Energy Transition Lab programme of the Centre for Sustainable Development

Energy Transition Lab is a programme that helps to understand what the energy transition in the European Union is all about and to identify opportunities for public engagement in building sustainable and resilient places to live.

The aim of the programme is to develop a space for sharing the experience, knowledge, solutions needed to empower local communities in the energy transition and implement bottom-up solutions that are based on local needs.

The programme conducts research, implements projects, shares results, provides analysis, expertise and consultancy to support local communities, local government units and small and medium-sized enterprises in the energy transition process.

The genesis of the programme is research into the challenges of the European Union’s climate and energy policy and the energy transition in Poland, with a particular focus on wind, nuclear and distributed energy.

We adopt a societal perspective, exploring complex transition processes. We focus on areas such as the Science-Technology-Society relationship, social perception of risk, energy democracy, participatory decision-making processes and changing roles of citizens in the energy transition.

dr hab. Sylwia Mrozowska, prof. UG

Energy Transition Lab Programme Coordinator

Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development of the University of Gdansk, head of the Department of Strategic and Security Studies at the Institute of Political Science, coordinator of the project Building Engagement to Accelerate Clean Energy Transitions in the South Baltic – BALTICBEAT Interreg South Baltic Programme (2024-2027) and the National Science Centre project Political conditions of energy transition in Poland 2004-2020 (2021-2025), member of the Scientific Council of the Baltic Nuclear Energy Forum, initiator of the interdisciplinary team University of Gdansk for Offshore Wind Energy, plenipotentiary of the Rector for cooperation with the nuclear sector, expert of the European Commission for the REGIONS2030 project.

Research interests:

Social and political conditions of the energy transition process, energy security, sustainable development, civic energy.

The Energy Transition Lab invites you to an interdisciplinary discussion on energy transition processes, changes in energy culture, climate change regimes, sustainability and the place of the citizen in these processes.

We place the social and political aspects of energy at the centre of our deliberations. These include the social perception of risk, attitudes towards the new energy culture, ideas of energy democracy and public expectations of greater empowerment in decision-making processes related to energy systems. We want to invite representatives of the socio-economic environment and institutional partners into our academic space. Our focus is on education, raising awareness and developing recommendations for managing conflicts related to energy investments.

dr hab. Sylwia Mrozowska, prof. UG

Programme Coordinator, Energy Transition Lab