Rethinking Networks in Times of Transition

Ecological, Energy and Social Issues

Laure Dobigny, Benoît Robyns (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2026
Iste Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83669-018-4 (ISBN)

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The contemporary world is characterized by the interweaving of various networks, including biological, ecological, social, technological and energy-related networks. We are constantly engaged in interactions with these networks. In the context of energy and ecological and social transitions, it is essential to examine the positive or negative effects of these interactions. Additionally, it is crucial to explore the influence of the growing role that networks will play and the open or closed futures they will shape.

To address these issues, a multidisciplinary approach is essential, particularly between the technological sciences, humanities and life sciences. Rethinking Networks in Times of Transition analyzes and discusses four major themes: ecological networks in biodiversity and ecological transition; socio-technical changes related to energy networks; how social and controversy networks are transforming lifestyles, representations and modes of action; and finally, how academic networks can play a leading role in the transition

Laure Dobigny is Associate Professor in socio-anthropology of technology at the ETHICS Laboratory (ETH+ research team) at the Universite Catholique de Lille, France. Benoît Robyns is Deputy Director of Research at JUNIA (Lille), Vice-President for Energy and Societal Transition at Universite Catholique de Lille, and a member of the Power Systems Team at L2EP, France.

Introduction xvii
Laure DOBIGNY, Sadia BENAMROUZ-VANNESTE and Benoît ROBYNS

Part 1. Ecological Networks 1

Chapter 1. Climate Crisis, Invasive Species and Biodiversity Collapse: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Macrophytes 3
Rossano BOLPAGNI

Chapter 2. Reconciling Productivity, Maintaining Biodiversity and Human Well-being: How Will Tomorrow's Agriculture Solve this Equation? 19
Florian KLETTY

Chapter 3. Conifers Reforestations: An Environmental Problem or a Possible Resource? 37
Kevin CIANFAGLIONE, Alessandro BOTTACCI, Silvano LANDI, Bartolomeo SCHIRONE, Franco PEDROTTI and Marcello DI BONITO

Chapter 4. Urban Interstices: Small Spaces with Big Issues 87
Agathe DOUCHET and Sadia BENAMROUZ-VANNESTE

Chapter 5. From a Climate-Centered Vision to a Vivo-Centered Vision: A Paradigm Shift for a Genuine Socio-Ecological Transition? 103
Alice FOUILLOUZE

Part 2. Energy Networks 125

Chapter 6. Electricity Transmission Networks, the Keystone of Neo-electrification at the Crossroads of Multiple Issues: Nuclear Power Generation and Conflictualization of European and French Energy Policies 127
Lucas LOPEZ

Chapter 7. Is it Relevant to Question the Size of Power Grids? 139
Jonathan COIGNARD

Chapter 8. The Characteristics and Role of Users' Network in the Appropriation of Complex Self-built Technology: Case-study of Locally Manufactured Wind Turbines in France 151
Baptiste BEGUINET

Chapter 9. Scripting Flexibility in Collective Self-Consumption: Local Limits, Users and Governance 163
Jessica ZAPHIROPOULO

Chapter 10. Collaborative Energy Management: A Novel Methodology to Reduce Both Energy Price and Environmental Impact of an Energy Community 179
Adrien BOSSU, Benoit DURILLON and Christophe SAUDEMONT

Chapter 11. Dynamic Energy Allocation in a Local Community Integrating User Preferences 193
Amira DHORBANI, Dhaker ABBES, Kahina HASSAM and Benoît ROBYNS

Chapter 12. Awareness and Perception of Collective Self-Consumption in the University Community 217
Hanene BETTAIEB, Adrien BOSSU, Benoit DURILLON, Arnaud DAVIGNY, Christophe SAUDEMONT and Hervé BARRY

Part 3. Social and Controversy Networks 227

Chapter 13. Fracking in the UK: Dependent Stakeholders and Relational Legitimacy 229
Matthew O'Meara WALLIS

Chapter 14. Articulação: The Ecological Networking of the Brazilian Agroecological Movement 245
Sébastien CARCELLE and Mariana BENITEZ

Chapter 15. Toward an Ecology of Architectural Experimentation Beyond Environmental Regulatory Standards 257
Hector DOCARRAGAL MONTERO

Chapter 16. The Role of Social Media in the Climate Crisis: A Discourse Study of Environmental Conversations in France (2017–2022) 275
Albin WAGENER

Chapter 17. Transitioning to Sustainability: An Emotional Odyssey 289
Cristina LONGO and Ishan JALAN

Part 4. Networks of Universities in Transition 301

Chapter 18. Schools in Synergy for Sustainability: Experiences and Insights from Networks of Universities in Socioecological Transitions 303
Emmanuel D. DELOCADO, Philip Arnold P. TUAÑO and Ma. Margarita Christina A. LACDAO-UMALI

Chapter 19. Better Together? Exploring What Can Be Achieved through Real-world Examples of Innovative Knowledge Exchange Partnerships between SMEs and Universities 321
Richard BULL, Ana Rita DOMINGUES, Muhammad MAZHAR and Gamze YAKAR-PRITCHARD

Chapter 20. Research for Energetic and Societal Transition: Experience of the Live TREE Program 335
Benoît ROBYNS

Chapter 21. Socioecological Analysis of the Impact of the University Climate Agreement: What Prospects for Transition of the Catholic University of Lille 347
Kokou Kouzouahin SOMABE and Hervé BARRY

Chapter 22. What User Involvement in Sustainable Campuses? An Analysis of the Decision-making Processes of University Smart Buildings in the Lille Region (France) 363
Laure DOBIGNY, Mathilde SZUBA, Hervé BARRY and Anouk GERME-BARTIER

List of Authors 383
Index 387

Erscheinungsdatum	23.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	ISTE Invoiced
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-83669-018-5 / 1836690185
ISBN-13	978-1-83669-018-4 / 9781836690184
Zustand	Neuware