
Dr. Christine Milchram
- Scientific staff
- Research group “Philosophy of Engineering, Technology Assessment, and Science”
- Phone: +49 721 608-23403
- christine milchram ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Member of scientific staff at the research group “Philosophy of Engineering, Technology Assessment, and Science”
- Coordinator of the Science and Research Hub, Economy for the Common Good Movement
Fields of work
- Sustainability transition, focusing on energy and mobility systems
- Energy justice
- Transport justice
- Energy ethics
- Capability approach
- Mixed-methods research
Professional background
since 2020 | Member of scientific staff at ITAS |
2016 - 2020 | Member of scientific staff and PhD researcher, Faculty Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Dissertation: “Just Energy? Designing for Ethical Acceptability in Smart Grids” |
2013 - 2016 | Strategy consultant at Accenture Strategy & Sustainability |
2008 - 2012 | M.Sc., International Business, University of Vienna, Austria |
2005 - 2008 | B.A., International Business Relations, University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria |
Selected publications
2020. Designing for justice in electricity systems: A comparison of smart grid experiments in the Netherlands.
Milchram, C., Künneke, R., Doorn, N., Kaa, G. Van De, & Hillerbrand, R.
Energy Policy, 147(October), 111720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111720
2020. Synthesizing value sensitive design, responsible research and innovation, and energy justice: A conceptual review.
Jenkins, K. E. H., Spruit, S., Milchram, C., Höffken, J., & Taebi, B. Energy Research & Social Science, 69, 101727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101727
2019. The Capability Approach as a normative framework for technology assessment.
Hillerbrand, R., Milchram, C., & Schippl, J.. TATuP, 28(1), 52–57. https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.28.1.52
2019. Understanding the role of values in institutional change: the case of the energy transition.
Milchram, C., Märker, C., Schlör, H., Künneke, R., & van de Kaa, G.. Energy, Sustainability and Society, 9(46), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-019-0235-y
2018. Energy Justice and Smart Grid Systems: Evidence from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Milchram, C., Hillerbrand, R., van de Kaa, G., Doorn, N., & Künneke, R. Applied Energy, 229(September 2017), 1244–1259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.053
Publications
Leaders and laggards in the pursuit of an EU just transition
2023. Ecological Economics, 205, Art.-Nr.: 107699. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107699
An Ethical Assessment of Digital Mobility Transitions: Perspectives from Care Ethics
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC5 2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 25–27, 2022
Wide Reflective Equilibrium meets social science: an approach to exploring stakeholder’s conceptions of justice in smart energy systems
2022. Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Research Conference (PIRC 2022), Leuven, Belgium, December 15–16, 2022
Using the Capability Approach as a normative perspective on energy justice: Insights from two case studies on digitalisation in the energy sector
2021. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 22 (2), 336–359. doi:10.1080/19452829.2021.1901672
Keeping it in the community
2021. Nature energy, 6, 777–778. doi:10.1038/s41560-021-00885-8
Framing transport justice through the eyes of fare-free public transport activism
2021. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference (2021), Online, August 31–September 2, 2021
Designing for justice in electricity systems: A comparison of smart grid experiments in the Netherlands
2020. Energy policy, 147, Art.-Nr.: 111720. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111720
The capability approach as a normative framework for technology assessment
2019. TATuP: Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 28 (1), 52–57. doi:10.14512/tatup.28.1.52
Energy Justice and Smart Grid Systems: Evidence from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
2018. Applied energy, 229, 1244–1259. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.053