Doctoral Dissertation Research: Implementing International Standards in the Commodification of Brazilian Biofuels

博士论文研究：在巴西生物燃料商品化中实施国际标准

• 批准号: 1155918
• 负责人: Adriana Petryna
• 金额: $ 0.78万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-15 至 2013-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1155918&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Implementing; International

University of Pennsylvania doctoral student, Derek Newberry, supervised by Dr. Adriana Petryna, will undertake research on the creation and implementation of biofuel standards in São Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian biofuel producers seek to tap into global markets for sustainable energies but in order to do so, they must meet the social and environmental criteria mandated by the governments of countries where those markets are located. In response, ethanol executives have joined energy experts, government officials, and activists in Brazil and abroad to produce an environmental and social production standard, which is to be implemented by refinery managers. How these stakeholders with different understandings of morally responsible production create and implement standards will determine whether ethanol is successful as a major export and how its socio-environmental impacts are distributed. This research will therefore analyze the dynamic relationship between actors defining and implementing ethanol standards, describing the knowledge labor and work practices that constitute this emergent green energy commodity chain. Derek Newberry will conduct ethnographic fieldwork in São Paulo among professionals involved in creating ethanol sustainability standards and at a production site in the interior of the state where the standards are being put into practice. He will use a range of social science research methods including participant observation and in-depth interviews to collect data on the ethical ideas held by different actors about what constitutes morally responsible production. He will also investigate the work practices through which ideas about sustainable ethanol are selected and how these affect the standards and the production chain.Findings from this research will contribute to social science theory of how local processes connect with international ones, as viewed through the lens of cultures of regulation. The research may also support the promotion of transparency for ethanol standards negotiations that affect both the producers and the local residents who are impacted by production of this energy. Funding this research also supports the education of a graduate student.

宾夕法尼亚大学的博士生，德里克纽贝里，由阿德里安娜Petryna博士监督，将在巴西圣保罗进行生物燃料标准的创建和实施的研究。巴西生物燃料生产商寻求进入全球可持续能源市场，但为了做到这一点，他们必须满足这些市场所在国政府规定的社会和环境标准。 作为回应，乙醇行业的高管们与巴西和国外的能源专家、政府官员和活动人士一起制定了一项环境和社会生产标准，由炼油厂管理人员实施。这些对道德责任生产有不同理解的利益攸关方如何制定和执行标准，将决定乙醇作为主要出口品是否成功，以及其社会环境影响如何分布。 因此，本研究将分析演员定义和实施乙醇标准之间的动态关系，描述知识劳动和工作实践，构成这个新兴的绿色能源商品链。 德里克纽贝里将在圣保罗进行人种学实地考察，对象是参与制定乙醇可持续性标准的专业人士，以及正在实施这些标准的该州内陆的一个生产基地。他将使用一系列的社会科学研究方法，包括参与观察和深入访谈，以收集不同行为者对道德责任生产的道德观念的数据。 此外，他还将对选择可持续乙醇理念的工作实践以及这些理念对标准和生产链的影响进行调查。本研究的结果将有助于从监管文化的透镜角度探讨地方流程如何与国际流程联系的社会科学理论。 这项研究还可能有助于提高乙醇标准谈判的透明度，这对生产者和受这种能源生产影响的当地居民都有影响。资助这项研究也支持研究生的教育。