Daniel Petrovics
Biographic Data
| ID | 6570190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Petrovics |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Petrovics |
| SIGNATURE | PETROVICS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9092-2540 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Post-growth meets polycentric governance
Half a century after The Limits to Growth warned that unchecked economic expansion would breach planetary boundaries, the question remains: how can societies adjust their scale to ecological boundaries without sacrificing democracy? Scholars in the post-growth tradition have emphasized the potential of polycentric governance systems—composed of nested, partly self-governed decision-making units—to provide the necessary coordination for addressing…
Energy communities for degrowth
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for degrowth research on energy communities, organizations which rely on the principles of voluntary membership, democratic control of renewable energy sources and relative autonomy from market forces. Prevailing sentiments suggest that energy communities' cooperative and democratic structure may offer a path towards goals set out by degrowth scholars, such as a reduction in energy throughput. However, n…
Polycentric Climate Governance
In recent years, climate governance has shifted from the global, multilateral regime to voluntary initiatives from multiple directions. Scholars frequently use a polycentric governance lens to study the complex and multijurisdictional reality. The polycentric perspective helps to grasp the new reality at a general level, but it is lacking in specificity. To fill this research gap, this article attempts to enhance the analytical power of the polyc…
Diverse scaling strategies of energy communities
Energy communities equip citizens with democratic control over their energy assets, help them capture value locally and create a green, just and decentralized energy system. Such energy communities have grown, replicated their experiences and have been institutionalized in diverse settings. In short, there are plenty of empirical examples of energy communities that have scaled. In this article we explore how varied governance contexts contribute …
Creating valuable outcomes
Energy communities (ECs) have emerged as new, collective market actors within European energy systems. Their innovative business models are thought to result in a multiple types of value creation that transcend mere economic considerations. We engage with this challenge by (1) situating ECs within the longer history and body of knowledge on community participation in energy systems before (2) mobilising insights on value creation from the literat…
Scaling mechanisms of energy communities
Energy communities have mushroomed over the past decades. These initiatives have scaled, that is replicated their experiences, expanded membership, and diversified involved actors and technologies. The picture existing literature paints is hopeful that the scaling of local-scale action may translate into global-scale impact and thus effectively contribute to combating climate change. However, important gaps remain in understanding the (combinatio…
Planning for sustainable urban food systems
Food production and consumption related environmental challenges have come to the forefront of policy discourse in the past decade. This links primarily to concerns in terms of agriculture fueling climate change, but also in terms of long-term food security and availability for growing populations. A proposed solution to these pressures at the urban scale is Vertical Farming (VF), in the understanding of this article, a high-yield form of control…
Towards a deeper understanding of up-scaling in socio-technical transitions
The pressing nature of the climate crisis is placing sub-national action at the forefront of climate mitigation. Energy communities have been an example of such niche action, as, over the past decades, they have blossomed in number and have challenged dominant narratives of the energy transition. The aggregate impact such action promises may be necessary to mitigate the global-scale problem of the climate crisis. This opens up the vexing question…
New clean energy communities in polycentric settings
Given the gaps between EU ambitions regarding energy community development and the current reality of clean energy communities in Europe, we explore a research framework enabling viable multi- and interdisciplinary research into new clean energy communities. We offer a definition of new clean energy communities, discuss their potential for wider dissemination and identify four factors that contribute to the current mismatch between ambitions and …
Scaling mechanisms of energy communities
Energy communities have mushroomed over the past decades. These initiatives have scaled, that is replicated their experiences, expanded membership, and diversified involved actors and technologies. The picture existing literature paints is hopeful that the scaling of local-scale action may translate into global-scale impact and thus effectively contribute to combating climate change. However, important gaps remain in understanding the (combinatio…
Creating valuable outcomes
Energy communities (ECs) have emerged as new, collective market actors within European energy systems. Their innovative business models are thought to result in a multiple types of value creation that transcend mere economic considerations. We engage with this challenge by (1) situating ECs within the longer history and body of knowledge on community participation in energy systems before (2) mobilising insights on value creation from the literat…
Towards a deeper understanding of up-scaling in socio-technical transitions
The pressing nature of the climate crisis is placing sub-national action at the forefront of climate mitigation. Energy communities have been an example of such niche action, as, over the past decades, they have blossomed in number and have challenged dominant narratives of the energy transition. The aggregate impact such action promises may be necessary to mitigate the global-scale problem of the climate crisis. This opens up the vexing question…
Energy communities for degrowth
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for degrowth research on energy communities, organizations which rely on the principles of voluntary membership, democratic control of renewable energy sources and relative autonomy from market forces. Prevailing sentiments suggest that energy communities' cooperative and democratic structure may offer a path towards goals set out by degrowth scholars, such as a reduction in energy throughput. However, n…
New clean energy communities in polycentric settings
Given the gaps between EU ambitions regarding energy community development and the current reality of clean energy communities in Europe, we explore a research framework enabling viable multi- and interdisciplinary research into new clean energy communities. We offer a definition of new clean energy communities, discuss their potential for wider dissemination and identify four factors that contribute to the current mismatch between ambitions and …
Planning for sustainable urban food systems
Food production and consumption related environmental challenges have come to the forefront of policy discourse in the past decade. This links primarily to concerns in terms of agriculture fueling climate change, but also in terms of long-term food security and availability for growing populations. A proposed solution to these pressures at the urban scale is Vertical Farming (VF), in the understanding of this article, a high-yield form of control…
Towards a deeper understanding of up-scaling in socio-technical transitions
The pressing nature of the climate crisis is placing sub-national action at the forefront of climate mitigation. Energy communities have been an example of such niche action, as, over the past decades, they have blossomed in number and have challenged dominant narratives of the energy transition. The aggregate impact such action promises may be necessary to mitigate the global-scale problem of the climate crisis. This opens up the vexing question…
Scaling mechanisms of energy communities
Energy communities have mushroomed over the past decades. These initiatives have scaled, that is replicated their experiences, expanded membership, and diversified involved actors and technologies. The picture existing literature paints is hopeful that the scaling of local-scale action may translate into global-scale impact and thus effectively contribute to combating climate change. However, important gaps remain in understanding the (combinatio…
Polycentric Climate Governance
In recent years, climate governance has shifted from the global, multilateral regime to voluntary initiatives from multiple directions. Scholars frequently use a polycentric governance lens to study the complex and multijurisdictional reality. The polycentric perspective helps to grasp the new reality at a general level, but it is lacking in specificity. To fill this research gap, this article attempts to enhance the analytical power of the polyc…
Diverse scaling strategies of energy communities
Energy communities equip citizens with democratic control over their energy assets, help them capture value locally and create a green, just and decentralized energy system. Such energy communities have grown, replicated their experiences and have been institutionalized in diverse settings. In short, there are plenty of empirical examples of energy communities that have scaled. In this article we explore how varied governance contexts contribute …
Creating valuable outcomes
Energy communities (ECs) have emerged as new, collective market actors within European energy systems. Their innovative business models are thought to result in a multiple types of value creation that transcend mere economic considerations. We engage with this challenge by (1) situating ECs within the longer history and body of knowledge on community participation in energy systems before (2) mobilising insights on value creation from the literat…
Energy communities for degrowth
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for degrowth research on energy communities, organizations which rely on the principles of voluntary membership, democratic control of renewable energy sources and relative autonomy from market forces. Prevailing sentiments suggest that energy communities' cooperative and democratic structure may offer a path towards goals set out by degrowth scholars, such as a reduction in energy throughput. However, n…
Post-growth meets polycentric governance
Half a century after The Limits to Growth warned that unchecked economic expansion would breach planetary boundaries, the question remains: how can societies adjust their scale to ecological boundaries without sacrificing democracy? Scholars in the post-growth tradition have emphasized the potential of polycentric governance systems—composed of nested, partly self-governed decision-making units—to provide the necessary coordination for addressing…
Political science (8 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Corporate governance (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Democracy (3 works)