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The technopolitics of nuclear megaproject pathologies, economic controversies and varieties of socioeconomic appraisal

Projektbeschreibung

Konstruktive Lösungen für Atom-Megaprojekte

Große Atomprojekte stehen vor zahlreichen Herausforderungen, darunter Budgetüberschreitungen, Bauverzögerungen und unerfüllte gesellschaftliche Erwartungen. Im über die Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Maßnahmen finanzierte Projekt TENUMECA wird die Notwendigkeit anerkannt, sich mit diesen Kontroversen auseinanderzusetzen. Daher werden die Kernprobleme zu Atom-Megaprojekten in Finnland, Frankreich, Spanien und im Vereinigten Königreich aufgearbeitet. Durch die Kombination verschiedener Disziplinen und das Heranziehen umfangreicher Forschungsergebnisse zu den Themen Governance im Bereich Kernenergie, Bürgerbeteiligung und Projektevaluierung soll eine wichtige Forschungsfrage beantwortet werden: Wie können wirtschaftliche Kontroversen in einen konstruktiven Beitrag zur sozioökonomischen Bewertung verwandelt werden, um Probleme mit Megaprojekten innerhalb verschiedener technopolitischer Diskurse und Kulturen zu lösen? Die Dokumentenanalyse, Interviews und soziolinguistischen Analysen beruhen auf verschiedenen Forschungsmethoden und spezieller Software.

Ziel

"Projects in the nuclear sector – such as the construction of nuclear power stations, management of high-level radioactive waste, or decommissioning of old installations – can be seen as a specific category of megaprojects. These large-scale, complex infrastructure projects are typically commissioned by governments, often delivered through public-private partnerships, and involve multiple partners, high uncertainties, and considerable political stakes. Such projects are prone to generate significant controversies, as they often run over budget, exhibit delays in planning and construction, and fail to deliver the initially foreseen benefits to the society. The controversies, so-called megaproject pathologies, and the possible means of alleviating the problems coevolve with the country-specific context – the ""technopolitical regimes” or ""technopolitical cultures"".

This project will explore such pathologies, controversies and various types of appraisal in nuclear sector megaprojects in Finland, France, Spain, and the UK. Combining various strands of literature (megaproject governance and evaluation, programme and policy evaluation, ex ante assessment, pragmatic sociology, and Science and Technology Studies), and drawing on my recent and on-going research on governance and history of nuclear power, citizen engagement, the role of expertise, and megaproject evaluation, I address the following overall research question: In the light of historical and contemporary examples of controversies over nuclear economics, in the context of the socioeconomic appraisal practices in Finland, France, Spain and the UK, under which preconditions could economic controversies play a constructive role and help address megaproject pathologies in socioeconomic appraisal, within diverse technopolitical regimes and cultures? Research methods include document analysis, interviews, and semi-qualitative sociolinguistic analysis of text corpuses, especially with the help of the “Prospéro” software."

Koordinator

UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA
Netto-EU-Beitrag
€ 158 121,60
Adresse
PLACA DE LA MERCE, 10-12
08002 Barcelona
Spanien

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Este Cataluña Barcelona
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 158 121,60