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03 | Publications

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Terminologies and concepts of energy cooperations in Europe: A systematic review of characteristics, potentials, and challenges

Journal: Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS)
Article written by Arias, A., Husiev, O., Schwaller, C., Sturm, U.

The paper presents a systematic overview of the different terms used to describe energy cooperation initiatives, their organisational forms, the main actors involved, and their roles and levels of participation, the main purposes and motivations, social cohesion factors, financing systems and economic models, as well as challenges and benefits encountered. 

Framing Energy Sufficiency in a Swiss Mountain Resort

Publisher: MDPI | Journal: Sustainability
Article written by Ivan Minguez and Tristan Loloum

Tourism is a significant contributor to global CO2 emissions, with nearly 8% of annual greenhouse gases linked to travel, accommodations, and related activities. How can we talk about energy sufficiency in an industry shaped by abundance and the pursuit of comfort?

The Long Road to Low-Carbon Holidays: Exploring Holiday-Making Behaviour of People Living in a Middle-Sized Swiss City

Publisher: MDPI | Journal: Sustainability
Article written by Leonardo Ventimiglia, Linda Soma  and Francesca Cellina

Summary: Decarbonising holiday travel is crucial for climate change mitigation: policy interventions need to encourage less frequent trips, closer destinations, and travelling on the ground.

Trust me if you can: Practical challenges affecting the integration of carpooling in Mobility-as-a-Service platforms

Publisher: Science Direct | Journal: Travel Behaviour & Society
Article written by Francesca Cellina, Marco Derboni, Vincenzo Giuffrida, Uroš Tomic, Raphael Hoerler

Summary: Decarbonising holiday travel is crucial for climate change mitigation: policy interventions need to encourage less frequent trips, closer destinations, and travelling on the ground.

Where will the COP and it’s policies take us next?

Media : Medium
Article written by Fiona Zimermann & Valentino Piana

Summary: The article offers insights into the impacts and reflections from COP28 held in Dubai in 2023.

Integrated Impact Assessment of Living Labs 

Media : Open Living Lab Days, ENOLL
Article written by Roger Bär, Jan Rosset, Selin Yilmaz, Valentino Piana, Stephanie Moser, Nina Boogen, Manuel Grieder

Page : 57

How to build consensus between multidisciplinary teams on methods and tools for co-designing interventions in the energy transition through Living Labs.

Media : Open Living Lab Days, ENOLL
Article written by Fiona Zimmermann, Dr. Joelle Mastelic, Dr. Anton Sentic, Debora Frei, Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi, Nadine Späni, Prof. Dr. Timo von Wirth

Page : 234

SWEET Lantern: Travailler sur les changements de pratiques sociales dans le domaine de l’énergie. 

Media : SAGW/ASSH, CH, Februrary 2023
Article written by Joëlle Mastelic, HES-SO Valais Wallis 

Summary : Interview of Joëlle Mastelic

Towards more impactful energy research:
The salient role of social sciences and humanities

Media : PLOS Climate, UK, Februrary 2023
Article written by Gracia Brückmann, University of Bern 

Summary : Despite long-standing pleas for interdisciplinarity and a more significant role of social sciences and humanities (1), energy research (ER) largely remains the remit of hard sciences, such as climatology, physics, and engineering. Contributions of social sciences and humanities (SSH) are routinely separated and rarely considered in discussions about energy strategies.