Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector
The construction sector needs to transition toward using bio-based building materials in order to reduce its negative environmental impact. However, it is unclear how exactly such a bio-based future will look like, with different stakeholders in different geographical contexts having different visi...
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The construction sector needs to transition toward using bio-based building materials in order to reduce its negative environmental impact. However, it is unclear how exactly such a bio-based future will look like, with different stakeholders in different geographical contexts having different visions of the sector’s future. Based on an extensive collection of expert interviews with stakeholders from the construction industry in China, India, Italy, and Germany, we have identified six primary visions. These are characterized by variations in their socio-technical logics, including preferred materials, targeted market segments, economic characteristics, and stage of development. While many visions appear to be complementary in principle, our findings also reveal conflicts, which are often socially constructed. These conflicts may impede the transition toward a bio-based construction sector, as certain visions may delegitimize alternative uses of bio-based materials.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2eee52ba766e4dc18b0a56a75ba6686d2025-08-20T02:38:40Zdeuoekom verlag GmbHTATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis2568-020X2567-88332024-12-0133310.14512/tatup.7145Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sectorLennart Fischer0Sebastian Losacker1Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University GiessenCIRCLE – Centre for Innovation Research, Lund University, Sweden; Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen The construction sector needs to transition toward using bio-based building materials in order to reduce its negative environmental impact. However, it is unclear how exactly such a bio-based future will look like, with different stakeholders in different geographical contexts having different visions of the sector’s future. Based on an extensive collection of expert interviews with stakeholders from the construction industry in China, India, Italy, and Germany, we have identified six primary visions. These are characterized by variations in their socio-technical logics, including preferred materials, targeted market segments, economic characteristics, and stage of development. While many visions appear to be complementary in principle, our findings also reveal conflicts, which are often socially constructed. These conflicts may impede the transition toward a bio-based construction sector, as certain visions may delegitimize alternative uses of bio-based materials. https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/7145socio-technical imaginariessustainability transitionsbio-based materialsvisionsconstruction sector |
| spellingShingle | Lennart Fischer Sebastian Losacker Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis socio-technical imaginaries sustainability transitions bio-based materials visions construction sector |
| title | Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector |
| title_full | Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector |
| title_fullStr | Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector |
| title_short | Competing or complementary?: Socio-technical imaginaries of a bio-based construction sector |
| title_sort | competing or complementary socio technical imaginaries of a bio based construction sector |
| topic | socio-technical imaginaries sustainability transitions bio-based materials visions construction sector |
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