A Unified Socio-Technical Design Framework for Equitable Energy Transition in Resource-Dependent Regions 2026
- 1The City of Edinburgh Council, United Kingdom
- 2North Carolina A&T State University, United States
Abstract
This paper develops a conceptual framework for unified socio-technical design for energy transition that treats engineering innovation and socio-technical analysis as a single integrated design problem rather than as separate concerns addressed in sequence. The framework is motivated by a persistent pattern in which technically sound interventions falter in the field because the social and institutional conditions that govern their durability are neither measured nor designed for. In response, this paper articulates a model in which social variables, centrally a general method making the social dimension as tractable and optimizable as the engineering dimension, are rendered explicit and brought into the design problem on the same footing as technical parameters. The contribution is conceptual: this paper sets out the foundations of the framework, specifies its components and the relationships among them, illustrates its reasoning, and derives design and policy implications, with the aim of supporting energy systems that are simultaneously technically efficient, economically accessible, socially responsive, and adaptable to developing and resource-dependent regions
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BibTeX
@article{komi2026unified,
title = {{A Unified Socio-Technical Design Framework for Equitable Energy Transition in Resource-Dependent Regions 2026}},
author = {Nenubari Marvin Komi and Azeez Adamolekun},
journal = {Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Research},
year = {2026},
month = jun,
doi = {10.65150/ep-gjetr/v2e6/2026-04},
url = {https://doi.org/10.65150/ep-gjetr/v2e6/2026-04},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - A Unified Socio-Technical Design Framework for Equitable Energy Transition in Resource-Dependent Regions 2026
AU - Nenubari Marvin Komi
AU - Azeez Adamolekun
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/12
JO - Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Research
DO - 10.65150/ep-gjetr/v2e6/2026-04
UR - https://doi.org/10.65150/ep-gjetr/v2e6/2026-04
AB - This paper develops a conceptual framework for unified socio-technical design for energy transition that treats engineering innovation and socio-technical analysis as a single integrated design problem rather than as separate concerns addressed in sequence. The framework is motivated by a persistent pattern in which technically sound interventions falter in the field because the social and institutional conditions that govern their durability are neither measured nor designed for. In response, this paper articulates a model in which social variables, centrally a general method making the social dimension as tractable and optimizable as the engineering dimension, are rendered explicit and brought into the design problem on the same footing as technical parameters. The contribution is conceptual: this paper sets out the foundations of the framework, specifies its components and the relationships among them, illustrates its reasoning, and derives design and policy implications, with the aim of supporting energy systems that are simultaneously technically efficient, economically accessible, socially responsive, and adaptable to developing and resource-dependent regions
SN - 3051-3774
SN - 3051-3782
ER -