Article ID: CBB055589422

Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets (May 2022)

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T. E. de Wildt (Author)
I. R. van de Poel (Author)
E. J. L. Chappin (Author)


Science, Technology and Human Values
Volume: 47
Issue: 3
Pages: 429-458


Publication Date: May 2022
Edition Details: Thematic Collection: Value change in energy systems
Language: English

We propose a new approach for tracing value change. Value change may lead to a mismatch between current value priorities in society and the values for which technologies were designed in the past, such as energy technologies based on fossil fuels, which were developed when sustainability was not considered a very important value. Better anticipating value change is essential to avoid a lack of social acceptance and moral acceptability of technologies. While value change can be studied historically and qualitatively, we propose a more quantitative approach that uses large text corpora. It uses probabilistic topic models, which allow us to trace (new) values that are (still) latent. We demonstrate the approach for five types of value change in technology. Our approach is useful for testing hypotheses about value change, such as verifying whether value change has occurred and identifying patterns of value change. The approach can be used to trace value change for various technologies and text corpora, including scientific articles, newspaper articles, and policy documents.

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Article Ibo van de Poel; Behnam Taebi (May 2022) Value Change in Energy Systems. Science, Technology and Human Values (pp. 371-379). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Heidenreich, Sara
Claudia Eckert
Noam Bergman
James Stewart
Andreas Kolb
Havlick, David G.
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Design
Values (philosophy)
Technology and society
Technology
Energy resources and technologies
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Argentina
Norway
Colorado (U.S.)
India
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