French political and social scientist, Ellul [1, pp. 52–60] explained that in prehistoric times, invention was a necessity, movement to ensure humans could survive the elements. By beginning of Industrial Revolution, he noticed an obvious shift reason for invention: ...

In public discussion, high-level nuclear waste is often referred to as an exceptional environmental problem. It indeed problem, but not primarily because of the permanent threat that poses future generations, usually argued. Its exceptionality rather stems from socio-technical factors create deadlocks and dilemmas, thus hampering delaying decision-making. This article provides overview major is...

Grounded Theory (GT), a sociological research method designed to study social phenomena, is increasingly being used investigate the human and aspects of software engineering (SE). However, written by for sociologists, GT often challenging majority SE researchers understand apply. Additionally, attempting ad hoc adaptations traditional guidelines modern socio-technical (ST) contexts struggle in ...