Print Email Facebook Twitter New future perspectives through constructive conflict: Exploring the future of gas in the Netherlands Title New future perspectives through constructive conflict: Exploring the future of gas in the Netherlands Author Ligtvoet, A. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Cuppen, E.H.W.J. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Di Ruggero, O. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) Hemmes, Kas (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Pesch, U. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology) Quist, J.N. (TU Delft Energie and Industrie) Mehos, D.C. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Date 2016 Abstract This paper reports on the refinement of constructive conflict methodology (CCM) combining Q methodology and stakeholder dialogue workshops for gas futures for the Netherlands. Since the end of the 1950s, natural gas exploration and exploitation has been a major focus of the Dutch energy policy. Discussions about the future of energy in the Netherlands tend to focus either on pro-gas or pro-renewable energy. Using Q methodology we have constructed more nuanced perspectives on the future of energy in the Netherlands. We used these perspectives in a stakeholder dialogue, inwhich the participants further detailed the perspectives and discussed future policy options. Analysis of the outcomes of this process teaches us that the Netherlands remain gas-focused, that renewable energy sources are as much a dogma as nuclear power was in the 1960s, and that the prospect of an austere future is a non-debatable issue. From a methodological perspective it can be concluded that the refined methodology contributed to diversity in views, opened up the dominant discourse and led to learning among participating stakeholders. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:49236ce6-59f4-43cb-8753-4f6e661c36c9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2016.03.008 Embargo date 2018-03-22 ISSN 0016-3287 Source Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, 78-79, 19-33 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 A. Ligtvoet, E.H.W.J. Cuppen, O. Di Ruggero, Kas Hemmes, U. Pesch, J.N. Quist, D.C. Mehos Files PDF Ligtvoet_et_al_Futures_2016.pdf 745.37 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:49236ce6-59f4-43cb-8753-4f6e661c36c9/datastream/OBJ/view