Prof. Dr. Dierk Bauknecht
Chair of Sustainability and Transitions Research
Institute of Environmental Social Sciences and Geography
Tennenbacherstr. 4
D-79106 Freiburg
1st floor, room 01015
0761 203 95208
dierk.bauknecht@sustainability-transitions.uni-freiburg.de
Research
- System transformation: How can academic and applied research be linked?
- System transformation in the energy sector
- The role of real laboratories and regulatory experiments in transformation processes
- Modeling and transformation: How can optimization models be expanded in a transformative and transdisciplinary perspective?
- Comparison of transformation processes and their design in different sectors
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Bauknecht, D., K. Kubeczko. 2024: Regulatory experiments and real-world labs: A fruitful combination for sustainability. GAIA 33/S1: 44-50. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.33.S1.7.
Bauknecht, D., Flachsbarth, F., Koch, M., Vogel, M. 2024: The role of decentralised flexibility options for managing transmission grid congestions in Germany, The Electricity Journal, Volume 37, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2023.107363
Feser, D., Winkler-Portmann, S., Bischoff, T.S., Bauknecht, D., Bizer, K., Führ, M., Heyen, D.A., Proeger, T., von der Leyen, K., Vogel, M.. 2024: Institutional rules for the up-take of regulatory experiments: A comparative case study, Futures, Volume 156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103318
Andersen, Allan Dahl; Markard, Jochen; Bauknecht, Dierk; Korpås, Magnus (2023). Architectural change in accelerating transitions: Actor preferences, system architectures, and flexibility technologies in the German energy transition. Energy Research & Social Science 97: 102945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.102945
Ritter, David; Heinemann, Christoph; Bauknecht, Dierk; Winger, Christian; Flachsbarth, Franziska (2021). Model-Based Evaluation of Decentralised Electricity Markets at Different Phases of the German Energy Transition. The Energy Journal 11(2). DOI 10.5547/2160-5890.11.1.drit
Bauknecht, Dierk; Andersen, Allan Dahl; Dunne, Karoline Tornes (2020): Challenges for electricity network governance in whole system change: Insights from energy transition in Norway. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 37: 318-331; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.09.004
Bauknecht, Dierk; Funcke, Simon; Vogel, Moritz (2020): Is small beautiful? A framework for assessing decentralised electricity systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 118: 109543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109543
Bauknecht, Dierk; Bischoff, Thore Sören; Bizer, Kilian; Führ, Martin; Gailhofer, Peter; Heyen, Dirk Arne; Proeger, Till; von der Leyen, Kaja (2020): Exploring the pathways: Regulatory experiments for sustainable development – An interdisciplinary approach. Journal of Governance & Regulation 9(3): 49-71. http://doi.org/10.22495/jgrv9i3art4
Ritter, David; Meyer, Roland; Koch, Matthias, Haller, Markus; Bauknecht, Dierk; Heinemann, Christoph (2019). Effects of a Delayed Expansion of Interconnector Capacities in a High RES-E European Electricity System. Energies 12(16), 3098; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12163098
Schmidt-Scheele, Ricarda; Bauknecht, Dierk; Poganietz, Witold; Seebach, Dominik; Timpe, Christof; Weimer-Jehle, Wolfgang; Weiß, Annika (2019): Leitmotive und Storylines der Energiewende. In: TaTuP Technikfolgenabschätzung Theorie und Praxis, 28(3): 27-33; https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.28.3.27
Veum, Karina; Bauknecht, Dierk (2019): How to reach the EU renewables target by 2030? An analysis of the governance framework. Energy Policy 127, 299–307, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.013
Funcke, Simon; Bauknecht, Dierk (2016): Typology of centralised and decentralised visions for electricity infrastructure, in: Utilities Policy 40: 67–74; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2016.03.005
Koch, Matthias; Bauknecht, Dierk; Heinemann, Christoph; Tröster, Eckehard (2015): Modellgestützte Bewertung von Netzausbau im europäischen Netzverbund und Flexibilitätsoptionen im deutschen Stromsystem im Zeitraum 2020–2050. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft 39(1), 1-17
Mitchell, Catherine; Bauknecht, Dierk; Connor, Peter (2006): Effectiveness through risk reduction: a comparison of the renewable obligation in England and Wales and the feed-in system in Germany. Energy Policy 34, 297-305; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2004.08.004
Vita
Career history
Since 2020: Professor of Sustainability and Transformation Research at the Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
Since 2001: Research Associate / Senior Researcher, Öko-Institut e.V. Freiburg
1998 - 2001: Researcher / Modeling Manager, Power Ink Ltd., Brighton UK
Academic education
2006-2012: PhD "Transforming the Grid - Electricity system governance and network integration of distributed generation" within the junior research group "Transformation and Innovation in Power Systems", SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex
1997 - 1998: Master of Science in Science and Technology Policy, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex
1992 - 1997: Diploma in Political Science, Free University of Berlin