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I am a sustainability transition scholar with over 20 years international experience. I contribute to theory development on: socio-technical system innovation, governance, sustainable development and innovation. I study novel ways of organising systems through new market models (e.g. P2P) and new institutional arrangements. In that work I unpack upscaling, experimentation by communities, co-creation and new business models. My empirical domains are (smart) energy and mobility and I sympathise with cities’ agendas. I study renewables and new, multi-system technologies such as blockchain. The geographical scope of my work covers Europe and Global South (Asia, India, Thailand). I use transitions as my home discipline from where I take trans-disciplinary ‘detours’ to other fields.
Being driven by the urgent need to act on sustainability, I regularly engage with practical contexts and I aim to do research that matters. My research is funded by NWO, EU, APN, NRC, DFG and Dutch Ministries. Currently I am a project leader of a € 7.1m Interreg NWE project on community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP). The project considers most effective ways to scale-up community energy initiatives and has recently won the EU Citizens Award for Sustainable Energy Innovation. I also lead an NWO-funded ORAKLE project on organising learning and knowledge for energy transition in the Province of North Brabant.
I am a regular guest speaker, guest editor, reviewer and I publish in leading journals. From 2017 I am an Associate Editor of Urban Transformations journal.
Academic background
My background is in innovation sciences. As part of my PhD, I studied European renewable energy from the Technological Innovation System (TIS) perspective at Innovation Studies Group of Utrecht University. This work contributed to the conceptualisation of systemic innovation problems and instruments, and the spatial expansion of the TIS framework.
In paralel I conducted research on sustainability transitions at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (IVM-VU). My involvement with this field started in 1999 when I became an executive officer of the Industrial Transformation Science Project of the International Human Dimension Program (IHDP), a position I held until 2011. Within that task, I facilitated research on applying insights from the emerging stream of system innovation in the context of analyzing economic and environmental transitions occurring in developing Asia. This work facilitated translation of the novel, though very western, insights about systemic change to other socio-economic and geographical conditions.
Through this research I became a founding and Steering Group member of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN). In 2015 I established a Global South, and in 2018, a Brazilian chapter of the STRN. In 2010-2017, on behalf of STRN, I have co-developed and implemented a series of challende-based professional trainings for entrepreneurs in sustainability transitions for Climate KIC and InnoEnergy KIC.
External positions
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Projects
Community-based Virtual Power Plant
Wieczorek, A. J., Wieczorek, A. J., van Summeren, L. F. M., Verbong, G. P. J., Kirkels, A. F., Bombaerts, G., Groenewoudt, A. C., Alkemade, F. & Papachristos, G.
20/09/17 → 19/09/22
Project: Research direct
Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation
Bombaerts, G., Bombaerts, G., Tsui, S., Astola, M., Laes, E. J. W., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A., Benckhuijsen - Mertens, P., Reymen, I. M. M. J. & Royakkers, L. M. M.
1/05/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Research direct
Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven, RWS, and PON
Oldenziel, R., Oldenziel, R., Dekker, H., Petzer, B., Bek, P. K. B., Sun, Q., Jeekel, J. F. (., Verbong, G. P. J., Veraart, F. C. A., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A. & Kalmbach, K.
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research direct
From automobility to smart mobility
Verbong, G. P. J., Salas Girones, E., Vrscaj, D., Wieczorek, A. J. & Manders, T. N.
1/09/15 → 31/08/19
Project: Research direct
Energy Vision Development
Verbong, G. P. J., Verbong, G. P. J. & Wieczorek, A. J.
1/05/15 → 31/12/16
Project: Research direct
Research Output
Community energy meets smart grids: Reviewing goals, structure, and roles in Virtual Power Plants in Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands
van Summeren, L. F. M., Wieczorek, A. J., Bombaerts, G. & Verbong, G. P. J., May 2020, In : Energy Research and Social Science. 63, 14 p., 101415.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
3
Citations
(Scopus)
1
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Complexity, tensions, and ambiguity of intermediation in a transition context: the case of Connecting Mobility
Manders, T. N., Wieczorek, A. J. & Verbong, G. P. J., Mar 2020, In : Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 34, p. 183-208 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
4
Citations
(Scopus)
Cycling as a service assessed from a combined business-model and transitions perspective
Petzer, B. J. M., Wieczorek, A. J. & Verbong, G. P. J., 25 Sep 2019, In : Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
1
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(Scopus)
The promise of peer-to-peer trading? The potential impact of blockchain on the actor configuration in the Dutch electricity system
Buth, M. C., Wieczorek, A. J. & Verbong, G. P. J., 1 Jul 2019, In : Energy Research and Social Science. 53, p. 194-205 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
8
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(Scopus)
4
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The role of users in sustainable innovation
Verbong, G. P. J., Verhees, B. & Wieczorek, A. J., 2019, Handbook of sustainable innovation. Boons, F. & McMeekin, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 238-251Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
Best Teacher Award 1st year Bachelor Sustainable Innovation
Anna Wieczorek (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Best Teacher Award Bachelor Sustainable Innovation
Anna J. Wieczorek (Recipient), 2017
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
Nominee Best Teacher at TU/e
Anna J. Wieczorek (Recipient), 27 Sep 2019
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
Visiting professor at UFG Brazil
Anna J. Wieczorek (Recipient), 15 Aug 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Nominee European Sustainable Energy Award for cVPP innovation
Anna J. Wieczorek (Recipient), Luc F.M. van Summeren (Recipient), Geert P.J. Verbong (Recipient) & Aleid C. Groenewoudt (Recipient), Jun 2020
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
Current developments in the community energy: cVPP and the MoRe model
Anna J. Wieczorek (Invited speaker)30 Jun 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
ENERGY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Anna J. Wieczorek (Organiser)24 Jun 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
Interactive Sessions - Community-based Virtual Power Plant
Luc F.M. van Summeren (Organiser), Sylvia C. Breukers (Organiser), Anna J. Wieczorek (Organiser)26 May 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Professional
Interactive Sessions - Community-based Virtual Power Plant
Luc F.M. van Summeren (Organiser), Sylvia C. Breukers (Organiser), Anna J. Wieczorek (Organiser)19 May 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Professional
Interactive Sessions - Community-based Virtual Power Plant
Luc F.M. van Summeren (Organiser), Sylvia C. Breukers (Organiser), Anna J. Wieczorek (Organiser)12 May 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Professional
Courses
Press / Media
Student theses
Aggregators and flexibility in the Dutch electricity system
Author: Juffermans, J., 21 Dec 2018Supervisor: Verbong, G. (Supervisor 1), Wieczorek, A. (Supervisor 2) & Nguyen, H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Augmenting the strategic niche management framework as a practical tool for sustainable innovation in the South: design and implementation of technologies for small-scale farmers in Northern Mexico
Author: Corella Puente, J., 31 Jan 2016Supervisor: Romijn, H. (Supervisor 1), Wieczorek, A. (Supervisor 2) & Kroesen, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Blockchain technology for peer-to-peer trading in the Dutch electricity system: from hype to reality
Author: Buth, M., 31 May 2018Supervisor: Wieczorek, A. (Supervisor 1), Verbong, G. (Supervisor 2) & Sadowski, B. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Community based Virtual Power Plants: Aligning technical functions with social motivations
Author: Murali, S. & Wieczorek, A., 4 Jul 2018Supervisor: Wieczorek, A. (Supervisor 1) & Verbong, G. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Don't follow the recipe: the design of policy instruments to stimulate energy innovation within differing institutional contexts
Author: Broek van den, S., 31 Jul 2016Supervisor: Wieczorek, A. (Supervisor 1) & Alkemade, F. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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