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Energy Policy

The Chair of International Relations and Sustainable Development undertakes research in the field of energy policy on all governance levels with a particular focus on the interaction of local, national and European governance levels. At the center of the chair's interest stand questions of the 'Energiewende' in Germany, participation and regulation, and the saving of energy. The research project 'KomMa-P', a sub-project at the WWU that is undertaken in close cooperation with public services in Münster as praxis partner, investigates the possibility and conditions for success of participation in urban areas (www.energiewende-akzeptanz.de). Another project is LITRES, also a sub-project at the WWU that looks at the embedment of local innovation impulses in the energy sector in European multi-level governance and tries to evaluate impulses and barriers for the success or the diffusion of innovations (www.uni-stuttgart.de/litres/projekt/index.html). TRANSPOSE was a project led by the chair and investigated potentials for the design of instruments to promote the saving of energy in private households in Germany, evaluating successful programs in other countries and their transferability. Progressive energy tariffs and bonus programs were at the center of analysis.

Selected publications on the topic

  • Arentsen, Maarten; Fuchs, Doris (2014) Green Electricity and the Market Place Revisited. In: Brunnengräber, Achim; Di Nucci, Rosaria (Ed.). Im Hürdenlauf zur Energiewende. Von Transformationen, Reformen und Innovationen. Frankfurt: Springer VS, 201-214.
  • Frantz, Christiane; Fuchs, Doris (2014) The Impact of Civil Society on Sustainable Development. In: Freise, Matthias; Hallmann, Thorsten (Ed.). Modernizing Democracy? Associations and Associating in the 21st Century. New York: Springer, 83-96.
  • Brohmann, Bettina; Dehmel, Christian; Fuchs, Doris; Mert, Wilma; Schreuer, Anna; Tews, Kerstin (2013) Bonus Schemes and Progressive Electricity Tariffs as Instruments to Promote Sustainable Electricity Consumption in Private Households. In: Defila, Rico; Di Giulio, Antonietta; Kaufmann-Hayoz, Ruth (Ed.) The Nature of Sustainable Consumption and how to Achieve it. München: oekom, 411-420.
  • Brohmann, Bettina; Bürger, Veit; Dehmel, Christian; Fuchs, Doris; Hamenstädt, Ulrich; Krömker, Dörthe; Schneider, Volker; Tews, Kerstin (2013) Sustainable Electricity Consumption in German Private Households – Framework Conditions for Political Interventions. In: Defila et al. (Ed.). The Nature of Sustainable Consumption and how to Achieve it. München: oekom, 399-409.
  • Fuchs, Doris (Ed.) (2011)  Die politische Förderung des Stromsparens in Privathaushalten. Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten. Berlin: Logos.
  • Reusswig, Fritz; Lorek, Sylvia; Fuchs, Doris (2011) Lifestyle Dynamics as a Means toward the Sustainability Transition. In: Lahlou, Saadi (Ed.). System Innovation for Sustainability 4. Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 155-176.
  • Fuchs, Doris; Lorek, Sylvia (2010) Sustainability in the Electricity Production and Consumption System. A Consumers' Perspective. In: Lebel, Louis; Lorek, Syliva; Daniel, Rajesh (Ed.). Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems. Hamburg: Springer, 79–96.
  • Fuchs, Doris; Arentsen, Maarten J. (2002) Green Electricity in the Market Place. The Policy Challenge. Energy Policy 30 (6): 525–538.

Current Contributions to Conferences

  • Alle, Katrin; Graf, Antonia; Härdtlein, Marlies; Hinderer, Nele (2015) Bürgerwindanlagen im Kontext der deutschen Energiewende. Eine Analyse des sozio-technischen Innovationsfeldes . Stuttgart. [In Process]
  • Scheiner, Stefan; Härdtlein, Marlies; Graf, Antonia (2014) Intelligente Infrastrukturen im Kontext der deutschen Energiewende. Eine Analyse des sozio-technischen Innovationsfeldes. LITRES Discussion Paper 2014-04 . Stuttgart.
  • Fettke, Ulrike; Härdtlein, Marlies; Graf, Antonia (2014) Contracting im Kontext der deutschen Energiewende. Eine Analyse des sozio-technischen Innovationsfeldes. LITRES Discussion Paper 2014-03. Stuttgart.
  • Schubert, Susanne; Härdtlein, Marlies; Graf, Antonia (2014) Mini-/Mikro-KWK im Kontext der deutschen Energiewende – Eine Analyse des soziotechnischen Innovationsfeldes. LITRES Discussion Paper 2014-02. Stuttgart.
  • Graf, Antonia (2014) "Particapptance", Advanced Explanations of the Emergence, Sustenance and Failure of Participatory Institutions. In: (Eds.) ECPR Joint Sessions, Salamanca.