Local and Regional Energy Systems Consortium

Consortium leaders
Jenny Palm, Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University
Louise Trygg, Division of Energy Systems, Linköping University Institute of Technology

Problem area
The research conducted within the Local And Regional Consortium addresses the ways in which the complexity of the energy system is managed with a view to designing and developing efficient, and socially and environmentally sustainable local and regional energy systems. The starting point for our research is the fact that any change in the energy system requires an understanding of both the technical/financial factors and the social processes that affect all technological change. This insight is an important foundation for the consortium’s research.

Our general area of research can be summarised in the following key questions:
How can local and regional energy systems be changed in the direction of greater sustainability? What strategies will contribute to changing local and regional energy systems in the direction of greater efficiency and sustainability?

Within the consortium we focus on these questions based on analyses of actors’ behaviours, political processes, and on technical, financial and institutional factors.

Doctoral projects
Danica Djuric Ilic, Linköping University/Energy Systems
Magdalena Fallde, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Malin Henriksson, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Dick Magnusson, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Mimmi Magnusson, Royal Institute of Technology
Karin Westerberg, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Elisabeth Wetterlund, Linköping University/Energy Systems
Linda Olsson, Linköping University, Energy Systems
Mårten Larsson, Royal Institute of Technology
Julia Schwabecker, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Linnea Hjalmarsson, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Martina Wikström, Royal Institute of Technology

Advisors and senior researchers within the consortium
Per Alvfors, Energy Processes, Royal Institute of Technology
Jonas Anshelm, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Boel Berner, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Per Gyberg, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Dag Henning, Optensys
Björn Karlsson, Linköping University/Energy Systems
Björn Sandén, Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Chalmers
Jane Summerton, Linköping University/Department of Technology and Social Change
Tomas Svensson, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Mats Söderström, Linköping University/Energy Systems
Mats Westermark, Energy Processes, Royal Institute of Technology

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