio-technical regimes. Chapters demonstrate how political leadership, regulatory frameworks and stakeholder mobilisation shape outcomes, and highlight how resistance and setbacks can be managed. The book concludes by emphasizing that discontinuation is not accidental or market-driven, but a governable process.
Scholars and students of science and technology studies, and innovation will find the insights into sustainable transitions and transformative innovation policy invaluable.
Policymakers and practitioners seeking to design credible transition strategies will also benefit from this comprehensive guide.
Peter Stegmaier is Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology, Policy and Society, Knowledge,Transformation and Society (KiTeS) section at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, Pierre-Benoît Joly is Directeur de recherche at the National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), and Chair of the INRAE Center Occitanie-Toulouse, France, Stefan Kuhlmann is Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Twente, the Netherlands,
Philip Johnstone is Visiting Professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands and Visiting Fellow at the
University of Sussex, UK, Andrew Stirling is Professor Emeritus of Science and Technology Policy in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex, UK and Marc Barbier is Research Director at the National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France.
Cover Illustration: Eva M. Eckel, Mikado III, Acryl, 2012.