Abteilung Umweltsozialwissenschaften

Future Energy Policy: Die Akzeptanz alternativer Energien

© Solange B 2013

Die übergeordnete Forschungsfrage dieses Projektes lautet: wie kann ein wirkungsvoller Politikwandel zu einer grösseren Menge an alternativen und erneuerbaren Energien im Schweizer Energiemix erreicht werden? In diesem Zusammenhang starten wir mit der Idee, dass wirkungsvoller Wandel zur Realisierung von regionalen und lokalen Projekten der erneuerbarer Energie führt. Die Frage kann nur erörtert werden, wenn wir dem Konzept der „sozialen oder gesellschaftlichen Akzeptanz“ auf den Grund gehen. Wir argumentieren, dass es neben technologischem Fortschritt auf dem Markt auch die Akzeptanz von neuen Politiken und einem Mix von Instrumenten braucht, damit die Erneuerbaren nachhaltig gefördert werden können. Wir konzentrieren uns auf die Akzeptanz von politischen Instrumenten auf der Ebene der politischen Elite sowie auf der Ebene der Bürgerinnen und Bürger, welche ihre Meinung durch politische Partizipation Kund tun.

Projektteam

Prof. Dr. Karin Ingold Tel. +41 58 765 5676 Inviare e-mail

Externe Teammitglieder

Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Universität Bern (Projektleitung)

Clau Dermont, Universität Bern

Philip Thalmann, EPFL

Stefan Rieder, Interface Politikstudien

Chantal Strotz, Interface Politikstudien

Publikationen

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Socio-technical transitions and policy change – advocacy coalitions in Swiss energy policy

Policies and politics are an integral part of socio-technical transitions but have not received much attention in the transitions literature so far. Drawing on the advocacy coalition framework, our paper addresses this gap with a study on actors and coalitions in Swiss energy policy. Our results show that advocacy coalitions in Switzerland have largely remained stable despite the Fukushima shock. However, heterogeneity of beliefs has increased and in 2013, even a majority of actors expressed their support for the energy transition – an indication that major policy change might be ahead. It seems that in socio-technical transitions, changes in the policy issue and in the actor base also work toward policy change, next to changes in core beliefs. We make suggestions how the advocacy coalition framework can inform analysis and theory building in transition studies. We also present first ideas about the interplay of socio-technical systems and policy systems.
Markard, J.; Suter, M.; Ingold, K. (2016) Socio-technical transitions and policy change – advocacy coalitions in Swiss energy policy, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 18, 215-237, doi:10.1016/j.eist.2015.05.003, Institutional Repository