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Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Oct 1, 2010
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Energy Policy, Feb 1, 2007
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Energy Procedia, Feb 1, 2009
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Routledge eBooks, Mar 13, 2012
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Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2022
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Despite the widely recognized importance of users, consumers and citizens in sustainability trans... more Despite the widely recognized importance of users, consumers and citizens in sustainability transitions, transition studies offer highly fragmented perspectives that make it difficult to discern their various roles in sustainable innovation. This paper therefore has two aims: (1) to clarify how users, consumers and citizens have been conceptualized in transition studies literature, and (2) to synthesize a typology of user, consumer and citizen roles. Because expert reviews tend to be highly selective and interpretive, we opted for a systematic literature review and compiled a set of 349 papers that refer user, consumer or citizen in their title or abstract, and also cite one of 100 ‘core publications’ in the transition studies field. To decrease bias and increase reproducibility, we use a systematic software-assisted content analysis that facilitates the disentanglement of multiple perspectives on a phenomenon of interest. It allows deep exploration of large collections of texts thr...
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Understanding the construction of protective spaces for biofuels in Sweden and the Netherlands
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Vulnerable groups, such as poor people in developing countries, are often hit hard by the effects... more Vulnerable groups, such as poor people in developing countries, are often hit hard by the effects of climate change since they lack the resources needed to cope or adapt to the changing environment. To conduct poverty reduction without compromising on the environment, the Dutch government defined a variety of policy measures. One is the so-called Daey Ouwens Fund, established to implement small scale renewable energy projects in the poorest countries of the world. This Fund aims to contribute to Millennium Developing Goal 1, eradication of extreme poverty, and MDG 7, ensuring environmental sustainability. This paper describes the methodology developed to get a better understanding of the socioeconomic and environmental impact of projects to be implemented under the Daey Ouwens Fund. This methodology uses the multi level "Strategic Niche Management (SNM)" framework to systematically assess drivers and barriers crucial in process of innovation. For three selected projects, i...
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Energy Research & Social Science, 2021
Abstract Recent developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ongoing digita... more Abstract Recent developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ongoing digitalisation processes play key roles in the energy transition. It is often argued that digital technology has the potential to empower citizens and communities and thereby contribute not only to a more sustainable but also to a more democratic and fairer energy system. It is however unclear how the increasing number of frontrunner energy communities that enter the field of smart grids can benefit from these novel ICT solutions and meaningfully contribute to the sustainable energy transition. This paper explores how energy communities can mobilise ICT to enhance their agency in the energy transition. As part of a holistic multiple-case study approach, two energy communities were closely followed over a period of three years. Data were collected during project meetings and through semi-structured interviews. This paper observes that energy communities can mobilise ICT to change the way technology operates, strengthen collaboration to increase collective agency and, support their efforts in creating, disrupting, or maintaining institutions. The studied energy communities adopted a ‘fit and transform’ strategy in which they mobilised ICT to fit in the incumbent energy system in the short term, while aiming for transformation in the long term. ICT however also creates new challenges in the form of interoperability issues. This paper calls for more attention on the role of ICT when studying agency in unfolding sustainability transitions, especially in fields in which digital technology is believed to play a major role in the transformation.
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Energy Research & Social Science, 2020
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Revue Belge De Philologie Et D Histoire, 2000
Verbong Geert. Paquier (Serge). Histoire de l'électricité en Suisse. Le dynamique d'un pe... more Verbong Geert. Paquier (Serge). Histoire de l'électricité en Suisse. Le dynamique d'un petit pays européen 1875-1939.. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 78, fasc. 3-4, 2000. Histoire medievale, moderne et contemporaine - Middeleeuwse, moderne en hedendaagse geschiedenis. pp. 1100-1102
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Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Oct 1, 2010
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Despite the widely recognized importance of users, consumers and citizens in sustainability trans... more Despite the widely recognized importance of users, consumers and citizens in sustainability transitions, transition studies offer highly fragmented perspectives that make it difficult to discern their various roles in sustainable innovation. This paper therefore has two aims: (1) to clarify how users, consumers and citizens have been conceptualized in transition studies literature, and (2) to synthesize a typology of user, consumer and citizen roles. Because expert reviews tend to be highly selective and interpretive, we opted for a systematic literature review and compiled a set of 349 papers that refer user, consumer or citizen in their title or abstract, and also cite one of 100 ‘core publications’ in the transition studies field. To decrease bias and increase reproducibility, we use a systematic software-assisted content analysis that facilitates the disentanglement of multiple perspectives on a phenomenon of interest. It allows deep exploration of large collections of texts thr...
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Vulnerable groups, such as poor people in developing countries, are often hit hard by the effects... more Vulnerable groups, such as poor people in developing countries, are often hit hard by the effects of climate change since they lack the resources needed to cope or adapt to the changing environment. To conduct poverty reduction without compromising on the environment, the Dutch government defined a variety of policy measures. One is the so-called Daey Ouwens Fund, established to implement small scale renewable energy projects in the poorest countries of the world. This Fund aims to contribute to Millennium Developing Goal 1, eradication of extreme poverty, and MDG 7, ensuring environmental sustainability. This paper describes the methodology developed to get a better understanding of the socioeconomic and environmental impact of projects to be implemented under the Daey Ouwens Fund. This methodology uses the multi level "Strategic Niche Management (SNM)" framework to systematically assess drivers and barriers crucial in process of innovation. For three selected projects, i...
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Abstract Recent developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ongoing digita... more Abstract Recent developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ongoing digitalisation processes play key roles in the energy transition. It is often argued that digital technology has the potential to empower citizens and communities and thereby contribute not only to a more sustainable but also to a more democratic and fairer energy system. It is however unclear how the increasing number of frontrunner energy communities that enter the field of smart grids can benefit from these novel ICT solutions and meaningfully contribute to the sustainable energy transition. This paper explores how energy communities can mobilise ICT to enhance their agency in the energy transition. As part of a holistic multiple-case study approach, two energy communities were closely followed over a period of three years. Data were collected during project meetings and through semi-structured interviews. This paper observes that energy communities can mobilise ICT to change the way technology operates, strengthen collaboration to increase collective agency and, support their efforts in creating, disrupting, or maintaining institutions. The studied energy communities adopted a ‘fit and transform’ strategy in which they mobilised ICT to fit in the incumbent energy system in the short term, while aiming for transformation in the long term. ICT however also creates new challenges in the form of interoperability issues. This paper calls for more attention on the role of ICT when studying agency in unfolding sustainability transitions, especially in fields in which digital technology is believed to play a major role in the transformation.
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Energy Research & Social Science, 2020
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Revue Belge De Philologie Et D Histoire, 2000
Verbong Geert. Paquier (Serge). Histoire de l'électricité en Suisse. Le dynamique d'un pe... more Verbong Geert. Paquier (Serge). Histoire de l'électricité en Suisse. Le dynamique d'un petit pays européen 1875-1939.. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 78, fasc. 3-4, 2000. Histoire medievale, moderne et contemporaine - Middeleeuwse, moderne en hedendaagse geschiedenis. pp. 1100-1102
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