GCR: Collaborative Research: Socio-Technological System Transitions: Michigan Community & Anishinaabe Renewable Energy Systems

这个不断增长的融合研究项目的目标是为一个融合的、跨学科的研究领域奠定基础，该领域专注于理解社会技术系统中的转变。该项目旨在将社会科学关于价值和动机的理论与工程学和经济学对技术可行性的理解结合起来，以全面了解能源系统特别是如何以及为什么要重新配置，以包括可再生能源。该项目汇集了来自资源管理、化学和材料工程、电气工程、社会学、能源政策、科学哲学和区域规划的学者，同时探索能源系统转型的社会、文化和技术层面。该项目将调查八个案例社区(两个Anishinaabe部落民族和六个非部落密歇根州社区)的能源系统过渡，这些社区随着理解能源过渡的关键特征而有所不同，包括农村和城市、可再生能源、过渡程度、治理和公用事业提供商的类型。项目子团队将a)与社区合作伙伴一起探索社区如何理解和设想能源过渡；b)检查能源过渡的风险、障碍和机会；以及c)开发综合空间模型和决策支持工具，以研究战略、空间和未来之间的权衡。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The objective of this Growing Convergence Research project is to lay the foundations for a convergent, transdisciplinary field of study focused on understanding transitions in socio-technological systems. This project aims to converge social science theories of values and motivation with engineering and economics understandings of technological feasibility to develop a comprehensive understanding of how and why energy systems, in particular, are reconfigured to include renewable energy resources. This project brings together scholars from resource management, chemical and materials engineering, electrical engineering, sociology, energy policy, philosophy of science, and regional planning to simultaneously explore the social, cultural, and technological dimensions of energy system transitions. The project will investigate energy system transitions in eight case communities (two Anishinaabe Tribal Nations and six non-tribal Michigan communities) that vary along characteristics key to understanding energy transitions - including rural vs. urban, renewable energy sources, degree of transition, governance, and type of utility provider. Project sub-teams will a) engage with community partners to explore how communities understand and envision energy transitions; b) examine risks, barriers, and opportunities for energy transitions; and c) develop an integrated spatial model and decision support tool to study the trade-offs between strategies, spaces, and futures.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.