Dr. Christine Milchram
- Scientific staff
- Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag
- Phone: +49 30 28491 112
- Fax: +49 30 28491-119
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Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB)
Neue Schönhauser Straße 10
10178 Berlin
Current projects
- AI-based applications in decentralised electricity systems
- Sustainable and safe concepts for climate-friendly shipping
- Moralizations in science communication
- Participatory Procedures and Processes in Research Organizations. Impact on Research Agendas and Challenges for the (further) Development of Transdisciplinary Methods (PaFo)
Professional background
| since 2024 |
Member of scientific staff at Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) |
| 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
2021. Keeping it in the community.
Milchram, C. Nature Energy 6, no. 8: 777–78. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00885-8
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. 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
Publications
2024
Journal Articles
Wood, N.; van Uffelen, N.; Frigo, G.; Melin, A.; Milchram, C.; Lee, J.; Bessa, S.
Strengthening the foundations of energy justice scholarship: What can philosophy contribute?
2024. Energy Research & Social Science, 117, 103699. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103699
Strengthening the foundations of energy justice scholarship: What can philosophy contribute?
2024. Energy Research & Social Science, 117, 103699. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2024.103699
Presentations
Jahnel, J.; Kehl, C.; Riousset, P.; Albrecht, S.; Milchram, C.
Generative KI in der Politikberatung – brauchen wir spezifische Leitlinien?
2024. TA24 - Methoden für die Technikfolgenabschätzung : im Spannungsfeld zwischen bewährter Praxis und neuen Möglichkeiten (2024), Vienna, Austria, June 3–4, 2024
Generative KI in der Politikberatung – brauchen wir spezifische Leitlinien?
2024. TA24 - Methoden für die Technikfolgenabschätzung : im Spannungsfeld zwischen bewährter Praxis und neuen Möglichkeiten (2024), Vienna, Austria, June 3–4, 2024
Schmidt, M. W.; Milchram, C.
Integrating Stakeholder’s Conceptions of Fairness and Normative Reasoning: A Wide Reflective Equilibrium Approach
2024. Normative Political Theory and Empirical Research: Approaches, Methods and Challenges, Monash University Prato Centre (2024), Prato, Italy, February 1–2, 2024
Integrating Stakeholder’s Conceptions of Fairness and Normative Reasoning: A Wide Reflective Equilibrium Approach
2024. Normative Political Theory and Empirical Research: Approaches, Methods and Challenges, Monash University Prato Centre (2024), Prato, Italy, February 1–2, 2024
2023
Book Chapters
Milchram, C.; Skalamera, M.
Exploring the geopolitical impacts of energy justice: an interdisciplinary research agenda
2023. Handbook on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition, 232–246, Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800370432.00019
Exploring the geopolitical impacts of energy justice: an interdisciplinary research agenda
2023. Handbook on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition, 232–246, Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781800370432.00019
Books
Gladkykh, G.; Massini Pelegrini, G.; Oliveira Boumann, R. T.; Sciullo, A.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Borragán Pedraz, G.; Ortiz Sanchez, M.; Guevara, Z.; Milchram, C.; Sari, R.; Paier, M.; Vela Almeida, D. R.
White Paper: A Just Energy Transition in the EU
2023. EERA Brüssel
White Paper: A Just Energy Transition in the EU
2023. EERA Brüssel
Journal Articles
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.; Hillerbrand, R.
Designing for Care
2023. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29 (3), 16. doi:10.1007/s11948-023-00434-4
Designing for Care
2023. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29 (3), 16. doi:10.1007/s11948-023-00434-4
McCauley, D.; Pettigrew, K. A.; Todd, I.; Milchram, C.
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
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
Presentations
Baumann, M.; Weil, M.; Milchram, C.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Rösch, C.; Haase, M.; Stelzer, V.; Parodi, O.; Hillerbrand, R.; Grunwald, A.
Technology assessment to support a sustainable energy transition – an attempt of squaring the circle?
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Germany, June 12–13, 2023
Technology assessment to support a sustainable energy transition – an attempt of squaring the circle?
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Germany, June 12–13, 2023
Frigo, G.; Düvel, E.; García-Portela, L.; Hillerbrand, R.; Milchram, C.; Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M. W.; Widyatmanto, J. N.
Current Issues in the Emerging Field of Normative Energy Ethics
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Germany, June 12–13, 2023
Current Issues in the Emerging Field of Normative Energy Ethics
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Germany, June 12–13, 2023
Milchram, C.; Dijkstra-Silva, S.; McCauley, D.
A review and critical analysis of proposals to monitor the European “just transition”
2023. Earth Systems Governance Conference (2023), Nijmegen, Netherlands, October 24–27, 2023
A review and critical analysis of proposals to monitor the European “just transition”
2023. Earth Systems Governance Conference (2023), Nijmegen, Netherlands, October 24–27, 2023
Sörgel, F.; Scherz, C.; Hahn, J.; Weinberger, N.; Milchram, C.; Maia, M., Albiez, Marius
Partizipation und Forschungsorganisationen: Impact Messung und Integration von Ergebnissen
2023, November 24. 2nd PartWiss23: Tagung zur Vernetzung und Stärkung von Partzipaton in der Wissenschat (PartWiss 2023), Chemnitz, Germany, November 22–24, 2023
Partizipation und Forschungsorganisationen: Impact Messung und Integration von Ergebnissen
2023, November 24. 2nd PartWiss23: Tagung zur Vernetzung und Stärkung von Partzipaton in der Wissenschat (PartWiss 2023), Chemnitz, Germany, November 22–24, 2023
2022
Presentations
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.; Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M.; Hillerbrand, R.
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
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
Schmidt, M. W.; Milchram, C.
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
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
2021
Journal Articles
Hillerbrand, R.; Milchram, C.; Schippl, J.
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
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
Milchram, C.
Keeping it in the community
2021. Nature energy, 6, 777–778. doi:10.1038/s41560-021-00885-8
Keeping it in the community
2021. Nature energy, 6, 777–778. doi:10.1038/s41560-021-00885-8
Presentations
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.
Interspecies Energy Justice: Bringing the Nonhuman World into the Energy Transition Debate
2021. 4S Annual Meeting, Toronto, Kanada (2021), Online, October 6–9, 2021
Interspecies Energy Justice: Bringing the Nonhuman World into the Energy Transition Debate
2021. 4S Annual Meeting, Toronto, Kanada (2021), Online, October 6–9, 2021
Milchram, C.; Hirschhorn, F.
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
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
2020
Journal Articles
Milchram, C.; Künneke, R.; Doorn, N.; Kaa, G. van de; Hillerbrand, R.
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
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
2019
Journal Articles
Hillerbrand, R.; Milchram, C.; Schippl, J.
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
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
2018
Journal Articles
Milchram, C.; Hillerbrand, R.; Van de Kaa, G.; Doorn, N.; Künneke, R.
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
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