Banca de DEFESA: Gabriel Leuzinger Coutinho

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : Gabriel Leuzinger Coutinho
DATE: 30/01/2023
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: video
TITLE:

Multi-system sustainability transitions in developing countries: a case study of the electric car in Brazil

KEY WORDS:

Sustainability transition. Electric car. Strategic Research and Development Project no 22.

PAGES: 410
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Ciências Ambientais
SUMMARY:

The urban mobility socio-technical system still follows a trend of increasing its unsustainable patterns. There are many proposals to achieve sustainable urban mobility, but there is no consensus on its definition and operationalization. Electric mobility may be the easiest of these proposals to implement in Brazil. The transition to electric cars involves many socio-technical systems, such as urban mobility and electricity. Most theories and typologies currently used in the sustainability transitions field were conceived in developed countries and may not be adequate to explain transitions involving multiple socio-technical systems in developing countries. The objective of this thesis is to explain how the electricity socio-technical system influences the transition to the electric car in Brazil. The ontology and epistemology adopted in the research are close to pragmatism and critical realism. The theoretical framework used is the multilevel perspective and the strategy adopted is the case study. The case selected was ANEEL’s Strategic Research and Development Project no 22. Two different data collection methods are used: secondary data and semi-structured interviews. The results show that the electricity socio-technical system is interacting with the electric car niche in multiple ways, and these interactions cannot be reduced to a single pattern. Most actors from the electricity socio-technical system are not interested in the transition to electric cars, but some relevant actors from this socio-technical system, notably incumbents, are helping to consolidate the electric car niche. They are collaborating to the creation of a network of actors related to electric cars, helping to create learning processes at multiple dimensions, contributing to articulate expectations and visions on electromobility, improving the electric cars charging infrastructure in Brazil, developing new business models to make electric cars charging a profitable business, and helping to improve the regulation on electric cars. It was also found that the lack of a clear normative orientation is contributing to delaying the transition to electric cars in Brazil. The competition between electric cars and biofuels is leading several actors to postpone investments in electric mobility. In addition, the case study reveals that transnational actors play an important role in ANEEL’s project. These actors help local actors to access global resources and serve as a bridge with other sustainability experiments around the world.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - FLAVIA LUCIANE CONSONI DE MELLO - UNICAMP
Presidente - 2348930 - ARMANDO DE AZEVEDO CALDEIRA PIRES
Externo ao Programa - 1337656 - AUGUSTO CESAR DE MENDONCA BRASIL
Interna - 2335984 - CRISTIANE GOMES BARRETO
Externo à Instituição - Gilmar dos Santos Marques - CEUB