Dr. Jan-Peter Voß

Technische Universität Berlin
Sekretariat HBS 4
Hardenbergstr. 16–18
10623 Berlin, Germany
fon: +49 (0)30 314-25848/ -28871
fax: +49 (0)30 314-22654
Email: jan-peter.voss[at]tu-berlin.de

Curriculum Vitae

Jan-Peter Voß is head of the Innovation in Governance Research Group at the Institute for Sociology and coordinator of the Governance Cluster at the Center for Technology and Society of the Technische Universität Berlin.

He trained as a political and social scientist, focusing on science and technology studies. From 1992 until 1999, he studied political science and economics at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2007, he received his doctorate from the University of Twente with a thesis on the interplay of design and dynamics in governance, analysed by historical case studies on emissions trading and network access regulation in utilities as emerging policy instruments.

Since 1999 Jan-Peter Voß has researched into topics of governance, innovation and sustainability. Until 2009, he led a number of research projects at the Öko-Institut e.V., among others on energy and climate policy, liberalisation and regulation of utilities, innovation policy, technology assessment, politics and governance of sustainable development, and methods of transdisciplinary research.

His current research interest is on the relation between politics, knowledge and innovation. For this he combines approaches from policy and governance studies with those from science and technology studies. Ongoing research work can be grouped as follows:

• Dynamics of science and technology
  Dynamics of innovation, social and institutional innovation, technology development, emerging sciences, transformation of socio-technical systems, foresight
• Governance of innovation
  Research and innovation policies, innovation policy for social innovations, constructive technology assessment, transition management
• Innovation in governance
  Emergence and development of new forms of governance, development and spread of policy instruments, policy convergence, technologies of governance
• Politics and governance for sustainable development
  Shaping societal transformation, coping with ambivalent goals, uncertain knowledge and distributed power, transdisciplinary research, reflexive governance

Jan-Peter Voß is one of the speakers for the Politics, Science and Technology Working Group of the German Association for Political Science (DVPW), member of the German Sociological Society (DGS), the Society for Science and Technology Studies in Germany (GWTF), and the European Association for the Study of Science and Society (EASST).


Selected publications (for a complete list see CV)

2011

Voß, J.-P.; Bornemann, B. (2011): Politics of reflexive governance. Challenges for designing Adaptive Management and Transition Management. Ecology & Society 16(2):9

2010

Newig, J.; Voß, J.-P. (2010): Steuerung nachhaltiger Entwicklung. In: Steurer, R.; Trattnigg, R. (eds.): Nachhaltigkeit regieren. Eine Bilanz zu Governance-Prinzipien und -Praktiken. Munich: oekom, 239-258.

Smith, A.; Voß, J.-P.; Grin, J. (eds.) (2010): Innovation studies and sustainability transitions. Research Policy 39/4: Special Section on Innovation and Sustainability Transitions.

Smith, A.; Voß, J.-P.; Grin, J. (2010): Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: The allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges. In: Research Policy 39/4, 435-448.

Voß, J.-P. (2010): Innovation of Governance: the Case of Emissions Trading. In: Arentsen, M. J.; Rossum, W.; Steenge, A. E. (eds.): Governance of Innovation. Firms, Clusters and Institutions in a Changing Setting. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 125-148.

2009

Voß, J-P.; Smith, A.; Grin, J. (eds.) (2009): Designing long-term policy. Policy Sciences special issue 42 (4).

Voß, J-P.; Smith, A.;Grin, J. (2009): Designing long-term policy: rethinking transition management. In: Policy Sciences 42 (4), 275-302.

2008

Konrad, K.; Truffer, B.; Voß, J.-P. (2008): Multi-regime dynamics in the analysis of sectoral transformation potentials: evidence from German utility sectors. In: Journal of Cleaner Production 16, 1190-1202

Praetorius, B.; Bauknecht, D.; Cames, M.; Fischer, C.; Pehnt, M.; Schumacher, K.; Voß, J.-P. (2008): Sustainable Electricity Systems and Innovation Dynamics. On the role of Innovation in Socio-Technical Transitions. Heidelberg: Springer

Truffer, B.; Voß, J.-P.; Konrad, K. (2008): Mapping expectations for system transformations. Lessons from Sustainability Foresight in German utility sectors. In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change 75, 1360-1372

Voß, J.-P. (2008): Nebenwirkungen und Nachhaltigkeit. Reflexive Gestaltungsansätze zum Umgang mit sozial-ökologischen Ko-Evolutionsprozessen. In: Lange, H. (ed): Nachhaltigkeit als radikaler Wandel. Die Quadratur des Kreises? Opladen: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 237-260

Voß, J.-P. (2008): Steuerung nachhaltiger Entwicklung. Grenzen und Möglichkeiten damit umzugehen. In: Amelung, N. et al. (eds.): Einstieg in nachhaltige Entwicklung. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 231-248

2007

Newig, J.; Voß, J.-P.; Monstadt, J. (eds) (2007): Governance for Sustainable Development. Coping with ambivalence, uncertainty and distributed power.

Voß, J.-P. (2007): Innovation processes in governance: the development of 'emissions trading' as a new policy instrument. In: Science and Public Policy 34 (5), 329-343

Voß, J.-P. (2007): Designs on governance. Development of policy instruments and dynamics in governance. University of Twente (PhD thesis)

Voß, J.-P.; Bauknecht, D. (2007): Netzregulierung in Infrastruktursektoren. Der Einfluss von Technik auf den Verlauf von Governance-Innovationen. In: U. Dolata, R. Werle (eds): Gesellschaft und die Macht der Technik. Frankfurt, New York: Campus, 109-132

Voß, J.-P.; Newig, J.; Kastens, B.; Monstadt, J.; Nölting, B. (2007): Steering for sustainable Development - a typology of problems and theories based on ambivalence, uncertainty and distributed power. In: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 9 (3/4), 193-212

2006

Voß, J.-P.; Bauknecht, D.; Kemp, R. (eds.) (2006): Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Link

Voß, J.-P.; Kemp, R. (2006): Sustainability and reflexive governance: introduction. In: Voß, J.-P.; Bauknecht, D.; Kemp, R. (eds): Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 3-30

Voß, J.-P.; Kemp, R.; Bauknecht, D. (2006): Reflexive governance: a view on an emerging path. In: Voß, J.-P.; Bauknecht, D.; Kemp, R. (eds): Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 419-438

Voß, J.-P.; Konrad, K.; Truffer, B. (2006): Sustainability Foresight. Reflexive Governance in the Transformation of Utility Systems. In: Voß, J.-P.; Bauknecht, D.; Kemp, R. (eds): Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 162-188

2005

Voß, J.-P. (2005): Innovation of Governance. How do new policies develop and become implemented? In: Bora, A. et al. (eds): Technik in einer fragilen Welt. Die Rolle der Technikfolgenabschätzung. Berlin: Edition Sigma, 509-517

Voß, J.-P.; Truffer, B.; Konrad, K. (2005): Sustainability Foresight as a method to shape socio-technical transformation in utility systems. In: Bammé, A.; Getzinger, G. (eds): Yearbook 2005 of the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society. Munich: Profil Verlag, 285-306

Bergmann, M.; Brohmann, B.; Hoffmann, E.; Loibl, M. C.; Rehaag, R.; Schramm, E.; Voß, J.-P. (2005): Quality Criteria of Transdisciplinary Research: A Guide for the Formative Evaluation of Research Projects. ISOE-Studientexte, No 13, Frankfurt am Main. Link

2004

Nölting, B.; Voß, J.-P.; Hayn, D. (2004): Nachhaltigkeitsforschung - jenseits von Diziplinierung und "anything goes". In: GAIA 13 (4), 272-279

2000

Voß, J.-P. (2000): Institutionelle Arrangements zwischen Zukunfts- und Gegenwartsfähigkeit: Verfahren der Netzregelung im liberalisierten deutschen Stromsektor. In: Prittwitz, V.v. (ed): Institutionelle Arrangements in der Umweltpolitik. Zukunftsfähigkeit durch innovative Verfahrenskombination? Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 227-254