Professor Julia Kirch Kirkegaard: Good energy – Struggles valuing energy transitions in Denmark
The urgency of climate change has intensified the push for accelerating and expanding renewable energy developments. Sparking controversy and bringing unintended consequences, and at the heart of these debates lie fundamental questions: What is considered “good” energy, and who gets to define it?
Julias lecture explores the ongoing valuation struggles in energy transitions and introduces a new research approach—the sociology of devicing—which critically examines the often-invisible role of technological devices in shaping energy futures. Through empirical examples, including wind energy, energy islands, and Power-to-X, the lecture sheds light on how these technologies are valued and contested.
Julia Kirch Kirkegaard is professor of Social Studies of Energy, and focusses particularly on energy transition controversies.
Professor Anders Kristian Munk: Mapping technological problems in society
Technology has always shaped human lives, sparking discussions about its consequences, potential, risks, and ethics, and in a world where diverse stakeholders hold conflicting views on emerging technologies, we need ongoing, data-driven insights to navigate and prioritize techno-scientific controversies.
Anders' lecture explores the mapping of such debates, highlighting how data science and machine learning are revolutionizing a traditionally qualitative field.
Anders Kristian Munk is a professor in computational anthropology and will especially focus on large language models and their challenges and potentials as research instruments.
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