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Collective energy actions to pursue a just transition. [PDF]

European Journal of Spatial Development
The EU recent energy policies aim to rapidly transition to a sustainable and citizen-centric energy system. However, most regulations do not fully acknowledge the social aspect of the energy transition.
Martina Massari, Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger, Danila Longo   +2 more
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Chaotic Itinerancy in Collective Behaviour Emerging from Active Inference: A Multi-Agent Model of Trust and Empowerment Dynamics in Theatre Workshops [PDF]

Entropy
Chaotic itinerancy—irregular switching among metastable collective states—provides a dynamical substrate for flexible social coordination, yet its mechanistic origin in multi-agent systems remains unclear.
Shoko Miyano, Takashi Shiono
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Nested Urban Scales: A Pervasive Geogame Model for Collective Energy Efficiency and Action

Urban Planning
As global energy demand continues to rise, energy efficiency remains one of the most cost‐effective strategies for managing consumption, and behavioral energy efficiency (BEE) plays a crucial role in reducing energy use in buildings.
Malini Srivastava, Mariangel Meza
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Collective Action Initiatives as a Tool for a Peaceful Energy Transition

Energies, 2022
In recent years, collective action initiatives in the energy field, such as energy communities and cooperatives, have been gaining relevance both in the policy and in the social research domains as primary actors of energy transition. [...]
Osman Arrobbio, Dario Padovan, Alessandro Sciullo   +2 more
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A Characterization of European Collective Action Initiatives and Their Role as Enablers of Citizens’ Participation in the Energy Transition [PDF]

Energies, 2021
This paper provides novel additional evidence on the characteristics of Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs), investigating their role within the European energy sector. It analyses and presents results of a survey administered in six European countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Estonia, and Spain.
Veronica Lupi, Chiara Candelise, Merce Almuni Calull, Sarah Delvaux, Pieter Valkering, Wit Hubert, Alessandro Sciullo, Nele Ivask, Esther van der Waal, Izaskun Jimenez Iturriza, Daniele Paci, Nives Della Valle, Giorgos Koukoufikis, Tessa Dunlop   +13 more
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Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective [PDF]

Energies, 2020
This conceptual paper applies a mobilization model to Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) in the energy sector. The goal is to synthesize aspects of sustainable transition theories with social movement theory to gain insights into how CAIs mobilize to bring about niche-regime change in the context of the sustainable energy transition.
Gregg, Jay Sterling, Nyborg, Sophie, Hansen, Meiken, Schwanitz, Valeria Jana, Wierling, August, Zeiss, Jan Pedro, Delvaux, Sarah, Saenz, Victor, Polo-Alvarez, Lucia, Candelise, Chiara, Gilcrease, Winston, Arrobbio, Osman, Sciullo, Alessandro, Padovan, Dario   +13 more
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Citizen Engagement in EU Collective Action Energy Projects

Sustainability, 2022
Transitioning to a low-carbon economy requires profound changes in the energy system, including digitisation and decentralisation. Collective action energy projects are a promising means of supporting this transformation since they redistribute control of energy resources to the citizens and foster sustainable energy behaviours, as well as potentially ...
Shortall, Ruth, Mengolini, Anna, Gangale, Flavia   +2 more
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The Role of Organised Civil Society in the Implementation of the Renewable Energy Transition and Renewable Energy Communities: A Qualitative Assessment

Energies, 2023
The study aims to understand the relationship between organised civil society and the energy transition. It is carried out by using a mixed qualitative method combining a systematic literature review, identifying the role of organised civil society ...
Marco De Nigris, Francesca Giuliano
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Emotional Ambience in Interaction Rituals: A Conceptional Completion to Emotional Energy

Social Sciences, 2023
This article aims to elaborate on Collins’ theory of Interaction Ritual Chains by proposing the concept of emotional ambience as a complement to emotional energy.
Adam Droppe
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The Epistemic Distances in the Sustainable Energy Transmission Process

Fuori Luogo, 2023
To face the COVID-19 socio-economic crisis, the European Union defined the Next Generation EU plan, a relevant investment fund addressed for clean and smart recovery actions to a more stable, wealthy and sustainable EU society.
Ilaria Marotta, Dario Minervini, Ivano Scotti   +2 more
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