Marco Sonnberger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1430185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Sonnberger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco |
| FAMILY NAME | Sonnberger |
| SIGNATURE | SONNBERGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stuttgart |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9403-0053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Expanding the understanding of rebound effects through practice theory
Rebound effects (REs) frequently undermine the potential of sustainability-oriented interventions, hindering societies from living within ecological limits. Conventional rebound research often relies on economic mechanisms, such as income and price effects, to explain their occurrence. Practice-oriented rebound research, however, can expand existing understandings to reveal how rebounds unfold as part of the performance of everyday life in unique…
Addressing “the ones behind”
This paper advances a broadened understanding of technology acceptance by introducing the concept of the acceptance object responsible – the actors and institutions accountable for technological design, implementation, and governance. Traditional approaches have focused on the dyad of acceptance subject and object; we argue that social (non-)acceptance fundamentally targets actors behind technology decisions. Acceptance thus emerges as a relation…
Rushing for the gold of the energy transition
Germany plans to increase support for community energy projects as part of its renewable energy expansion. These are not only intended to increase local acceptance but are also seen as a socially fairer and more democratically participatory alternative to renewable energy projects developed and owned by large energy companies. However, based on semi-structured interviews with experts and developers in the field of citizen wind energy, we show tha…
Mit den Sozialwissenschaften aus der Klimakrise
“It’s just politics”
Wake effects and temperature plumes
Energy transitions are knowledge-intensive processes where a multitude of actors are trying to cope with inevitable knowledge gaps, surprises, and uncertainties. In this context, we focus on two techno-physical phenomena that are gaining practical relevance with the expansion of wind and geothermal energy extraction, and are surrounded by significant unknowns: wake effects and temperature plumes. Both phenomena can potentially affect the efficien…
Who owns the wind? Understanding wind energy production through a property chains perspective
In this article, we argue that the resourcification of wind is based on a specific entanglement of different property objects - in particular wind, land and wind turbines - and property holders. We depart from an understanding of property as a social phenomenon that is enacted through social practices and thereby becomes relevant within an arrangement of different entities (human, non-human and material) by structuring the relations between these…
Compartmentalization as the norm
In the face of intensifying socio-ecological crisis phenomena, a public and academic discourse of urgency has developed with regard to the sustainable transformation of lifestyles. However, in reality, individuals prove resistant to normative calls for more sustainable consumption and consumption patterns often remain inconsistent across different domains of everyday life. A variety of relatively well-studied causes exist for this (e.g., behavior…
Climate concerned but anti-nuclear
Responsibility, rationality, and acceptance
Although autonomous driving is expected to provide a solution for various mobility-related issues, ideas on how the technology will actually unfold are vague. Nevertheless, stakeholders in the field hold expectations about the technology and the future users. With very few exceptions, so far research does not focus on these expectations as social constructions of individuals and publics. In addition, these perceptions play only a minor role in th…
Gegen das Gemeinwohl. Eine qualitative Studie zur Deutung der Dieselfahrverbote in Stuttgart
Als eine Folge des sogenannten Dieselskandals wurden in mehreren deutschen Städten Fahrverbote für ältere Dieselfahrzeuge verhängt. Diese Fahrverbote waren und sind Gegenstand äußerst kontroverser öffentlicher Auseinandersetzungen. Stuttgart war die erste Stadt, in der flächendeckende Einfahrverbote für ältere Dieselfahrzeuge verhängt wurden. Basierend auf sieben Fokusgruppendiskussionen zum Thema Dieselfahrverbote, die im November und Dezember 2…
How the diesel engine became a “dirty” actant
Von Protest bis Unterstützung – eine empirische Analyse lokaler Akzeptanz von Energietechnologien im Rahmen der Energiewende in Deutschland
Disclosing Citizens’ Perceptual Patterns of the Transition to Renewable Energy in Germany
The article aims to explore citizens’ perceptual patterns underlying the public’s view of the German energy transition. By reducing the complexity of the public’s views to its main dimensions, the article contributes to a deeper understanding of citizens’ reactions to transition projects such as the German energy transition. This research is based on a German-wide representative survey that included items covering different aspects concerning the…
Building Capacities for Transdisciplinary Research
Transdisciplinary research is intriguing and challenging. Early-career researchers in particular, who lack experience and are still working on their disciplinary standing, struggle with difficulties and uncertainties. We offer insights into the challenges faced and solutions found by seven transdisciplinary junior research groups.While transdisciplinarity offers a way to tackle complex social-ecological challenges, transdisciplinary research is a…
Rebound Effects in Practice
Local and socio-political acceptance of wind farms in Germany
Der Erwerb von Photovoltaikanlagen in Privathaushalten
Forschung für die Nachhaltigkeit
Das BMBF-Rahmenprogramm fona – Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit berichtet über den Verlauf und die Ergebnisse des 5. BMBF-Forums für Nachhaltigkeit im September in Berlin. In den Mitteilungen des Förderschwerpunkts Sozial-ökologische Forschung (SÖF) stellt ein Verbundprojekt seine Ergebnisse zu Zusammenhängen zwischen Übergewicht und Sozialraum vor
Local and socio-political acceptance of wind farms in Germany
Climate concerned but anti-nuclear
Rushing for the gold of the energy transition
Germany plans to increase support for community energy projects as part of its renewable energy expansion. These are not only intended to increase local acceptance but are also seen as a socially fairer and more democratically participatory alternative to renewable energy projects developed and owned by large energy companies. However, based on semi-structured interviews with experts and developers in the field of citizen wind energy, we show tha…
Who owns the wind? Understanding wind energy production through a property chains perspective
In this article, we argue that the resourcification of wind is based on a specific entanglement of different property objects - in particular wind, land and wind turbines - and property holders. We depart from an understanding of property as a social phenomenon that is enacted through social practices and thereby becomes relevant within an arrangement of different entities (human, non-human and material) by structuring the relations between these…
How the diesel engine became a “dirty” actant
Wake effects and temperature plumes
Energy transitions are knowledge-intensive processes where a multitude of actors are trying to cope with inevitable knowledge gaps, surprises, and uncertainties. In this context, we focus on two techno-physical phenomena that are gaining practical relevance with the expansion of wind and geothermal energy extraction, and are surrounded by significant unknowns: wake effects and temperature plumes. Both phenomena can potentially affect the efficien…
Compartmentalization as the norm
In the face of intensifying socio-ecological crisis phenomena, a public and academic discourse of urgency has developed with regard to the sustainable transformation of lifestyles. However, in reality, individuals prove resistant to normative calls for more sustainable consumption and consumption patterns often remain inconsistent across different domains of everyday life. A variety of relatively well-studied causes exist for this (e.g., behavior…
Gegen das Gemeinwohl. Eine qualitative Studie zur Deutung der Dieselfahrverbote in Stuttgart
Als eine Folge des sogenannten Dieselskandals wurden in mehreren deutschen Städten Fahrverbote für ältere Dieselfahrzeuge verhängt. Diese Fahrverbote waren und sind Gegenstand äußerst kontroverser öffentlicher Auseinandersetzungen. Stuttgart war die erste Stadt, in der flächendeckende Einfahrverbote für ältere Dieselfahrzeuge verhängt wurden. Basierend auf sieben Fokusgruppendiskussionen zum Thema Dieselfahrverbote, die im November und Dezember 2…
Von Protest bis Unterstützung – eine empirische Analyse lokaler Akzeptanz von Energietechnologien im Rahmen der Energiewende in Deutschland
Forschung für die Nachhaltigkeit
Das BMBF-Rahmenprogramm fona – Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit berichtet über den Verlauf und die Ergebnisse des 5. BMBF-Forums für Nachhaltigkeit im September in Berlin. In den Mitteilungen des Förderschwerpunkts Sozial-ökologische Forschung (SÖF) stellt ein Verbundprojekt seine Ergebnisse zu Zusammenhängen zwischen Übergewicht und Sozialraum vor
Der Erwerb von Photovoltaikanlagen in Privathaushalten
Local and socio-political acceptance of wind farms in Germany
Disclosing Citizens’ Perceptual Patterns of the Transition to Renewable Energy in Germany
The article aims to explore citizens’ perceptual patterns underlying the public’s view of the German energy transition. By reducing the complexity of the public’s views to its main dimensions, the article contributes to a deeper understanding of citizens’ reactions to transition projects such as the German energy transition. This research is based on a German-wide representative survey that included items covering different aspects concerning the…
Building Capacities for Transdisciplinary Research
Transdisciplinary research is intriguing and challenging. Early-career researchers in particular, who lack experience and are still working on their disciplinary standing, struggle with difficulties and uncertainties. We offer insights into the challenges faced and solutions found by seven transdisciplinary junior research groups.While transdisciplinarity offers a way to tackle complex social-ecological challenges, transdisciplinary research is a…
Rebound Effects in Practice
How the diesel engine became a “dirty” actant
Von Protest bis Unterstützung – eine empirische Analyse lokaler Akzeptanz von Energietechnologien im Rahmen der Energiewende in Deutschland
Responsibility, rationality, and acceptance
Although autonomous driving is expected to provide a solution for various mobility-related issues, ideas on how the technology will actually unfold are vague. Nevertheless, stakeholders in the field hold expectations about the technology and the future users. With very few exceptions, so far research does not focus on these expectations as social constructions of individuals and publics. In addition, these perceptions play only a minor role in th…
Gegen das Gemeinwohl. Eine qualitative Studie zur Deutung der Dieselfahrverbote in Stuttgart
Als eine Folge des sogenannten Dieselskandals wurden in mehreren deutschen Städten Fahrverbote für ältere Dieselfahrzeuge verhängt. Diese Fahrverbote waren und sind Gegenstand äußerst kontroverser öffentlicher Auseinandersetzungen. Stuttgart war die erste Stadt, in der flächendeckende Einfahrverbote für ältere Dieselfahrzeuge verhängt wurden. Basierend auf sieben Fokusgruppendiskussionen zum Thema Dieselfahrverbote, die im November und Dezember 2…
Climate concerned but anti-nuclear
Compartmentalization as the norm
In the face of intensifying socio-ecological crisis phenomena, a public and academic discourse of urgency has developed with regard to the sustainable transformation of lifestyles. However, in reality, individuals prove resistant to normative calls for more sustainable consumption and consumption patterns often remain inconsistent across different domains of everyday life. A variety of relatively well-studied causes exist for this (e.g., behavior…
“It’s just politics”
Wake effects and temperature plumes
Energy transitions are knowledge-intensive processes where a multitude of actors are trying to cope with inevitable knowledge gaps, surprises, and uncertainties. In this context, we focus on two techno-physical phenomena that are gaining practical relevance with the expansion of wind and geothermal energy extraction, and are surrounded by significant unknowns: wake effects and temperature plumes. Both phenomena can potentially affect the efficien…
Who owns the wind? Understanding wind energy production through a property chains perspective
In this article, we argue that the resourcification of wind is based on a specific entanglement of different property objects - in particular wind, land and wind turbines - and property holders. We depart from an understanding of property as a social phenomenon that is enacted through social practices and thereby becomes relevant within an arrangement of different entities (human, non-human and material) by structuring the relations between these…
Rushing for the gold of the energy transition
Germany plans to increase support for community energy projects as part of its renewable energy expansion. These are not only intended to increase local acceptance but are also seen as a socially fairer and more democratically participatory alternative to renewable energy projects developed and owned by large energy companies. However, based on semi-structured interviews with experts and developers in the field of citizen wind energy, we show tha…
Mit den Sozialwissenschaften aus der Klimakrise
Expanding the understanding of rebound effects through practice theory
Rebound effects (REs) frequently undermine the potential of sustainability-oriented interventions, hindering societies from living within ecological limits. Conventional rebound research often relies on economic mechanisms, such as income and price effects, to explain their occurrence. Practice-oriented rebound research, however, can expand existing understandings to reveal how rebounds unfold as part of the performance of everyday life in unique…
Addressing “the ones behind”
This paper advances a broadened understanding of technology acceptance by introducing the concept of the acceptance object responsible – the actors and institutions accountable for technological design, implementation, and governance. Traditional approaches have focused on the dyad of acceptance subject and object; we argue that social (non-)acceptance fundamentally targets actors behind technology decisions. Acceptance thus emerges as a relation…
Political science (13 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Economics (4 works)