Social Innovation for the Energy Transition (SONNET)
Description
The overarching aim of SONNET is to develop a systematic understanding of the ways and conditions under which social innovation in the energy sector can contribute to the Energy Union Strategy and enable a clean energy transition of Europe’s energy system. To achieve this aim SONNET will explore the links between citizen involvement, social innovation and transformative changes within the energy system in order to develop evidence to examine its central hypothesis: social innovation in the energy sector induces new forms of social interactions, governance arrangements and business models, which enable greater civic engagement and empowerment as well as social acceptance to drive the clean-energy transition, making energy more secure, sustainable and affordable. The empirical focus will be on social innovation in urban areas located within low-carbon regions and carbon-intensive regions.
Key data
Projectlead
Co-Projectlead
Project team
Dr. Christian Winzer, Dr. Manuel Grieder, Devon Wemyss, Dr. Arthur Janssen, Dr. Dominik Keller
Project partners
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. / Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI; Grenoble Ecole de Management; Dutch Research Institute For Transitions DRIFT; University of Sussex / Science Policy Research Unit; ICLEI - European Secretariat GmbH; Kozminski University
Project status
completed, 06/2019 - 12/2022
Institute/Centre
Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE); Institute of Sustainable Development (INE); Center for Energy and Environment (CEE)
Funding partner
Horizon 2020
Project budget
334'000 EUR
School of Management and Law
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur