PROGRAMME

Energy & Society Conference

March 22 - 24, 2012, Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-UL), Lisbon, Portugal

Detailed program

Thursday, 22th March

14:30 – 15:00 – Welcome and introduction (Auditório)

Jorge Vala, director of ICS-UL

Luísa Schmidt, ICS-UL

Introduction of the keynote speaker: Françoise Bartiaux, UCL

15:00 – 16:30 - Keynote presentation: Harold Wilhite, Univ. Oslo: “The space accorded to the social science of energy consumption is (finally) expanding: Where can we draw inspiration?”

16:30 – 17:00 - Coffee break 

17:00 – 18:30 - Parallel thematic sessions

Thematic session 1 (Auditório)

Energy consumption practices Chair: Luísa Schmidt, ICS-UL
Bartiaux, Françoise & Reátegui Salmón, Luis	Compartmentalisation or domino effects between ‘green’ consumers’ practices? Some topics of practice theories observed with an Internet survey
Butler, Catherine	Climate Change, Social Change and Social Reproduction: Exploring energy demand reduction through a biographical lens
Berker, Thomas	Kicking the habit. Identifying crucial themes of a sociology of energy sensibilities
Fonseca, Susana & Nave, Joaquim Gil	From structural factors to individual practices: reasoning on the main paths for action on energy efficiency
Petersen, Lars Kjerulf	Autonomy and proximity in household heating practices – the case of wood burning stoves
Roudil, Nadine, Flamand, Amélie, Beillan, Véronique; Douzou, Sylvie	Energy housing consumption. Practices, rationalities and motivations of inhabitants
Huebner, Gesche, Cooper, Justine & Jones, Keith	Understanding energy consumption in domestic households

Thematic session 2 (Sala polivalente)

Energy policies and sustainability Chair: Júlia Seixas, FCT-UNL
Beischl, Martin	The Energy Community of South East Europe and its lacking social dimension. Confronting problems of perception and representation
Boucher, Philip	Carbon Capture and Storage: Mapping Ethical Landscapes
Fuchs, Gerhard	Governance of new Technologies in the Energy Sector: Between Adaptation and Exploitation – The Role of State Actors
Klimek, Alexandra	Who or what is the general public? Public Engagement in Post Carbon Strategies
Davidson, Debra	The Athabasca Tar Sands At the Precipice: The Influential Role of Non-Conventional Fossil Fuel Production in Morphogenesis
McCauley, Darren	When Energy Demands? Sustainable Governance, Disengagement and Waste-to-Energy in France
Primova, Radostina	The role of civil society participation in EU energy policy-making. Lessons for the elaboration of EU energy policies

Friday, 23th March

9:00 – 10:45: Parallel thematic sessions

Thematic session 3 (Sala polivalente)

Public acceptability Chair: Lars Kjerulf  Petersen, AU
Busch, Henner, Carton, Wim & Dean, Rhianna	From Support to Resistance – The Australian Carbon Tax and its media coverage
Delicado, Ana, Horta, Ana, Figueiredo, Elisabete, Silva, Luís, Truninger, Mónica & Fonseca, Susana	Public opinion on renewable energy: a review of trends
Devine-Wright, Patrick	Understanding factors influencing public objections to overhead power lines: comparing personal, project and place-related factors
Wassermann, Sandra, Scheer, D., Hohlt, A., Konrad, W. & Scheel, O.	Perception, evaluation and preferences: public acceptance of electricity portfolios and technologies
Ariza-Montobbio, Pere	Jousting around windmills? The wind energy conflict as a post-political illusion
Hanson, Joanna	Shale gas and social conflict in Poland
Luque, Daniel Herrero, Frolova, M., Pérez, B. P & Rodriguez, E. B.	The development of wind power and emerging landscapes in Central and Southern Spain (Castilla and Leon Autonomous Region and Andalusia Autonomous Region)

Thematic session 4 (Sala 1)

Energy poverty, justice and development Chair: Cigdem Adem, PAITME
Schaffrin, André	Living Green but Poor? - Investigating the Conflict Between Social Justice and the Effectiveness in Climate Mitigation
Ariza-Montobbio, Pere & Ramos-Matin, Jesus	Energy poverty and households electricity metabolism of Catalonia, Spain
Njenga, Mary, Yonemitsu, Aya, Karanja, Nancy, Jamnadass, R., Kithinji, J. & Sundberg, C.	Briquettes production from charcoal dust and its contribution to livelihoods of the urban poor in Nairobi, Kenya
Rezaei, Maryam	Community Perspectives on Energy Poverty: The case of remote and off-grid aboriginal communities in British Columbia
Thomson, Harriet	Quantifying the emergence of fuel poverty across the European Union
Lubanov, Carmit	Energy Justice in Israel: CO2 as a multiplier of socio-economic inequality
Nunes, Ana Raquel	Social dimensions of present and future heatwave and cold spell risks in Portugal

Thematic session 5 (Sala 2)

Energy cultures Chair: Catherine Butler, CU
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok	Energy culture in the comfort society
Horta, Ana	Unfair fuel prices: television news coverage of the energy crisis
McBride, Dean	Ethno-Religious Segregation and Energy Cultures in Post Conflict Northern Ireland: A Cross-Community Comparison
Simas, Rosa Neves; Tomás, Licínio; Serpa, Magarida Damião; Gomes, Carlos João & Arroz, Ana Moura	The GenARE Project: Generations of Azoreans and Renewable Energy
Richert, Jörn	A look at global energy politics - Transforming global energy culture instead of scramble for resources
Prista, Pedro & Schmidt, Luisa	Energy cultures and inconspicuos routines - understanding change and lock-in in the Portuguese urban context
Vlasova, Lioudmila	Towards sustainable renovation: translating ideas about sustainability into the practice

10:45 – 11:00 – Coffee break 

11:00 – 12:45 – Parallel thematic sessions

Thematic session 6 (Sala polivalente)

Technologies and social change Chair:  André Schaffrin, UC
Osti, Giorgio	Virtuous and vicious circles in the green restructuring of buildings
Abreu, Joana & Francisco Câmara	Habitual behavior in residential electricity consumption
Batel, Susana, Moreira, Sérgio & Lima, Maria Luísa	Understanding the acceptance and use of smart meters: A socio-psychological approach
Carlo, Marie & Ahamada, Nadjma	When efficiency improvement make residential energy demand grow
Harries, Tim	Smart meters, social norms feedback and domestic electricity consumption
Matzat, Johanna Sophie	How technical artefacts script energy-consuming practices
Minoustchin, Maud & Zoonnekindt, Kathleen	Show it and be reflexive! Rethinking the link between Energy and Society through smart metering and feedback technologies

Thematic session 7 (Sala 1)

Energy demand, market and innovation Chair:  Pia Laborgne, IWAR & EIFER
DiMuzio, Tim	The End of Market Civilization: The Next Great Transformation
Lemaire, Xavier	Technological Identity, Public Engagement and Market Mechanisms to promote Renewable Electricity
Wassermann, Sandra	Market formation through market integration of renewables: analysis of actors and institutions in the context of transformation of the German electricity market
Ryghaug, Marianne	Changing practices in transportation: a new era for the electrical car?
Gouveia, João Pedro	Forecasting energy for residential buildings:  contributions from a bottom-up methodology of energy services demand
Yang, Yingkui	Predicting households’ adoption of green electricity: a comparison of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior

Thematic session 8 (Sala 2)

Renewable energy policies Chair: António Sá da Costa, APREN
Gross, Matthias	Geothermal Energy Systems: Towards a Sociology of the Subterranean
Mirsaeedi-Farahani, Shabnam	The Institutionalization of Renewable Energy Sources in Electricity Generation in a Country Dominated by Fossil Fuels: The Case of Iran
Müller, Kathrin	Transition towards renewable energy on the regional level – the case of two German regions
Nadaï, Alain & Labussière, Olivier	Moving Offshore, Recomposing the Sea: Wind Power in Veulettes-sur-mer (France)
Nascimento, Susana e Pólvora, Alexandre	Choosing paths for co-production and co-management in renewable energy
Stattman, Sarah	Social dimensions of the Brazilian biodiesel policy: a farmer perspective
Lehtonen, Markku	Power, social impacts, and certification of ethanol fuel: A view from the Northeast of Brazil

12:45 – 14:30 – Lunch & poster session

14:30 – 16:15 – Parallel thematic sessions

Thematic session 9 (Auditório)

Energy transition and governance Chair: Olivia Bina, ICS-UL
Laborgne, Pia	Transformation of Urban Energy Infrastructure – The Role of local Niche Development
Pfaff, Lisa-Britt & Newig, Jens	Towards an Actor-Centered Approach in Energy Transition and Regional Governance
Mautz, Rüdiger	Civil society initiatives in the field of energy production – a new model of power generation
Beaulieu, J. Anne	‘Energysense’ as research, infrastructure and outreach for sustainable energy systems
Rynikiewicz, Christophe, Matthian, Sylvain & Godinot, Sylvain	Third sector contribution in building retrofitting: Enhancing human and social capital for the transition to a low carbon economy
Schreuer, Anna	The contribution of collective citizen action to energy system transitions: Case studies from Austria
Wiersma, Bouke & Devine-Wright, Patrick	Tracing the co-evolution of decentralised urban energy initiatives

Thematic session 10 (Sala 1)

                    

Behaviour change Chair: Françoise Bartiaux, UCL
Schmidt, Luisa, Correia, Augusta, Horta, Ana, Fonseca, Susana, Rebelo, Margarida & Menezes, Marluci	Gaps and paradoxes regarding energy consumption and conservation: results of a case study in Lisbon
Brunner, Karl-Michael	Social science perspectives on energy consumption in households with special emphasis on fuel poverty and young adults as energy counsellors
Lagesen, Vivian Anette	Transition actors and transition strategies with respect to energy use
Quiggin, Daniel	Energy Futures, Can We Rely On Smart People?
Huber, Andreas, Girard, Sebastien & Thomas, Yoann	For a better goodness of fit between sustainability policies and people: using the French SinusMilieux® segmentation for the design of intelligent intervention strategies
Arrobbio, Osman	Folk evaluation of energy efficiency measures. How rebound effect concept fits into daily practices
Brisepierre, Gaëtan & Carlo, Marie	Do French households really choose their heating temperature? Questioning the French regulatory framework for heating temperature

16:15 – 16:45 – Coffee break 

16:45 – 18:30 - Plenary debate on the development of the role of social sciences in energy policy (Sala polivalente)

Keynote speaker: John Randell, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Chair: Filipe Duarte Santos, vice-chair of Energy’s WG EEAC (European Environmental Advisory Council)

20:00 – Optional conference dinner

Saturday, 24th March

9:00 – 10:45 – Parallel thematic sessions

Thematic session 11 (Sala polivalente)

Sustainable energy systems and local communities Chair:  Ana Horta, ICS-UL
Carrosio, Giovanni	Boundering biofuels: the local alternatives to the global biofuel complex
Adem, Cigdem	An Analysis of Conflicting Discourses over Water Governance in Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey
Dansero, Egidio & Puttilli, Matteo	Evaluating local Renewables potentials. A territorial perspective
Dobigny, Laure	Social meanings of energetic choices. A case study of self-generated renewable energy by local communities in Germany, Austria and France
Huttunen, Suvi	Multifunctional wood energy production in rural Finland
Kress, Michael	Attitudes and behaviour patterns concerning renewable energies of citizens in communities with the goal of renewable energy self-sufficiency
Magnani, Natalia	Renewable energy and rural conflicts: ecological modernization vs. sustainable development

Thematic session 12 (Sala 1)

Material structures and social impacts Chair: Giorgio Osti, UST
Wächter, Petra	The spatial organisation of energy use: the case of Austria
Menna, Fabio, Vittuari, Matteo & Segrè, Andrea	Energy use in Italian food system: comparative analysis of different case studies
Salvati, Alessandro	Modelling residential energy consumption under green scenarios: the case of Veneto Region (Italy)
Shipworth, Michelle	Use and usability of central heating controls
Straeten, Jonas van der	Beyond the grid – the concept of microenergy systems and its implications for policy
Ribeiro, Barbara Esteves	A systematic review of social aspects of biofuels: developing a social matrix for impact assessment of ethanol
Silvast, Antti	Lay People, Experts and Electricity Blackouts: Everyday Habits as Risk Response

10:45 – 11:00 – Coffee break (fair trade)

11:00 – 12:30 - Energy & Society Network general meeting (Sala polivalente)

Chair: Matthias Gross, ESHCER-UFZ 12:30 – 13:00 – Sum up of the conference (Sala polivalente)

Speaker: Tim O’Riordan, UEA