LEE- Bilim, Teknoloji ve Toplum-Yüksek Lisans

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    The analysis of energy efficiency networks through Actor-Network Theory, an example of Turkey
    (Graduate School, 2022) Kılınç, Atilla ; Tırpan Baltalı, Hatice Sevil ; 767950 ; Department of Science, Technology and Society
    The critical perspective and scientific approaches created by Science, Technology, and Society studies have given rise to a new critical approach to how the results will differ if scientists think about their research from the perspective of STS. Concepts such as energy efficiency, digitalization, energy transformation, energy transition, optimum energy consumption, smart cities, and net-zero society have become widespread in today's world. These concepts are not only in the interaction of the energy sector but also of all other sub-sectors. Examining the phenomenon of energy efficiency with STS approaches allows a field that has been studied continuously with quantitative methods by its nature to be discussed within the framework of social sciences. What I am trying to do in this thesis research is to study precisely how the sub-elements of energy efficiency form within a network and become energy efficiency networks. This thesis also aims to gain a unique perspective by considering energy studies from the STS perspective. Therefore, this thesis's topics are designed to reveal how the research process fulfills the necessary conditions for a particular study to achieve methodological and theoretical originality. This research thesis structure is as follows. In chapter one, I explain how the main topic of energy efficiency and STSs come together on a common denominator. In addition, the hypotheses of the thesis are also in this section, and they can be listed as follows; The first hypothesis I considered throughout this research is that energy efficiency networks cannot provide public utility without profit maximization within the world energy economy. The second hypothesis is that the unethical situations created by the systematic dependence of energy efficiency networks on artificial intelligence and machine learning programs are ignored for energy efficiency. The third hypothesis is that energy efficiency networks are an approach that can transform and control a large part of the world's energy system, and states use it as a new state apparatus. The chapter includes global perspectives on the subject and how the world perceives energy efficiency. In the second chapter, I explain the research methods used in this research. Also, it contains the preliminary investigation of the hypothesis questions. In this chapter, I discuss how the research methods of STS evolved and how ethnography affected STS; the reasons for which methods were chosen for the thesis research topic are stated. In the third chapter, I provide a literature review of Turkey's energy market development, STS literature, Actor-network theory, and its relationality. A description of Actor-NetworkTheory (ANT) is provided with examples from the literature in the research methodology section. This method, based on applying two essential elements of ANT, actor, and actant, to energy efficiency networks, provides a critical perspective for an STS study. This part also discusses how energy is handled in social sciences in terms of theoretical approaches to energy efficiency networks. The fourth chapter starts with the definition of energy efficiency and explains why energy efficiency is needed; a brief energy efficiency review and key terms are also defined. In the fifth chapter, I explained what energy efficiency networks are. It also contains the case analysis for energy efficiency identity cards in Turkey. This section also examines the definitions and uses of energy efficiency networks in Turkey. The sixth chapter deals with the ethical approach to energy efficiency networks, which is an indispensable part of STS research. The main issue here is to examine human rights violations through energy efficiency and to analyze the problems that EEN will create or have already started with a philosophical approach. In this chapter, I made a case analysis, and the case has been designed completely considering the conditions of Turkey.