SPECIAL ISSUE Entangling technological infrastructures, material flows and environmental modernities

Guest editors: Stathis Arapostathis & Frank Veraart ICON Vol. 28.1 (2023): 1-179 https://www.icohtec.org/icon/volume-28-issue-1-2023/ https://www.icohtec.org/icon/volume-28-issue-1-2023/ Stathis Arapostathis and Frank Veraart Introduction: Entangling Technological Infrastructures, Material Flows and Environmental Modernities, p. 9-23 John Martin British Agricultural Revolutions: The Dissemination and Assimilation of More Productive Methods, p. 24-47 Show abstract Sotiris Alexakis and Stathis Arapostathis From Exploitation

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ARTICLE Sustainability’s “Other”: Coming to Terms with the Electric Rickshaw in Bangladesh

van der Straeten, Jonas. 2022. Sustainability’s “Other”: Coming to Terms with the Electric Rickshaw in Bangladesh. Historical Social Research 47 (4): 139-167. doi: 10.12759/hsr.47.2022.42. Abstract: The transition from fossil fuel-powered to electric mobility is widely discussed as a trajectory towards more efficient, affordable, and sustainable transport infrastructure. Widely ignored in academia, this transition has occurred

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ARTICLE: Governing AI in electricity systems

Niet, Irene, Rinie Van Est, and Frank Veraart. "Governing AI in electricity systems: reflections on the EU Artificial Intelligence Bill." Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 4 (2021) link

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BOOK: Chernobyl And Its Afterlives In Britain And France

The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significance—not only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the Northern hemisphere, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases of Great Britain and France, this innovative study explores the

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BOOK CHAPTER Europe and Chernobyl

Europe and Chernobyl: Contested Localisations of the Accident’s Environmental, Political, Social and Cultural Impact In C. Wenkel, E. Bussière, A. Grisoni, & H. Miard-Delacroix (editors), The Environment and the European Public Sphere: Perceptions, Actors, Policies (blz. 54-69). White Horse Press. Namen van auteurs Was Chernobyl an accident in a

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ARTICLE Sociotechnical agendas: Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research

Sociotechnical agendas: Reviewing future directions for energy and climate research Energy Research & Social Science 70 (2020): 1-35 Benjamin K. Sovacool, David J. Hess, … Erik van der Vleuten (+ 15) The field of science and technology studies (STS) has introduced and developed a “sociotechnical” perspective that has been

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ARTICLE: Connected sustainability histories of the Niger and Rhine Deltas 1950-2015

Connected by oil: A framework to analyze the connected sustainability histories of the Niger and Rhine Deltas, 1950-2015 The Extractive Industries and Society 7.1 (2020): 50-67. Frank Veraart, Jan-Pieter Smits, and Erik van der Vleuten March 2020 This article proposes and pilots a mixed-methods approach to bring the sustainability

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Europe’s infrastructure transition: economy, war, nature

Europe’s infrastructure transition: economy, war, nature Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. (2016), 454 p. Högselius, P., Kaijser, A. & van der Vleuten, E. Europe's infrastructure both united and divided peoples and places via economic systems, crises, and wars. Some used transport, communication, and energy infrastructure to supply food, power, industrial products,

2021-03-30T11:47:25+02:00January 7th, 2016|Energie, Grand Challenges, Infrastructure, Mobility, Publications|

The making of Europe’s critical infrastructure : common connections and shared vulnerabilities

The making of Europe's critical infrastructure: common connections and shared vulnerabilities Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. (2013), 313 p. Red. Per Högselius, Anique Hommels, Arne Kaijser, Erik van der Vleuten Europe’s critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. A 2006 power line failure in northern

2020-12-07T12:07:42+01:00December 7th, 2013|Energie, Infrastructure, Mobility, Publications|