STRIPE - Socio-technical research of infrastructures, politics and the environment 

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STRIPE gathers researchers with an interest in the political and environmental dimensions of infrastructures such as energy, transport and waste.

We study the role that infrastructures play in discourses, how visions about infrastructures vary between actors and over time, and the political logics that influence the planning and transformation of infrastructures.

Our research spans various temporal, institutional and geographical scales and investigates the socio-ecological importance of infrastructure in the past, present and future, with perspectives ranging between the individual household, the city district and international energy systems.

Studies within STRIPE are interdisciplinary and share a socio-technical perspective, which emphasises that infrastructures cannot be fully understood without taking into consideration both their materiality and the societal contexts in which they emerge. Through this perspective, the research group studies the transformation of infrastructures within discourses of climate change and sustainability.

We also share the understanding that the political implications of infrastructures vary according to context and perspective, and that the design and transformation of infrastructural systems is of significance for societal development and the environment. The research group is closely connected to the program in urban and regional planning.

 

 

Research projects

 Dounreay nuclear power station in northern Scotland. In the foreground grazing sheep, in the background the North Sea.

Nuclear Natures

“Nuclear natures” is a key category of environments, connected to active and closed nuclear power plants, as well as to radioactive waste storages, influencing the livability of numerous areas in the near and distant future. (2021-2026, VR)

People sitting near industrial plant in Oulu, Finland.

Linköping University Negative Emission Technologies (LUNETs)

An increasing number of climate targets require net negative emissions of carbon dioxide. Here we study the methods bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and biochar in the Nordic and Tanzania.

Urban Refinery

The project will increase knowledge about opportunities for and obstacles to using waste management infrastructure for the production of energy carriers and energy-intensive products from sewage sludge.

Seminar Series

Seminar's on socio-technical research of infrastructures, politics and the environment

This seminar series gathers researchers with an interest in the political and environmental dimensions of infrastructures such as energy, transport and waste. The focus of work-in-progress presentations is on the role that infrastructures play in discourses, how visions about infrastructures vary between actors and over time, and the political logics that influence the planning and transformation of infrastructures.

Our seminars are held on Tuesdays from 13.15-15.  If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to contact us for further information. The Seminar’s working language is English.

Keywords:
Infrastructure, environment, STS, socio-technical change

Contact:
Adam Svensson (adam.svensson@liu.se), Simon Haikola (simon.haikola@liu.se)

 



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