The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $338,232 Project Grant under their Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to Temple University. The grant, titled "CAREER: Tracing Cultural Histories and Socio-Technical Dynamics of Uneven Power Grids," aims to reevaluate conventional wisdom on global electrification efforts and enhance science and technical studies (STS) knowledge on large socio-technical systems. The 5-year project, commencing August 1, 2024, will use rigorous historiographic methods, ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and document analysis to understand how varying communities navigate vulnerable electricity service conditions, establish theoretical and empirical knowledge on infrastructure service normalization, and examine how oversimplified energy studies assumptions affect policy and technology choices. The project seeks to inform energy infrastructure debates, expand the role of STS scholarship in cultural forums, and develop pedagogical materials on the spread of grid vulnerabilities and opportunities. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
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