Public Safety Assurance in the Energy Transition

Public safety assurance in the energy transition requires effective management of sociotechnical risk.

This session, based on the outputs of RP2.3-08, introduces the SOTEC Framework – social, organizational, technical, epistemic and cultural sources of risk to explain what sociotechnical risks are, and how they might best be managed.

Past technology transition failures such as Chernobyl, Challenger, Titan, the pink bats insulation scheme and California’s energy policy have lessons for the energy transition that can be drawn out using SOTEC.

Speakers:

  • Prof Jan Hayes
  • Prof Sarah Maslen

Panel

  • Michael Malavazos
  • Craig Clark

Date

Event Start: 6 May 2025
Event End: 6 May 2025

Facilitator

Australian Hydrogen Research Network

Venue

Online

Location

Online

Public Safety Assurance in the Energy Transition

Funding Partners