Dear colleagues,
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<br>Apologies for any cross-posting.
<br>Hope you’re having a great start of the year!
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<br>Harro van Lente and I are currently preparing a special issue on
<br>technological “trajectories of erosion”, to use Elisabeth Shove and
<br>Gordon
<br>Walker’s phrase. This is aimed to address the elephant in the room in STS:
<br>what happens when technologies die? This special issue also ties in very
<br>well with our session at Nordic STS Conference
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<br>later this year. Looking forward to your submissions! Full text below.
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<br>Please consider a call for papers to an open access Special Issue of
<br>*Sustainability* entitled* “Sustainability and Technological Trajectories
<br>of Erosion”*.
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<br>Clearly, technologies are part and parcel of sustainability issues, both as
<br>problem and as solution. When the role of technologies is studied, however,
<br>the tendency is to focus on the emergence of new socio-technical
<br>arrangements. Yet, what about the fate of old technologies that
<br>threaten more sustainable modes of production and consumption? What about
<br>the ‘trajectories of erosion, decay, and fossilisation’ as Elizabeth
<br>Shove
<br>and Gordon Walker coined the reverse dynamics.
<br>This Special Issue comprises papers that describe, characterize and analyze
<br>the phase-out, decline and failure of established technologies. In this
<br>Special Issue we welcome theoretical, empirical and practical contributions
<br>from STS, innovation studies, governance studies, transition
<br>studies, history, management studies, and other relevant fields.
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<br>Please note that this Special Issue is open access, which means it will be
<br>free for readers worldwide, but with an article processing charge paid by
<br>authors and their organisations.
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<br>The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2019. We are looking forward to
<br>reading your submissions!
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<br>For more information visit
<br>https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/technological_traj
<br>ectories_sustainability
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<br>Best wishes,
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<br>*Zahar Koretsky *
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<br>*PhD Candidate at Maastricht University Science, Technology and Society
<br>Studies (MUSTS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
<br>*z.koretsky@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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<br>Grote Gracht 76, 1.13
<br>P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
<br>T +31 43 38 82 767
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<br>Note on name spelling: Zahar Koretsky is my publishing name, while my
<br>passport name, which is used only for bureaucracy-related matters, is Zahar
<br>Coretchii.
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