Research Cluster: Socio-technical Interactions in Climate Protection
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This cluster examines methods for simulating socio-technical systems (e.g., agent-based modeling, system dynamics) which are then further developed and applied to climate protection issues. The idea is to provide opportunities for studying how actors in society interact with each other and with technologies, as well as the resulting system behavior in terms of achieving climate protection goals.
A focus lies on technical, socio-technical and economic issues related to the digital transformation of cities in the context of achieving climate protection goals.
- Willingness to tranform, participation and acceptance
- Decision-making behavior in companies and private households
- Energy transition and transformation pathways towards CO2 neutrality
- Maturity, adoption and market diffusion of climate protection technologies
- Data platforms for climate data, with a particular focus on data quality and adaptability
- Data science for climate data
- Delic, M.; Bucksteeg, M. (2026a): Implications of the solar rebound effect for the European energy transition, Nature Energy, online.
- Delic, M.; Bucksteeg, M. (2026b): Why Europe’s solar rollout must account for the solar rebound effect, Nature Energy, online.
- Kramer, K. M.; Restat, V.; Strasser, S.; Störl, U.; Klettke, M (2026): Towards next generation data engineering Pipelines, Workflow Systems for large-scale scientific Data Analysis, Berlin Universities Publishing.
- Restat, V.; Rodenhausen, N.; Antonin, C.; Störl, U. (2026): Data Cleaning of Data Streams, Springer Handbook of Data Engineering.
- Ginster, R.; Kieckhäfer, K.; Thies, C; Runde, C.; Wansart, J.; Spengler, T. S (2025): Simulation-based analysis of country-specific mitigation strategies to decarbonize the passenger car fleet: A comparison between Germany, Poland, and Norway, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 29(5), 1867–1881.
- Breder, M. S.; Hofmann, A.; Bucksteeg, M.; Weber, C. (2025): Economic analysis of behavioral aspects of electromobility with a focus on consumers – A review, Energy Strategy Reviews 62,101953.
- Poier, S.; Bucksteeg, M. (2025): Here Comes the Sun: Investigating the Solar Rebound Effect and Energy Efficiency, Photovoltaic Households, pre-print.
- Poier, S.; Nikodemska-Wolowik, A.M.; Suchanek, M. (2025): Should I buy or should I go? The effect of the big five personality traits and satisfaction with life on e-bike ownership in Germany, Transport policy, 162, pp. 188-199.
- Hackfort, S.K.; Reinermann, J.-L.; Gottschlich, D. (eds., 2025): Special Issue “Practices and concepts of 'care' in sustainbility transformations. Critical perspectives in technology assessment“. TATuP-Special topic in issue 34/1.
- Eis, A.; Grabau, C.; Salomon, D. (2025): Deglobalisierung. Jahrbuch für Pädagogik 2024, Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
- Kramer, K.; Restat, V; Störl, U. (2025): Evolving Gracefully: Building Robust and Self-Adaptive DataCleaning Pipelines for Schema Evolution and Uncertainty, QDB@VLDB.
- Diestelkämper, I.; Diestelkämper, R.; Restat, V. (2025): CheDDaR: Checking Data – Data Quality Report, BTW 2025.
- Restat, V.; Störl, U. (2025): ALPINE: Abstract Language for Pipeline Integration and Execution, DE4DS@BTW 2025.
- Ahlfs, S.; Kieckhäfer, K. (2024): Analysis of policy measures and feedback effects on industry transformation towards carbon neutrality, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 1-17.
- Poier, S.; Suchanek, M. (2024): The effects of higher-order human values and conspiracy beliefs on COVID-19-related behavior in Germany, Journal of Public Health, published online.
- Poier, S.; Nikodemska-Wolowik, AM. (2024): Germany under the Tinfoil Hat? The Associations of the Big Five Personality Traits and Coronavirus Conspiracy Beliefs with the Intention to Get Vaccinated, Journal of Infection and Public Health, 17(9), 102519.
- Breder, M.S.; Hofmann, A.; Bucksteeg, M.; Weber, C. (2024): Economic analysis of behavioral aspects of electromobility with a focus on consumers: A Review. Submitted to Energy Strategy Reviews (under review). Submitted Manuscript
- Kern, C.J.; Poss, L.; Kroenung, J.; Schönig, S. (2024): Navigating the moral maze: a literature review of ethical values in business process management, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 30(8), pp. 343-370.
- Wetterling, F.; Noeltner, M.; Kroenung, J. (2024): Unplanned Delays: Understanding Procrastination's Influence on Citizen's Deadline Compliance in Mandatory E-Government, in Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024).
- Kieckhäfer, K.; Wansart, J.; Thies, C.; Ginster, R. (2023): Paris-compliant Transformation Pathways for the Automotive Industry, ATZ Worldw 125, pp. 52–57.
- Kieckhäfer, K.; Wansart, J.; Thies, C.; Ginster, R. (2023): Pariskonforme Transformationspfade für die Automobilindustrie, ATZ Automobiltech Z 125, pp. 54–58.
- Poier, S. (2023): A matter of risk? Investigating the battery purchase decision in the German photovoltaics market, Energy, 275, 127463.
- Poier, S. (2022): How Stable is Your Customer? Individual and Ipsative Consistency of Consumers’ Big Five Personality Traits, Contemporary Economics 16(3), pp. 297-316.
- Poier, S., Nikodemska-Wolowik, A. M., Suchanek, M. (2022): How higher-order personal values affect the purchase of electricity storage — Evidence from the German photovoltaic market, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 21(4), pp. 909-926.
- Poier, S. (2021): Can Facebook likes predict the purchase probability of electricity storage systems?, Social Network Analysis and Mining 11, Article No. 79.
- Poier, S. (2021): Towards a psychology of solar energy: Analyzing the effects of the Big Five personality traits on household solar energy adoption in Germany, Energy Research & Social Science, 77, 102087.
- Poier, S. (2020). Clean and Green – The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal: Failure of Corporate Governance? Problemy Ekorozwoju - Problems of Sustainable Development, 15(2), 33–39.
- Pethig, F.; Kroenung, J.; Jaeger, L.; Buchwald, A. (2020): Digital Public Service Avoidance by People with Disabilities, in Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2020).
- OPTIMA - Open Toolbox for Modeling and Integration of Dynamic-recursive MGA in Energy System Models, 2026-2029
- Heterogene Diskontraten bei der Adoption klimafreundlicher Technologien, 2026-2029
- Creation of a Concept for a Regional Hydrogen Economy in Hagen (Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, 2022–2023)
- Carbon2Chem® (Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 6th Energy Research Program, 2022–2024)
- Equal Opportunies in the Energy Transition (Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, 2025)
- Smart Age (Carl Zeiss Stiftung, 2021-2026)
- Target Group-Differentiating Narratives, Communication Strategies and Formats for Faster Implementation of the Energy Transition (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action 2023–2026)
- Sören Ahlfs, M.Sc. (Business Administration, esp. Production and Logistics)
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Michael Bucksteeg (Junior Prof. Business Administration, esp. Energy Sector)
- Prof. Dr. Görge Deerberg (Environmental Sciences)
- Mensur Delic, M.Sc. (Business Administration, esp. Energy Sector)
- Lea Franze, M.Sc. (Business Administration, esp. Production and Logistics)
- Prof. Dr. Christian Grabau (General Educational Science)
- Prof. Dr. Karsten Kieckhäfer (Business Administration, esp. Production and Logistics and Director of the Research Center)
- Kevin Kramer (Databases and Information Systems)
- Prof. Dr. Julia Krönung (Business Administration, esp. Design of Socio-technical Infomation Systems)
- Hannah Charlotte Müller (Environmental Sciences)
- Dr. Stefan Poier (Business Administration, esp. Energy Sector)
- Dr. Julia Lena Reinermann (Communication Science)
- Valerie Restat (Databases and Information Systems)
- Prof. Dr. Uta Stoerl (Databases and Information Systems)
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Jun.-Prof. Dr. Michael Bucksteeg
Cluster Spokesperson
Email: michael.bucksteeg
Phone: +49 2331 987-4818
E/E/S Research Center
| 27.07.2026
