Program

Draft Program

Friday 02.06.2022 in Sion (HES-SO)

9:30-10:30

 Welcome coffee and Workshop Registration (La Ruche, upper floor, HES-SO Building 19) 

10:00-10:15

 Welcome speech: Joëlle Mastelic (Coordinator of SWEET Lantern) 

10:30-12.30

 Parallel sessions (hybrid format: in-person and online) 

Language in transdisciplinary research and between researchers, stakeholders and the general public & society 

  • Discussion on language issues raised in energy-relevant interdisciplinary research projects and activities
  • Banking on text or video: What is the influence of information format and information framing on social acceptance of seasonal thermal energy storage? (Rebeka Sträter)

 Facilitator: Hugo Caviola (University of Bern)

The distributional impacts 
of the energy transition as they are central to the study of justice and public acceptance, thus for political implementation and the related policy measures 

  • Social justice as a response to the energy crisis (Tristan Loloum)
  • Towards stylised facts about generations and energy consumption (Jan Rosset)
  • Regional policy acceptance (Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen)
  • Decentralised solar PV and its distributional aspects (Gracia Brückmann)

 Chair: Gracia Brückmann (University of Bern)

Complex realities such as co-diffusion and co-adoption of energy-related technologies and lifestyles 

  • Technology co-adoption patterns in Switzerland (Maria Anna Hecher)
  • Beyond the Numbers: Why Energy Scenarios Often Fail to Connect with Decision-Makers (Lukas Braunreiter)

 Chair: Maria Lagomarsino (Unversity of Basel)

Combination of methods such as field experiments, public acceptance studies, SSH-informed agent-based modeling, living labs, and real decision-making settings 

  • How to get consensus between applied scientists and practitioners on methods? A learning process activited by the Delphi approach (Fiona Zimmermann)
  • Identification of Stakeholder Interests in the Energy Transition with Topic Modeling: A Swiss Case Study (Meixi Zhang)
  • Policy exploration based on the co-simulation of an energy system model and an SSH-inspired agent-based model: lessons learnt from the PROBOUND project (Valentino Piana)
  • Co-simulation of behavioural and technical decisions: an application to impact analysis of EV charging in a distribution network (Baoling Guo)
  • Towards a digital ecosystem for enhancing collaboration in wind energy based on shared data and software (Salvatore Daniele)
  • Co-creation processes involving SSH (Devon Wemyss)

 Chair: Valentino Piana (HES-SO Valais/Wallis)

Threat and opportunities during accelerated energy crises and potential shortages

  • Energy justice during the 2023 crisis: understanding thermal comfort and shifting practices in Switzerland (Marlyne Sahakian, Alice Guilbert, Mélanie Bard)
  • Alliance Disruption Revisited: Exploring the Impact of Defection on Energy Policy Initiatives among Small Island Developing States (Michael Hudecheck)

 Chair: Marlyne Sahakian (University of Geneva)

12:30-14:00

 Networking Lunch (Restaurant La Cabine - free except alcoholic drinks) 

14:00-16:30

 Workshop on convergence and divergence in the SSH community on the energy transition (Plenary session in Aula Magna) 

 Facilitator: Fiona Zimmermann (HES-SO Valais/Wallis)