PROMISES

The making of sustainability transitions with expectations: Critical analysis of historical and current promises of nuclear technology

Table of contents

Project duration
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Core fields of research
Languages, culture and society
Research areas
JYU.Wisdom
Sustainable Societies
Department
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Co-operation
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Project description

PROMISES

The PROMISES project at the Ģֱ examines the construction, maintenance, and revival of techno-scientific promises and their implications for sustainability transitions. Whether fulfilled or not, promises align actors, institutions, and capital; guide activities; provide structure and legitimacy; reduce uncertainty; and foster and steer investment. By exploring the evolution of techno-scientific promises and expert communities in the nuclear sector, over time and across countries, the project generates new knowledge on how such factors foster and hinder sustainability transitions. The project studies the evolution of nuclear-sector promises and related “epistemic communities” in Finland, Canada, France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Publications

Publication
2012

Talonpoikaisuuden ja post-sosialismin jäljillä : todellisuuksia tutkimassa Ilkka Alasen seurassa = Traces of peasantry and post-socialism : researching realities with Ilkka Alanen
Jokivuori, Pertti
Litmanen, Tapio
Ruuskanen, Petri
Publication
2012

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
Kojo, Matti
Kari, Mika
Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2012

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy
Litmanen, Tapio
Kojo, Matti
Nurmi, Anna
Publication
2011

Kansalaisyhteiskunta
Litmanen, Tapio
Salo, Miikka
Publication
2011

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences
Litmanen, Tapio
Kojo, Matti
Publication
2011

Kosmopolis. Rauhan- konfliktin ja maailmanpolitiikan tutkimuksen aikakauslehti
Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2011

Maantieteellinen aikakauskirja Terra
Jartti, Tuija
Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2010

Kari, Mika
Kojo, Matti
Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2010

Havoc of Capitalism: Educating for Social and Environmental Justice
Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2010

Nuclear Safety and Simulation
Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2010

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Litmanen, Tapio
Publication
2010

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Ylönen, Marja
Litmanen, Tapio

Project team

Project leaders

Tapio Litmanen

Tapio Litmanen

Professor, Vice Dean

Research groups

Promises-hankkeen tutkimustiimi 2022
Research group

PROMISES

Promises-tutkimusryhmä tarkastelee teknistieteellisiä lupauksia kestävyyssiirtymien suhteen monitieteisen tiimin voimin.