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Dr Nils Markusson
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Nils Markusson is a sociologist of technology, with 15 years worth of experience of studying innovation and especially environmental technology.
He has a background in engineering and innovation studies. After an MSc in Engineering Physics, he worked at VINNOVA – a Swedish government agency similar to the Technology Strategy Board – studying innovation and supporting innovation policy makers. Taking the final step towards social science, he did a PhD at the Institute for Studies of Science, Technology and Innovation at the University of Edinburgh about cleaner technology investments in process industries, with a focus on organisational dynamics. After the PhD he has worked as a researcher at the University of Edinburgh, mainly at Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage, where he is currently based, studying carbon capture and storage and other low-carbon innovations. Much of this work has been funded through the UK Energy Research Centre.
A theme throughout Nils's career has been how we use technology in society with as little environmental impact as possible, and what policy is needed for this. He is predominantly a qualitative researcher, and favoured data sources include documents and interviews, analysed as case studies. However, he also has experience of, for example, statistical analysis, scenario-based work and foresight methodologies. In terms of theory, he mainly uses concepts and models from Science, Technology and Innovation Studies.
Current research interests
- CCS innovation processes, including the politics of and learning from CCS demonstrations, and the prospective roles of CCS in the energy system.
- Project: Innovation analogues for technology assessment
- Project: The politics and policy of CCS
- Outputs
- The technology politics of climate engineering.
- The greening of organisations, and its relation to investment in and use of technology.
- Project on the use of carbon metrics by organisations
- Outputs
Recent publications:
Born again: The debate on lock-in and CCS, Markusson, N., Research note, Environment and Energy (forthcoming)
Characterising CCS learning: The role of quantitative methods and alternative approaches, Markusson, N. and Chalmers, H. Technology Forecasting and Social Change (forthcoming)
A socio-technical framework for assessing the viability of carbon capture and storage technology, Markusson, N., Kern, F., Watson, J., Arapostathis, S., Chalmers, H., Ghaleigh, N., Heptonstall, P., Pearson, P., Rossati, D. and Russell, S. Technology Forecasting and Social Change (forthcoming)
The social dynamics of carbon capture and storage: Understanding representation, governance and innovation, Markusson, N., Shackley, S. and Evar, B. (Eds), Earthscan (forthcoming)
What will CCS demonstrations demonstrate? Russell, S., Markusson, N. and Scott, V. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (in press)
The Social and Political Complexities of Learning in CCS Demonstration Projects, Markusson N, Ishii A and Stephens J, Global Environmental Change 21(2):293-302, 2011
CCS, BECCS and the escape from carbon lock-in, Vergragt, P., Markusson, N. and Karlsson, H. Global Environmental Change 21(2):282-292, 2011
Unpacking the black box of cleaner technology, Markusson N, Journal of Cleaner Production, 19(4):294-302, March 2011