Read about the methodology employed in "Synchronizing Science and Technology with Human Behaviour" ...
A range of historical cases helps to understand the way co-evolutionary potentials can be maximized. Read the journal article ...
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Cases
The following cases are interesting examples of a co-evolutionary relationship between the development of technologies/infrastructures and social practices. These and other case studies are described in much more detail in the book "Synchronizing Science and Technology with Human Behaviour".
Hasselt, Belgium
Good infrastructures - good social practies
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
BRUCKER LAND and the 'good' shopper
North Karelia, Finland
Mottinetti hits several birds with one stone
Switzerland
Car Sharing facilitates new mobility routines
Bangladesh
Grameen’s village phone
Austria
Solar water heaters - success made in Austria
Please let us know if you think your project - or one you know of - qualifies as an example of co-evolutionary practice. We are happy to expand this list. If you want to see your company, town, city or region on this list read about the ways our team might be able to assist you.
Co-evolution seeks to transcend the common dichotomy between technology and
behaviour-orientated approaches to sustainable development. It does so by
means of strategic alliances between and among providers and users of
technologies who jointly define socially perceived problems and jointly seek
innovative solutions. The result of this venture is a new, sufficiently large,
technological regime that establishes a new range of realistic behavioural choices,
including those that make the socially desired behaviour attractive. Like every
successful innovation, the outcome of a co-evolutionary process must be socially
embedded in local narratives and rituals.
