Horizon Scanning Working Group 1: Renewables
The Energy-SHIFTS Working Groups – of which there are four – run from Autumn 2019 to Summer 2020. This Working Group 1 is specifically interested in research broadly relating to Renewables. We will provide a detailed list of 100 Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research questions relating to Renewables, which we believe should be prioritised in future EU-funded research and innovation, specifically under Horizon Europe.
We are identifying these research questions through a systematic Horizon Scanning methodology. Horizon Scanning is a widely used set of methods that are used to gain ‘foresight’ about emerging opportunities and risks, identify knowledge gaps at the frontiers of fast-evolving phenomena, and set strategic priorities for decision-makers or researchers.
Energy-SHIFTS has a direct policy advice role to the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), and this Working Group will submit its funding recommendations to its Ecological and Social Transitions (C5) and the Clean Energy Transition (D1) units.
Further information can be sought from the Working Group Chairs:
• Prof. Dr. Derk Loorbach loorbach@drift.eur.nl
• Ass. Prof. Dr. Timo v. Wirth vonwirth@drift.eur.nl
Working Group 1 steering committee
Working Group 1 members
We are very grateful for the following colleagues who are kindly engaging with us in this Horizon Scanning initiative, as part of the core group of researchers that are helping to select our final research funding priorities and to develop an accompanying narrative that binds our recommendations together.
| Name and Surname | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Cigdem Adem | Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East | Turkey |
| Sanne Akerboom | University of Utrecht | The Netherlands |
| Susana Batel | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa | Portugal |
| Florian Caspar | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania |
| Chiara Certoma | University of Ghent | Belgium |
| Aleh Cherp | Central European University | Hungary |
| Justyna Chodakowska-Miszczuk | Nicolaus Copernicus University | Poland |
| Matjaž Denac | University of Maribor | Slovenia |
| Dusana Dokupilova | Slovak Academy of Sciences | Slovakia |
| Merethe Dotterud Leiren | CICERO | Norway |
| Marina Frolova Ignatieva | University of Granada | Spain |
| Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan | University of Valencia | Spain |
| Małgorzata Grodzieńska-Jurczak | Jagiellonian University | Poland |
| Ana Horta | University of Lisboa | Portugal |
| Peter Karnoe | Aalborg University | Denmark |
| Johann Liliestam | IASS Potsdam | Germany |
| Jochen Markard | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland |
| Matúš Mišik | University of Bratislava | Slovakia |
| Susanne Muhlemeier | Electricite Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Sophie Nemoz | Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin | France |
| Måns Nilsson | Stockholm Environment Institute | Sweden |
| Jan Osicka | Masaryk University | Czech Republic |
| Louiza Papamikrouli | ΓΓΕΚ | General Secretariat for Research and Innovation – GSRI | Greece |
| Luigi Pellizioni | Università di Pisa | Italy |
| Siddarth Sareen | University of Bergen | Norway |
| Mauro Sarrica | University of Rome | Italy |
| Gill Seyfang | University of East Anglia | UK |
| Karen Smith Stegen | Jacobs University Bremen | Germany |
| Benjamin Sovacool | University of Sussex | UK |
| Audrone Telesiene | Coordinator of RN12 ESA, Environment and Society | Lithuania |
| Veronika Zapletalova | Masaryk University | Czech Republic |
| Simone Abram | Durham University | UK |
*Additional members may be added in due course
Key publications
Foulds, C., Bharucha, Z.P., Krupnik, S., de Geus, T., Suboticki, I., Royston, S. and Ryghaug, M., 2019. An approach to identifying future Social Sciences & Humanities energy research priorities for Horizon Europe: Working Group guidelines for systematic Horizon Scanning. Cambridge: Energy-SHIFTS.