Arbeids- og kompetanseområde
I am a professor in energy economics and a Distinguished Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, Bristol, UK. I am a jury member of the WWF’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) in 2024. I am a member of the scientific advisory board for the NFDI4Energy project "National Research Data Infrastructure for the Interdisciplinary Energy System Research", which is lead by the University of Oldenburg (Germany).
Scientific publications: Please go to my profile at Research Gate
Personal background: I am an energy economist with experience in first-principle models, energy system modeling, and empirical analysis of coupled human-nature systems in the context of climate change and sustainable development. For peer-reviewed publications, visit research gate or browse the list below.
Ongoing projects:
- Horizon Europe Project WHITECYCLE (07/2022-06/2025), applied research project to process and recycle PET from complex waste. Led by Michelin, 16 European partners. HVL responsible for data management and leads WP on LCA and sustainability assessments. Website.
- EU Green Deal Project STORIES, "Energy Storage Research Infrastructure Eco-System" (11/2021-10/2025). 17 Partners and 17 Linked Partners (as HVL, co-leading FAIR data tasks). Website.
- EEA-Grant, Sustainable development concept in innovative education (2023-2024) - Education Programme, lead by WSB Wroclaw, Poland. HVL to develop online course "Fossil fuel free".
- Jean Monnet Chair on Industrial Ecology and Circular Economy. Led by A. Diemer (UCA, HVL) & ERASME - Jean Monet Center of Excellence on Sustainable Development at the University Clermont-Auvergne, France (from April 2019). Cooperation in education & research.
Finalized projects:
- WWF project - Validation of city-level carbon footprints on behalf of the Science-Based Target Network. (07/2022-04/2023)
- H2020 Project EERAdata. "Towards a FAIR and open data ecosystem in the low carbon energy research community" (from 03/2020). 6 European partners, HVL leads. Project website & project wiki.
- H2020 Project DRES2Markets. " Technical, business, and regulatory approaches to enhance the renewable energy capabilities to take part actively in the electricity and ancillary service markets" (08/2020-01/2023). 15 European partners. Project website.
- H2020 Research Project COMETS. "Collective action Models for Energy Transition and Social Innovation" (05/2019-04/2022). 12 European partners, HVL built a Europe-wide inventory for citizen-led low carbon energy projects. More information & links
- AI for sustainable energy (09/2020-09/2022). HVL financed research cooperation between the research groups "Data Science" and "Data-driven energy system analysis".
International Master "Climate Change Management"
- GE4-300 Climate Change and Climate Policy
- PL4-302 Transition towards a zero emission society
Bachelor "Renewable energy"
- FE409-1 24V Method course for renewable energy
- FE402 Applied Exercises in Energy Transitions
- energy system analysis
- human-nature system analysis
- integrated assessment modelling
- renewable energy and technological change
- model validation
- FAIR and open energy data
Publikasjonar
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“First come, first served" or “the more, the merrier"? Organizational dynamics of citizen-led solar initiatives and the presence of photovoltaic installations in Germany
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The contribution of European citizen-led energy initiatives to sustainable development goals
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Statistical evidence for the contribution of citizen-led initiatives and projects to the energy transition in Europe
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A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10000 initiatives
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Realizing a human-centered digitalization of the energy sector
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Business models of energy cooperatives active in the PV sector—A statistical analysis for Germany
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Current state and call for action to accomplish findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of low carbon energy data
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The Development of Citizen-Installed Renewable Energy Capacities in Former Eastern Bloc Countries—The Case of Poland
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FAIR Metadata Standards for Low Carbon Energy Research—A Review of Practices and How to Advance
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The Contribution of Energy Communities to the Upscaling of Photovoltaics in Germany and Italy
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Evaluating process-based integrated assessment models of climate change mitigation
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Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective
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Who participates in and drives collective action initiatives for a low carbon energy transition?
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The aggregate contribution of German and Italian energy cooperatives to the upscaling of PV in the energy transition
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Integrated assessment of the energy system
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Sustainable Energy Transition, A Critical View
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Toward Sustainable Global Energy Production and Consumption
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Data-driven energy system research – recent advances and future directions
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Collective Action Models for Energy Transition and Social Innovation
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Game not over yet - Teaching climate change and sustainable development using games
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Reducing complexity - food for thoughts
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Shared Socio-Economic Pathways – what they are about and what not
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Statistical evidence on the role of energy cooperatives for the energy transition in European countries
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Energy communities as social innovators driving the energy transition
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Evaluating Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change
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The World in 2050 - How to project what can't be projected?
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HPC for sustainable development data
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Assessing biosphere integrity at the national level - how to get a coherent picture
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Der Energieverbrauch im Jahr 2050 - Wie vorhersagen, was nicht vorhergesagt werden kann?
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An analytic narrative for sustainable development derived from multidimensional, cross-country data analysis
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Assessing the Impact of Renewable Energy on Regional Sustainability—A Comparative Study of Sogn og Fjordane (Norway) and Okinawa (Japan)
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The world in 2050 – How to project what can't be projected
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The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits
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Future growth patterns of world regions – A GDP scenario approach
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The World in 2050 -- How to project what can't be projected?
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Fossil-fueled development (SSP5): An energy and resource intensive scenario for the 21st century
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Expectations About Cost Developments of Energy Technologies
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Extrapolated Trends versus Energy Model Projections -- Global Distribution Dynamics Derived from Regional Kaya Decomposition
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Offshore wind investments – Realism about cost developments is necessary
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Robinson und der ferne Osten. Sibirien in Reiseberichten zwischen 1670 – 1922
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Food for thoughts: Aspects of integrated assessment modelling
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The way of travelling - some thoughts on practical sustainability solutions
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Is geoengineering a real option?
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A short note on integrated assessment modeling approaches: Rejoinder to the review of “Making or breaking climate targets — The AMPERE study on staged accession scenarios for climate policy”
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Offshore Wind Park Investment with Feed-in Tariffs under the German Renewable Energy Act
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The implications of initiating immediate climate change mitigation — A potential for co-benefits?
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Carbon leakage in a fragmented climate regime: The dynamic response of global energy markets
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Making or breaking climate targets: The AMPERE study on staged accession scenarios for climate policy
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Diagnostic indicators for integrated assessment models of climate policy
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Die Kannon vom Oka-dera als Multimedia-Star im Berlin der Goldenen Zwanziger. Eine Detektivgeschichte
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Long-term climate policy implications of phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
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Evaluating integrated assessment models of global climate change