H2020Индивидуална стипендия2017–2019

TechPolChange · Technology and Political Change: Nuclear Power in the Post-Soviet Union

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2017-02-28 → 2019-02-27
Финансиране от ЕС: 170 122 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Ядрената енергетика в Русия и Украйна се анализира, за да се разбере дали управлението ѝ след СССР е станало по-демократично или е върнало старите съветски методи. Това помага за разбирането на управлението на рискови технологии при политически и военни кризи.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Technology and Political Change: Nuclear Power in the Post-Soviet Union

The project aimed at understanding the governance of nuclear technology in the context of political change and focused on the atomic energy development in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine. These two formerly Soviet Republics inherited most of the Soviet nuclear reactors after the collapse of the USSR. Today 35 reactors are operating in Russia and 15 in Ukraine. Both countries navigated through major political transformations such as collapse of the Soviet Union and gaining independence, political and economic liberalization, a return to authoritarianism in Russia, and a series of major political crises in Ukraine, and finally the Crimean annexation and Russia-supported separatist war in Eastern Ukraine. On top of these political changes, both countries had to deal with the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. Chernobyl and the political and economic uncertainties of the 1990s left the nuclear sector in a deep crisis. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, however, the nuclear industries have regained the support of governments in Moscow and Kiev, both of which have committed themselves to a "renaissance" of the civilian atom. A post-Chernobyl anti-nuclear mobilization turned out to be short-lived, and the public in both countries, according to polls, supports nuclear energy development, even if it doesn’t always believe in nuclear power safety. TechPolChange set out to investigate what this renewed support of nuclear energy really meant: a return of Soviet approaches and institutions to governing atomic power or a “transition” to a more democratic nuclear governance in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine? This research is important for understanding the governance of risky energy technology in Europe and Eurasia faced with economic, political, and military challenges. Ukraine and Russia are indeed both on the periphery of Europe and yet integrated into Europe through energy politics, trade, and now war.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Focusing on the case of nuclear power in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine (1990-present), this research and training project analyzes the relationship between political elites, scientific experts and the public in the context of political change and incomplete democratization. The project will move beyond existing studies and analyze the co-evolution of risky technologies and political systems in transition. To date, research on political transition in Russia and Ukraine has not sufficiently taken into account science and technology (S and T). Similarly, the analysis of S and T has been disconnected from changes in political institutions and practices. This project will consider how Ukrainian and Russian policy makers and specialists have navigated new political circumstances and forms of public engagement to advance nuclear power programs. It will study how nuclear technologies are governed, how they are received in society, and evaluate public controversies over costly and potentially risky large scale technological systems. This research has relevance for Horizon 2020 concerning reliable and clean energy, as well as the impact of technopolitical change on the European periphery on Europe's energy, security and integration. The project will be based at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) under supervision of Albert Presas Puig, a specialist in the history of nuclear energy in Europe and in science under Francoism. It's integration into the UPF system will create synergies with scholars who study authoritarianism and science, nuclear power, European integration, and the public and science, and situate the Russian and Ukrainian experience into the larger European experience. The project includes undergraduate and graduate teaching in the domain of science, technology and politics; develops strategies with regard to academic writing and publishing and enables outreach of researcher's expertise both with academics and concerned citizens in European Union and its periphery.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA · BarcelonaКоординаторИспания