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
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
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
The sociotechnical roots of smart mobility: Bike sharing since 1965 Journal of Transport History. 41, 2, p. 134-159 J. Ploeger, R. Oldenziel 1 Aug 2020 The search for “smart” or Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based mobility solutions goes back to at least the 1960s. The Provo anarchist Luud Schimmelpennink
Forum: History and Technology in an Age of 'Grand Challenges' Technology and Culture Vol. 61.1 (2020): 260-332 Erik van der Vleuten (guest editor), Karena Kalmbach, Andreas Marklund, Anna Åberg, Matthias Heymann, Per Högselius, Elena Kochetkova, John Martin, Ole Sparenberg, Frank Veraart, Ute Hasenöhrl, Jan-Henrik Meyer, Frank Schipper, Martin Emanuel, Ruth Oldenziel,
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
Creating, capturing, and circulating commodities: the technology and politics of material resource flows, from the 19th century to the present The Extractive Industries and Society, 7(1), 1-7 Frank Veraart, Anna Åberg, Hanna Vikström Extractive resources are unevenly distributed geographically and our dependence on such resources is growing, which has
A U-turn to the Future: Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850 Berghahn Books, 2020. Emanuel, Martin, Frank Schipper, and Ruth Oldenziel, eds. From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a
Technology, Societal Challenges, and Global Sustainability History ICON 24 (2019): 34-52 Erik van der Vleuten Essay published in the section 'What are the most exciting horizons for the History of Technology?' in the ICOHTEC 50th anniversary issue.
Engineering the future, understanding the past: a social history of technology Amsterdam University Press (2017), 212 p. Van der Vleuten, E., Oldenziel, R. & Davids, M. The world is in turmoil: we are witnessing steep social and environmental challenges. Technology is identified as both cause of, and solution to,