At the IAS we bring together researchers from the social and behavioural sciences, economics and business, law and political science, as well as natural sciences, working on the multi-dimensional aspects of the energy transition and energy conversion to explore a collaborative and integrated approach.
Policy makers on all levels of governance are confronted with the complex challenge of designing effective and responsible interventions, for which they need to integrate insights from many disciplines. The combination of multiple interventions should lead to the desired outcome on the overall system level.
At the IAS, researchers from many different disciplines are brought together to explore an integrated system's approach towards assessing and implementing the energy transition. Key questions to be addressed are: how can the energy transition be realised as fast as possible, taking into account the many boundary conditions that apply as well as aspects related to society, economy and ecology?
How can lessons from the past be used to design successful policies and instruments for the future? How can science work together with society to find an optimal transition path?
The UvA Future of Energy network organises monthly seminars. The programme of each seminar consists of two presentations on the energy transition, coming from different academic fields, followed by general discussions that are relevant for the UvA Future of Energy network.
In the event calendar you can find all upcoming events. In the seminar archive you can find all presentations of past events.
Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Social Psychology
Faculty of Economics and Business
Section Strategy & International Business
Director of the Energy Programme of The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Visiting Professor, at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria.
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