Research & Consulting
With applied and interdisciplinary research on energy safety and climate Change, we support decision-making processes in politics and industry. Thus, we contribute to the implementation of a sustainable energy system, and ultimately to a cleaner environment.
In formulating solutions, we focus on efficiency and effectiveness as well as the distributional effects of policy instruments. Methodologically, we apply empirical methods ranging from statistical, econometric approaches to laboratory and field experiments.
Current projects
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Beyond Coalitions: Small States in Climate Negotiations (BeCoSS Climate)
Small states are often taken to be rule-takers rather than rule-makers in international affairs. Yet, small states can punch above their weight, notably when working through coalitions. While coalitions are key to understanding multilateral negotiations such as those on climate change, they mask important ...
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SWEET COSI – Co-Evolution and Coordinated Simulation of the Swiss Energy System and Swiss Society
CoSi is a research project funded by the "SWEET" program of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (call 1-2022) and carried out by the University of Basel. The project deals with the interactions between society and the energy system. To this end, various areas of social research (economics, social sciences and ...
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ESIT - Relief in the electricity grid through innovative grid tariffs
The increasing electrification of mobility and buildings will cause new local bottlenecks in the electricity grid of municipal utilities in the future. These bottlenecks will necessitate cost-intensive grid expansion. Dynamic price signals should prompt home energy management systems (HEMS) at end customers to ...
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NeDeLa - Network Tariffs for Decentral Load Control
Dynamic tariffs can provide an incentive to shift flexible loads from periods with high prices to periods with lower prices. In contrast to direct load control by a single network operator, control via dynamic prices can simultaneously take into account congestion in different network levels and markets by ...
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Meta-Study on Local Climate Action and NDCs
The implementation and impact of climate action committed under the Paris Agreement can only be monitored if climate action can be traced from countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) back to local climate activities. Based on six country case studies produced by local partners in Brazil, Burkina Faso, ...