Value Conflicts and Technological Policies: The Case of Solar Energy

价值冲突与技术政策：以太阳能为例

• 批准号: 9023010
• 负责人: Frank Laird
• 金额: $ 4.77万
• 依托单位: University of Denver
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-06-01 至 1993-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9023010&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Value; Conflicts; Technological; Policies; Case

It has become evident that for a proper understanding of public debates about technology policy, it is necessary to take into account the normative values at issue as well as the technical concerns. This study will contribute to our understanding of the way normative values and technical knowledge, as a tightly linked package, influence and are used in political conflict over technology. In examining the case of solar energy, the project will synthesize a theoretical framework that explains both the dynamics and the complex linkages between normative values and scientific knowledge in the policy process. It should also illuminate an interesting and important recent episode -- the swift rise of solar energy in funding and visibility within the government, in response to the energy crisis, and its swift fall back into obscurity. The analysis of documents will be the principal methodological tool. Energy policy in general and solar energy in particular are richly documented issue areas, replete with books, articles, reports, and congressional hearings. The specific values involved in this controversy will be brought out in association with policy options, and the driving force of these associations will be examined in the course of the research. Results will be widely disseminated in journal articles on both solar energy policy and theoretical issues involved in studying value conflicts in technology policy. In addition, the investigator plans to produce a monograph as a contribution to the scholarly literature and to present reports of results at relevant professional society meetings. This proposal is a modest request for support to enable a talented young scholar to investigate the close links between values and scientific knowledge in a particular debate over technology policy. The principal investigator is well qualified; institutional support is very good; the research design shows originality and is well worked out; dissemination is likely to be broad and to reach appropriate audiences. Support is highly recommended.

很明显，为了正确理解有关技术政策的公共辩论，有必要考虑所讨论的规范价值以及技术问题。 这项研究将有助于我们理解规范价值观和技术知识作为紧密相连的一揽子计划在技术政治冲突中的影响和使用方式。 在研究太阳能案例时，该项目将综合一个理论框架，解释政策过程中规范价值观和科学知识之间的动态和复杂联系。 它还应该阐明最近一个有趣且重要的事件——为应对能源危机，太阳能在政府内部的资金和知名度迅速上升，但又迅速重新陷入默默无闻。 文件分析将是主要的方法工具。 一般而言，能源政策，特别是太阳能政策是记录丰富的问题​​领域，充满了书籍、文章、报告和国会听证会。 这场争议所涉及的具体价值观将与政策选择相关联地被提出，并在研究过程中检验这些关联性的驱动力。 结果将在有关太阳能政策和研究技术政策中价值冲突的理论问题的期刊文章中广泛传播。 此外，研究者计划编写一本专着作为对学术文献的贡献，并在相关专业协会会议上提交结果报告。 该提案是对支持的温和请求，以使才华横溢的年轻学者能够在有关技术政策的特定辩论中调查价值观与科学知识之间的密切联系。 主要研究者具有良好的资质； 制度支持非常好；研究设计独具匠心且精心设计；传播可能会很广泛并覆盖适当的受众。 强烈建议支持。