Green transition through dynamics of problematizations: How forms of expertise influence the financial and social valuation of energy resources in Denmark

This project advances our understanding of green transitions, by examining what
we call “dynamics of problematization”, which describes the interplay and tensions
of modes of expertise that inform the social and financial valuation of energy
resources in the governance of energy transition. The research contributes to
transition studies by drawing upon recent developments within the intersection
between the sociology of knowledge and the social studies of valuation. It studies
how expertise, understood as ideas, models and calculative tools, from different
scientific domains (i.e. economics, natural science) shape governance that
constitute the valuation of energy resources. The project also explores new
alternative metrics for valuation. The focus is on gas, wind, and biomass, central
resources in the green transition. The energy resources are studied historically and
in the present in order to capture how the dynamics of problematizations unfold,
allow learning for green transitions