• Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective 

      Gregg, Jay; Nyborg, Sophie; Hansen, Meiken; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Wierling, August Hubert; Zeiss, Jan Pedro; Delvaux, Sarah; Saenz, Victor; Polo-Alvarez, Lucia; Candelise, Chiara; Gilcrease, Winston; Arrobbio, Osman; Sciullo, Alessandro; Padovan, Dario (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This conceptual paper applies a mobilization model to Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) in the energy sector. The goal is to synthesize aspects of sustainable transition theories with social movement theory to gain ...
    • The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy 

      Wierling, August Hubert; Zeiss, Jan Pedro; Lupi, Veronica; Candelise, Chiara; Sciullo, Alessandro; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Energy communities (EC) are among the new actors in the energy market, playing an important role in the uptake of photovoltaics (PV) in European markets. This paper estimates their aggregate contribution to the low-carbon ...
    • A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10000 initiatives 

      Wierling, August Hubert; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Zeiss, Jan Pedro; von Beck, Constantin; Paudler, Heather Jean Arghandeh; Koren, Ingrid Knutsdotter; Kraudzun, Tobias; Marcroft, Timothy Peter; Müller, Lukas; Andreadakis, Zacharias; Candelise, Chiara; Dufner, Simon; Getabecha, Melake; Glaase, Grete; Hubert, Wit; Lupi, Veronica; Majidi, Sona; Mohammadi, Shirin; Safara Nosar, Negar; du Pont, Yann Robiou; Roots, Philippa; Tadeusz, Jósef Rudek; Sciullo, Alessandro; Sehdev, Gayatri; Ziaabadi, Mehran; Zoubin, Nahid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Numerous case studies show that citizens engage in various ways in renewable and low carbon energy projects, thereby contributing to the sustainable energy transition. To date, however, a systematic and cross-country ...
    • FAIR Metadata Standards for Low Carbon Energy Research—A Review of Practices and How to Advance 

      Wierling, August Hubert; Schwanitz, Valeria Jana; Altinci, Sebnem; Balazinska, Maria; Barber, Michael J.; Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe; Burger-Scheidlin, Christopher; Celino, Massimo; Demir, Muhittin Hakan; Dennis, Richard; Dintzner, Nicolas; el Gammal, Adel; Fernández-Peruchena, Carlos M.; Gilcrease, Winston; Gładysz, Pawel; Hoyer-Klick, Carsten; Joshi, Kevin; Kruczek, Mariusz; Lacroix, David; Markowska, Malgorzata; Mayo-Garcia, Rafael; Morrison, Robbie; Paier, Manfred; Peronato, Giuseppe; Ramakrishnan, Mahendranath; Reid, Janeita; Sciullo, Alessandro; Solak, Berfu; Suna, Demet; Suess, Wolfgang; Unger, Astrid; Fernandez Vanoni, Maria Luisa; Vasiljevic, Nikola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) have been put forward to guide optimal sharing of data. The potential for industrial and social innovation is vast. Domain-specific ...