Clara Seinsche

Clara Seinsche

Clara Seinsche is an intern in the Climate & Innovation department. She is currently supporting the team there with research into social acceptance of new technologies. Clara Seinsche studied biology and neuroscience at a total of six universities in Germany, Sweden, the UK, Israel, the Netherlands and Australia.

Paula Scholz

Paula Scholz Photo

Paula Scholz completed her bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Philosophy at the University of Erfurt with a semester abroad at the University of Paris-Nanterre. She gained her first experience at IKEM as an intern and supported the organization of the IKEM Academy. Currently she is studying a Master’s Degree in Politics, Economics and Philosophy […]

Proposal for a nationwide regulation of citizen participation in wind and solar parks

Ground-mounted photovoltaic systems on a green field

Acceptance for the energy transition depends on involving residents affected by it – this is the premise of a recently published legal study by IKEM on behalf of the Bündnis Bürgerenergie (BBEn) and the Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband (DGRV). Only if wind and solar parks will only be recognized as a positive development in the […]

engage presents the Energiewende-O-Mat

Citizen Energy Convention 2023 on 23/24.06. in Frankfurt. Photo: Silke Reents

At a conference in Frankfurt am Main on Saturday, the engage research project presented the Energiewende-O-Mat. It is Germany’s first and currently only digital contact point for citizens who want to get actively involved in the energy transition. At energiewendeomat.de, users can find projects and initiatives in which they can get involved financially or personally. […]

Dr. Alexandra Appel

Dr. Alexandra Appel

Dr. Alexandra Appel is head of the mobility department at IKEM. She currently leads projects on electromobility and focuses on sustainable mobility concepts in urban and rural areas. Previously, she was an academic councillor, researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Economic Geography at the Institute of Geography and Geology at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg […]

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