Fields of work
- Socio-technical transitions
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
- Governance of sociotechnical systems transformations
- Innovation and responsibility
Professional background
| 2022 - 2025 | Scientific staff member in ITAS | 
| 2018 - 2022 | Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, Department of Science, Technology and Society, Technische Universität München (DE) | 
| 2014 - 2018 | Ph.D. Innovation and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School (NO) Lecturer at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School (NO) | 
| 2012 - 2014 | Associate researcher, European Centre for Living Technology, Ca’ Foscari University (IT) | 
| 2009 - 2011 | Associate researcher, Economics Department, Modena and Reggio Emilia University (IT) | 
| 2005 - 2008 | M.A. International Management, Modena and Reggio Emilia University (IT) | 
| 2002 - 2005 | B.A. International Economics, University of Padova (IT) | 
Publications
2025
Journal Articles
Sardo, S.; Kuppler, S.; Scheer, D.
Navigating the future: Strategies for the long-term governance of socio-technical change; [Die Zukunft gestalten: Strategien für die Long-Term-Governance des soziotechnischen Wandels]
2025. Zeitschrift fur Technikfolgenabschatzung in Theorie und Praxis / Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 34 (2), 9–14. doi:10.14512/tatup.7223
Navigating the future: Strategies for the long-term governance of socio-technical change; [Die Zukunft gestalten: Strategien für die Long-Term-Governance des soziotechnischen Wandels]
2025. Zeitschrift fur Technikfolgenabschatzung in Theorie und Praxis / Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice, 34 (2), 9–14. doi:10.14512/tatup.7223
Sardo, S.; Pfotenhauer, S. M.
Technology discontinuation as a continuous process: diesel, sustainability, and the politics of delay
2025. Research Policy, 54 (4), 105198. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2025.105198
Technology discontinuation as a continuous process: diesel, sustainability, and the politics of delay
2025. Research Policy, 54 (4), 105198. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2025.105198
Scheer, D.; Venghaus, S.; Sardo, S.; Stark, S.; Kuppler, S.; Schmidt, M. W.; Hoyer-Klick, C.
No easy way out: towards a framework concept of long-term governance
2025. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 15 (1), 9. doi:10.1186/s13705-025-00513-3
No easy way out: towards a framework concept of long-term governance
2025. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 15 (1), 9. doi:10.1186/s13705-025-00513-3
2024
Presentations
Scheer, D.; Venghaus, S.; Sardo, S.; Stark, S.; Kuppler, S.; Schmidt, M.; Hoyer-Klick, C.
A framework concept of Long-term Governance
2024. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science: Conference Making and Doing Transformations (EASST/4S 2024), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16–19, 2024
A framework concept of Long-term Governance
2024. European Association for the Study of Science and Technology and the Society for Social Studies of Science: Conference Making and Doing Transformations (EASST/4S 2024), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16–19, 2024
2023
Journal Articles
Sardo, S.; Callegari, B.; Misganaw A., B.
Everything and nothing: A critical review of the “social” in Innovation and Entrepreneurship studies
2023. NOvation, 4, 63–88. doi:10.5380/nocsi.v0i4.91114
Everything and nothing: A critical review of the “social” in Innovation and Entrepreneurship studies
2023. NOvation, 4, 63–88. doi:10.5380/nocsi.v0i4.91114
Presentations
Sardo, S.; Callegari, B.
Discontinuation inception: a theoretical view
2023. Italian Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology Italia Conference (STS 2023), Bologna, Italy, June 28–30, 2023
Discontinuation inception: a theoretical view
2023. Italian Society for Social Studies of Science and Technology Italia Conference (STS 2023), Bologna, Italy, June 28–30, 2023
Scheer, D.; Sardo, S.; Kuppler, S.
No easy way out: towards a framework concept of Long-term Governance
2023. Energy, Environment and Societies in Crises: ESA RN12 mid-term and Energy and society Network. 6th Energy and Society Conference (2023), Trento, Italy, September 6–7, 2023
No easy way out: towards a framework concept of Long-term Governance
2023. Energy, Environment and Societies in Crises: ESA RN12 mid-term and Energy and society Network. 6th Energy and Society Conference (2023), Trento, Italy, September 6–7, 2023
 
                
