Projecten per jaar
Persoonlijk profiel
Research profile
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 two prizes: the EU Citizens Award for Sustainable Energy Innovation and IE&IS Valorization Award. I also lead an NWO-funded ORAKLE project on organising learning and knowledge for energy transition in the Province of North Brabant.
From 2021 I have been appointed the TU/e Sustainability Ambassador.
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.
PhD SUPERVISION:
Tanja Manders
Brett Petzer
Luc van Summeren
Shelly Tsui
Jasper van Dijk
Amira El Faiz
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 to 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). Within that task, until 2011, 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.
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
Externe posities
Adjunct Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2022 → 2024
Executive Officer, Industrial Transformation Program of IHDP, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1999 → 2016
Vingerafdruk
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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cVPP: Community-based Virtual Power Plant
Wieczorek, A. J. (Project Manager), van Summeren, L. F. M. (Projectmedewerker), Van den Berghe, L. H. G. J. (Projectmedewerker), Groenewoudt, A. C. (Projectmedewerker), Verbong, G. P. J. (Projectmedewerker), Papachristos, G. (Projectmedewerker), Kirkels, A. F. (Projectmedewerker) & Alkemade, F. (Projectmedewerker)
20/09/17 → 30/06/23
Project: Onderzoek direct
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ORAKLE: Organising knowledge and learning for the regional energy transition
Wieczorek, A. J. (Project Manager), van Summeren, L. F. M. (Projectmedewerker), Kluskens, N. (Projectmedewerker) & van Dijk, J. (Projectmedewerker)
1/08/20 → 31/08/25
Project: Second tier
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Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation
Bombaerts, G. (Project Manager), Tsui, S. (Projectmedewerker), Astola, M. (Projectmedewerker), Laes, E. J. W. (Projectmedewerker), Wieczorek, A. J. (Contactpersoon facturen), Benckhuijsen-Mertens, P. (Contactpersoon facturen), Reymen, I. M. M. J. (Contactpersoon facturen), Martin, D. A. (Projectmedewerker), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Projectmedewerker) & Spahn, A. (Projectmedewerker)
1/05/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Onderzoek direct
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Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven and PON
Oldenziel, R. (Project Manager), Dekker, H.-J. (Projectmedewerker), Petzer, B. (Projectmedewerker), Bek, P. K. B. (Projectmedewerker), Sun, Q. (Projectmedewerker), Jeekel, J. F. (Projectmedewerker), Verbong, G. P. J. (Projectmedewerker), Veraart, F. C. A. (Projectmedewerker), Wieczorek, A. J. (Projectmedewerker), Spahn, A. (Projectmedewerker) & Kalmbach, K. (Projectmedewerker)
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Onderzoek direct
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From automobility to smart mobility
Verbong, G. P. J. (Project Manager), Salas Gironés, E. (Projectmedewerker), Vrscaj, D. (Projectmedewerker), Wieczorek, A. J. (Contactpersoon facturen) & Manders, T. N. (Projectmedewerker)
1/09/15 → 31/08/19
Project: Onderzoek direct
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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. (Corresponding author), Wieczorek, A. J., Bombaerts, G. & Verbong, G. P. J., 1 mei 2020, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 63, 14 blz., 101415.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open Access111 Citaten (Scopus)6 Downloads (Pure) -
Complexity, tensions, and ambiguity of intermediation in a transition context: the case of Connecting Mobility
Manders, T. N. (Corresponding author), Wieczorek, A. J. & Verbong, G. P. J., mrt. 2020, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 34, blz. 183-208 26 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open Access26 Citaten (Scopus)3 Downloads (Pure) -
Cycling as a service assessed from a combined business-model and transitions perspective
Petzer, B. J. M. (Corresponding author), Wieczorek, A. J. & Verbong, G. P. J., 1 sep. 2020, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 36, blz. 255-269 15 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand19 Citaten (Scopus)362 Downloads (Pure) -
The promise of peer-to-peer trading? The potential impact of blockchain on the actor configuration in the Dutch electricity system
Buth, M. C. (Corresponding author), Wieczorek, A. J. & Verbong, G. P. J., 1 jul. 2019, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 53, blz. 194-205 12 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand52 Citaten (Scopus)194 Downloads (Pure) -
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. (uitgave). Edward Elgar Publishing, blz. 238-251Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Hoofdstuk › Academic › peer review
6 Citaten (Scopus)
Prijzen
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EU Citizens Award for Sustainable Energy Innovation
Wieczorek, A. J. (Ontvanger), van Summeren, L. F. M. (Ontvanger), Verbong, G. P. J. (Ontvanger) & Groenewoudt, A. C. (Ontvanger), 23 jun. 2020
Prijs: Anders › Discipline gerelateerd › Professioneel
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Best Teacher 1st year Bachelor Sustainable Innovation, 2016
Wieczorek, A. (Ontvanger), 2016
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Best Teacher Bachelor Sustainable Innovation, 2018
Wieczorek, A. J. (Ontvanger), 2018
Prijs: TU/e › Anders › Wetenschappelijk
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Visiting professor at UFG Brazil, 2018
Wieczorek, A. J. (Ontvanger), 15 aug. 2018
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Nominee Best Teacher at TU/e, 2019
Wieczorek, A. J. (Ontvanger), 27 sep. 2019
Prijs: TU/e › Anders › Wetenschappelijk
Activiteiten
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EU Citizens Award talk: Community-based Virtual Power Plant
Wieczorek, A. J. (Uitgenodigde spreker)
23 jun. 2020Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Professioneel
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ENERGY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Wieczorek, A. J. (Organisator), Zeijseink, A. (Organisator), van Egmond, R. (Organisator) & Meskens, L. (Organisator)
24 jun. 2020Activiteit: Types deelname aan of organisatie van een evenement › Congres › Wetenschappelijk
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Current developments in the community energy: cVPP and the MoRe model
Wieczorek, A. J. (Uitgenodigde spreker)
30 jun. 2020Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
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PhD Committee Laur van Oers - Unlearning unsustainability Utrecht University
Wieczorek, A. J. (Examinator)
26 jun. 2024Activiteit: Types examens › Examen › Wetenschappelijk
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TU/e as Change Agent in Sustainability Transitions
Wieczorek, A. J. (Uitgenodigde spreker)
6 mei 2024Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Genodigd spreker › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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Interreg en de Nederlandse Klimaatakkoord
30/01/19
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar
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Technology alone is not enough
31/10/18
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar
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Community-based Virtual Power Plant. A novel model for energy system decarbonisation and democratisation
27/09/22
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: PR activiteiten
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Empowering people in the energy transition
27/09/22
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Vakinhoudelijk commentaar