Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the University of Lausanne
Research projects
EQUITAS (Swiss Energy eQUIty aTlAS : Closing the loop between theory, policy, and practice)
| Research fields |
Lausanne ecological economics lab |
| Keywords |
Energy justice Policy Soci-territorial indicators |
| Funding | Swiss Federal Office of Energy |
| Duration | December 2024 - November 2028 |
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| Researchers |
Yilmaz Selin (IGD UNIL) [web] [email] Schmid Benjamin (IGD UNIL) [web] [email] Grolimund Nils Martin (IGD UNIL) [email] Loloum Tristan (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) |
The project aims to apply the conceptual framework of energy justice (recognition, distributional, procedural, restorative) to Swiss energy policies. To this end, we first propose equity metrics and indicators based on interdisciplinary methodologies: i) conceptualizing energy justice with desk research, expert interviews and co-creation workshops, and ii) leveraging existing datasets and conducting modelling analyses. We then develop an 'energy equity atlas' coupled with a GIS tool to identify, analyse, and visualize the energy justice and equity implications of Swiss energy policies supported with tangible social and spatial indicators. This conceptual, systematic, and data-driven approach will provide objective knowledge regarding energy justice and therefore instrumental to those intermediaries who design clean energy policies, programmes, and pilots.
