Multi-sectoral Approaches to Innovative Skills Training For Renewable Energy and Social Acceptance
MISTRAL (Multi-sectoral approaches to Innovative Skills Training for Renewable energy & sociAL acceptance) is an Innovative Training Network, funded under the EU’s MSCA Programme, with the aim of training a new generation of researchers who can evaluate the complexity of social acceptance issues facing the deployment of renewable energy infrastructure.
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This project is creating a wide range of impacts as we work with diverse partners across Europe. An example of this can be seen in the Impact case study of Prof Geraint Ellis: Shaping Community Engagement in Energy Transition
EU MSCA Action: Innovative Training Network, Grant agreement ID: 813837
Ellis, G., & Ferraro, G. (2016). The social acceptance of wind energy: Where we stand and the path ahead. Publications office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2789/696070 , https://doi.org/10.2789/696070
Ellis, G et al (2020) ‘Public Support of Renewables’, Feature Chapter in REN21 Global Status Report 2020, https://www.ren21.net/gsr-2020/chapters/chapter_08/chapter_08/
Lead Coordinator: Prof. Geraint Ellis, Queen’s University Belfast (g.ellis@qub.ac.uk)
Supervisory Team:
- Prof Patrick Devine-Wright, The University Of Exeter,
- Prof Rolf Wustenhagen university of St Gallen, Switzerland
- Dr Geraldine University College Cork, Ireland
- Tom Cronin, Danish Technical University, Denmark
- Dr Susana Batel, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portgual
- Dr Jan Hildebrand, IZES, Germany
- Dr Kristian Borch, Aaborg University, Denmark
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
Keywords associated with the Research
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Energy Transition, Renewable Energy, Social Acceptance
Contact Details / Social Media
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Prof Geraint Ellis g.ellis@qub.ac.uk
Dr Nick Johnston mistral-itn@qub.ac.uk
@gellis23
@ItnMistral
@PlanQUB
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