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Making the Most of Failure and Uncertainty: Welcome Surprises and Contingency in Energy Transition Research

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  • Matthias Gross

    (Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
    Institute of Sociology, University of Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany)

  • Marco Sonnberger

    (Institute of Sociology, University of Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
    Department of the Sociology of Technology, Risk and Environment, University of Stuttgart, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany)

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Energy transitions inherit complex processes full of surprises, unintended consequences, erroneous decisions, uncertainties, paradoxical situations, and sometimes sheer failures [...]

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  • Matthias Gross & Marco Sonnberger, 2022. "Making the Most of Failure and Uncertainty: Welcome Surprises and Contingency in Energy Transition Research," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(18), pages 1-3, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:18:p:6649-:d:912505
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