Value Conflicts and Technological Policies: The Case of Solar Energy

很明显，为了正确理解公众 关于技术政策的辩论，有必要考虑到 考虑到问题的规范价值以及技术价值， 性问题 这项研究将有助于我们了解 方式规范价值观和技术知识，作为一个紧密相连的 包装，影响和用于政治冲突， 技术. 在研究太阳能的情况时，该项目 将综合一个理论框架来解释这两个问题 动态以及规范性价值观和 政策过程中的科学知识。 还应当 阐明了最近一个有趣而重要的事件-- 太阳能在全球范围内的资金和知名度迅速上升 政府，为了应对能源危机，及其迅速下降， 回到默默无闻的状态 对文件的分析将是 主要方法工具。 一般能源政策和 特别是太阳能， 充满了书籍，文章，报告，和国会 听证会 这场争论所涉及的具体价值观将 与政策选择相结合， 这些协会的驱动力将在 研究的过程。 结果将广泛传播， 关于太阳能政策和理论的期刊文章 研究技术政策中的价值冲突所涉及的问题。 此外，研究者计划编写一本专著， 对学术文献的贡献和提交报告 在相关专业协会会议上公布结果。 这一建议是一项适度的支持请求， 有才华的年轻学者来研究 价值观和科学知识在一个特定的辩论， 技术政策。 主要研究者具有良好的资质; 机构支持非常好;研究设计显示， 原创性和良好的工作;传播很可能是 广泛传播并接触到适当的受众。 支持度很高 推荐

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.