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Energy systems are complex. Implications for science and for policy PhD Thesis

Felice, Louisa Jane Di

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Energy, EU Policy

Environmental pressure of the European agricultural system: Anticipating the biophysical consequences of internalization Journal Article

Renner, Ansel; Cadillo-Benalcazar, Juan José; Benini, Lorenzo; Giampietro, Mario

In: Ecosystem Services, 46 , pp. 101195, 2020, ISSN: 22120416.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agroecosystem, Anticipation, Complexity, Externalization, Nexus analysis, Teleconnections

Socio-technical discourses of European electricity decarbonization: Contesting narrative credibility and legitimacy with quantitative story-telling Journal Article

Renner, Ansel; Giampietro, Mario

In: Energy Research & Social Science, 59 , pp. 101279, 2020, ISSN: 22146296.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Electricity, Quantitative story-telling, Renewable energy, Storage

An alternative to market-oriented energy models: Nexus patterns across hierarchical levels Journal Article

Felice, Louisa Jane Di; Ripa, Maddalena; Giampietro, Mario

In: Energy Policy, 126 , pp. 431–443, 2019, ISSN: 03014215.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Hierarchy Theory, MuSIASEM, Science-policy interface, Societal metabolism, Water-energy-food nexus

Relational analysis of energy systems: Theory and applications PhD Thesis

López, Jaime Rafael González

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019, ISBN: 9788449088476.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Integrated assesment, MuSIASEM

Conceptualizing Numbers at the Science–Policy Interface Journal Article

Kovacic, Zora

In: Science, Technology, & Human Values, 43 (6), pp. 1039–1065, 2018, ISSN: 0162-2439.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, governance, heuristics, participation, science–policy, Uncertainty

Mapping degrees of complexity, complicatedness, and emergent complexity Journal Article

Allen, Timothy F. H.; Austin, Preston; Giampietro, Mario; Kovacic, Zora; Ramly, Edmond; Tainter, Joseph

In: Ecological Complexity, 35 , pp. 39–44, 2018, ISSN: 1476945X.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Complicatedness, Emergence, Level of analysis, Rosen

Investigating science for governance through the lenses of complexity Journal Article

Kovacic, Zora

In: Futures, 91 , pp. 80–83, 2017, ISSN: 00163287.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Pluralism, Post-normal science, Post-truth, Science for policy, Uncertainty

Between theory and quantification: An integrated analysis of metabolic patterns of informal urban settlements Journal Article

Kovacic, Zora; Giampietro, Mario

In: Energy Policy, 100 , pp. 377–386, 2017, ISSN: 03014215.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Brazil, Complexity, Energy poverty, Slums, Societal metabolism, South Africa

Probing uncertainty levels of electrification in informal urban settlements: A case from South Africa Journal Article

Kovacic, Zora; Smit, Suzanne; Musango, Josephine Kaviti; Brent, Alan Colin; Giampietro, Mario

In: Habitat International, 56 , pp. 212–221, 2016, ISSN: 01973975.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cities, Complexity, Energy, Slums, Upgrading, Urban metabolism

Empty promises or promising futures? The case of smart grids Journal Article

Kovacic, Zora; Giampietro, Mario

In: Energy, 93 , pp. 67–74, 2015, ISSN: 03605442.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Electricity, Energy, Multi-scale, Quality assessment, Uncertainty

Beyond “beyond GDP indicators:” The need for reflexivity in science for governance Journal Article

Kovacic, Zora; Giampietro, Mario

In: Ecological Complexity, 21 , pp. 53–61, 2015, ISSN: 1476945X.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Integrated assessment, Post-normal science, Quality assurance, sustainability, Uncertainty

Quality assurance of knowledge claims in governance for sustainability: transcending the duality of passion vs. reason Journal Article

Giampietro, Mario; Bukkens, Sandra G. F.

In: International Journal of Sustainable Development, 18 (4), pp. 282, 2015, ISSN: 0960-1406.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Integrated assessment, Knowledge claims, Multi-criteria analysis, Quality control, Science for governance, Sustainable Development

Holons, creaons, genons, environs, in hierarchy theory: Where we have gone Journal Article

Allen, Timothy; Giampietro, Mario

In: Ecological Modelling, 293 , pp. 31–41, 2014, ISSN: 03043800.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Complexity, Hierarchy Theory, Holon, Narrative, Network ecology, Systems analysis

Flows, funds and the complexity of deprivation: Using concepts from ecological economics for the study of poverty Journal Article

Scheidel, Arnim

In: Ecological Economics, 86 , pp. 28–36, 2013, ISSN: 09218009.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Capability approach, Complexity, Flow-fund framework, Incommensurability, Multidimensional poverty

Flows, funds and the complexity of deprivation: Using concepts from ecological economics for the study of poverty Journal Article

Scheidel, Arnim

In: Ecological Economics, 86 , pp. 28–36, 2013, ISSN: 09218009.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Capability approach, Complexity, Flow-fund framework, Incommensurability, Multidimensional poverty