Synopsis:

This project explores acoustic methods to gain new insights into sociomaterial change. Energy transitions provide a dynamic example of how uncertainty and unruliness can undermine efforts at prediction and governing change. The Thematic Research Group brings together a unique interdisciplinary team spanning between the humanities, social science and stochastic mathematics. The main focus is to develop acoustic methods that can help understand how uncertainties are shaping trajectories of change. The overall research question asked is, how do prediction and planning create new uncertainties and governance challenges in sustainable energy transitions?