Sophie-Marie Ertelt
@s-mertelt.bsky.social
Senior researcher at the University of Tartu and Örebro University I Low-carbon mobility transitions I Energy justice I Heavy vehicle electrification
Some impressions from the Accelerating net-zero transitions paper development workshop in Brighton last week!
Hiking in the Sussex countryside with the whole group was a highlight of the workshop.
Thank you to for the fantastic organisation @karogge.bsky.social, Qi Song and Daniel Rosenbloom.
Hiking in the Sussex countryside with the whole group was a highlight of the workshop.
Thank you to for the fantastic organisation @karogge.bsky.social, Qi Song and Daniel Rosenbloom.
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some impressions from the Accelerating net-zero transitions paper development workshop in Brighton last week!
Hiking in the Sussex countryside with the whole group was a highlight of the workshop.
Thank you to for the fantastic organisation @karogge.bsky.social, Qi Song and Daniel Rosenbloom.
Hiking in the Sussex countryside with the whole group was a highlight of the workshop.
Thank you to for the fantastic organisation @karogge.bsky.social, Qi Song and Daniel Rosenbloom.
Very happy to be part of this project for the next five years!
Happy Independence Day, 🇪🇪 Estonia! Head vabariigi aastapäeva!
Today we look at the research of Laur Kanger at the University of Tartu. His team investigate why some future technologies can aggravate rather than solve environmental issues.
#FrontierResearch @eeineu.bsky.social
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Today we look at the research of Laur Kanger at the University of Tartu. His team investigate why some future technologies can aggravate rather than solve environmental issues.
#FrontierResearch @eeineu.bsky.social
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ERC grant to explore how excessive confidence in science and technology is blocking the deep sustainability turn
Laur Kanger investigates why future technologies can aggravate environmental problems rather than solve them.
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March 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Very happy to be part of this project for the next five years!
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Warum ist es wichtig, differenziert FÜR politische Lösungen zu werben, anstatt jetzt ständig die #Vermeidungsfloskel in Stellung zu bringen, „sonst liegt die AfD bald bei 30%“?
Ein Beitrag zu selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiungen - mit so einigen Quellen.
www.linkedin.com/posts/maja-g...
Ein Beitrag zu selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiungen - mit so einigen Quellen.
www.linkedin.com/posts/maja-g...
#vermeidungsgefloskel | Maja Göpel | 96 comments
✨Quizfrage zu klugem Agieren in Zeiten des Populismus✨Welche Mode-Floskel sollten wir sofort ad acta legen❓ Richtig: „wenn xyz das (nicht) macht, stärkt es… | 96 comments on LinkedIn
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March 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Warum ist es wichtig, differenziert FÜR politische Lösungen zu werben, anstatt jetzt ständig die #Vermeidungsfloskel in Stellung zu bringen, „sonst liegt die AfD bald bei 30%“?
Ein Beitrag zu selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiungen - mit so einigen Quellen.
www.linkedin.com/posts/maja-g...
Ein Beitrag zu selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiungen - mit so einigen Quellen.
www.linkedin.com/posts/maja-g...
Thank you for an engaging two days of days of discussion!
Thanks again to our presenters, discussants and online participants in last week's workshop on #sector-coupling and #multi-system dynamics in sustainability #transitions. Also, many thanks to SNSF, STRN and ZHAW-INE for their financial support.
More info: tinyurl.com/5t3a9hvz
More info: tinyurl.com/5t3a9hvz
March 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thank you for an engaging two days of days of discussion!
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Modernizing grids powers industries, electrifies transport and strengthens economic resilience. Immediate & strategic investment in grids and storage solutions is necessary to ensure a sustainable power system for all. Read the article:
www.irena.org/News/experti...
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February 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Modernizing grids powers industries, electrifies transport and strengthens economic resilience. Immediate & strategic investment in grids and storage solutions is necessary to ensure a sustainable power system for all. Read the article:
www.irena.org/News/experti...
www.irena.org/News/experti...
“Science is a trade marked by novelty. Academics can both advance knowledge on diverse topics and engage in creative forms of action to address them.”
Beautiful Sunday reading on the role of academic knowledge and creativity in supporting activism.
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Beautiful Sunday reading on the role of academic knowledge and creativity in supporting activism.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An active academia for peace and sustainability
With discontent rising in response to insufficient action to address climate, biodiversity, equity, democracy, and peace challenges, activism is preva…
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February 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“Science is a trade marked by novelty. Academics can both advance knowledge on diverse topics and engage in creative forms of action to address them.”
Beautiful Sunday reading on the role of academic knowledge and creativity in supporting activism.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Beautiful Sunday reading on the role of academic knowledge and creativity in supporting activism.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
When different actors talk about "mobility transition," do they mean the same thing?
Not necessarily.
My latest paper with @taitch.bsky.social explores how Germany’s terms for mobility transition act as floating signifiers—words with multiple meanings that shape different visions of the future.
Not necessarily.
My latest paper with @taitch.bsky.social explores how Germany’s terms for mobility transition act as floating signifiers—words with multiple meanings that shape different visions of the future.
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
When different actors talk about "mobility transition," do they mean the same thing?
Not necessarily.
My latest paper with @taitch.bsky.social explores how Germany’s terms for mobility transition act as floating signifiers—words with multiple meanings that shape different visions of the future.
Not necessarily.
My latest paper with @taitch.bsky.social explores how Germany’s terms for mobility transition act as floating signifiers—words with multiple meanings that shape different visions of the future.
Too often efficiency gains are nullified by increasing demand.
Will we see the same for AI? Most likely.
My colleague and I discuss the Jevons Paradox in more depth in this recent publications www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Will we see the same for AI? Most likely.
My colleague and I discuss the Jevons Paradox in more depth in this recent publications www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡
January 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Too often efficiency gains are nullified by increasing demand.
Will we see the same for AI? Most likely.
My colleague and I discuss the Jevons Paradox in more depth in this recent publications www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡
Will we see the same for AI? Most likely.
My colleague and I discuss the Jevons Paradox in more depth in this recent publications www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡
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Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
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Transport accounted for 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, more than any other sector other than power.
Even road transport alone (11%) would be in second place
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Even road transport alone (11%) would be in second place
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January 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Transport accounted for 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, more than any other sector other than power.
Even road transport alone (11%) would be in second place
unep.org/resources/em...
Even road transport alone (11%) would be in second place
unep.org/resources/em...
POV: You’re an energy transition researcher headed home for Christmas to a very conservative part of Germany, and your vacation now involves debunking myths like “EVs pollute more,” “fusion will save us soon,” and “renewables cause blackouts”—all while passing the potatoes. #energysky
#greensky 🔌💡
#greensky 🔌💡
December 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM
POV: You’re an energy transition researcher headed home for Christmas to a very conservative part of Germany, and your vacation now involves debunking myths like “EVs pollute more,” “fusion will save us soon,” and “renewables cause blackouts”—all while passing the potatoes. #energysky
#greensky 🔌💡
#greensky 🔌💡
Excited to share our latest book chapter: "Inclusive Urban Energy Futures? Unveiling Justice Conflicts in the European Vision for Positive Energy Districts (PEDs)"!
📖 Read the full chapter (open access!) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🔌💡 #energysky
📖 Read the full chapter (open access!) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🔌💡 #energysky
(PDF) Inclusive urban energy futures? Unveiling justice conflicts in the European vision for Positive Energy Districts
PDF | This chapter examines the vision of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) in Europe through a critical thematic analysis. It highlights justice... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
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December 9, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Excited to share our latest book chapter: "Inclusive Urban Energy Futures? Unveiling Justice Conflicts in the European Vision for Positive Energy Districts (PEDs)"!
📖 Read the full chapter (open access!) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🔌💡 #energysky
📖 Read the full chapter (open access!) here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🔌💡 #energysky
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We want European carmakers to succeed, but delaying climate rules won’t cut it.
Representatives from the EV industry and the environmental movement are united on what the EU must do to compete globally 👇
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
Representatives from the EV industry and the environmental movement are united on what the EU must do to compete globally 👇
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
We want European carmakers to succeed, but delaying the rules won’t cut it
Only one of the two roads forward will unlock the decarbonisation and growth that we all want. This road requires the European Commission and Member States to hold strong on the 2025 and 2035 car CO2 ...
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December 9, 2024 at 11:45 AM
We want European carmakers to succeed, but delaying climate rules won’t cut it.
Representatives from the EV industry and the environmental movement are united on what the EU must do to compete globally 👇
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
Representatives from the EV industry and the environmental movement are united on what the EU must do to compete globally 👇
www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
Want to learn more about why and how climate policies should take psychological dimensions of decision-makers into account to accelerate the transition to low-carbon freight transport? 🚛🔋
Sign-up for my online breakfast seminar at the ITRL tomorrow via this link:
www.kth.se/form/66dec6b...
Sign-up for my online breakfast seminar at the ITRL tomorrow via this link:
www.kth.se/form/66dec6b...
KTH | ITRL Breakfast Seminars: Understanding the Impact of policy perceptions on Zero-emission Truck adoption in Sweden by Sophie-Marie Ertelt
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November 11, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Want to learn more about why and how climate policies should take psychological dimensions of decision-makers into account to accelerate the transition to low-carbon freight transport? 🚛🔋
Sign-up for my online breakfast seminar at the ITRL tomorrow via this link:
www.kth.se/form/66dec6b...
Sign-up for my online breakfast seminar at the ITRL tomorrow via this link:
www.kth.se/form/66dec6b...
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They say climate *protesters* are disruptive.
Valencia today.
Valencia today.
October 30, 2024 at 10:07 PM
They say climate *protesters* are disruptive.
Valencia today.
Valencia today.
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Scientists have emotional responses to climate change too,
Shobha Maharaj, Gretta Pecl and I say today in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Climate Change.
DM for a copy if you cannot access it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Shobha Maharaj, Gretta Pecl and I say today in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Climate Change.
DM for a copy if you cannot access it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scientists have emotional responses to climate change too - Nature Climate Change
The dominant paradigm holding that science is always objective needs to be challenged. When scientists’ opinions about climate change and their own fears are seen as irrelevant, it suggests that scien...
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October 3, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Scientists have emotional responses to climate change too,
Shobha Maharaj, Gretta Pecl and I say today in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Climate Change.
DM for a copy if you cannot access it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Shobha Maharaj, Gretta Pecl and I say today in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Climate Change.
DM for a copy if you cannot access it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Governments shouldn’t choose decarbonisation technologies but leave it up to “the market”, right?
However in this new paper my colleagues and I show that designing policy mixes in a technology neutral way might have surprising effects on innovation adoption decisions: 🧵1/6
However in this new paper my colleagues and I show that designing policy mixes in a technology neutral way might have surprising effects on innovation adoption decisions: 🧵1/6
August 28, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Governments shouldn’t choose decarbonisation technologies but leave it up to “the market”, right?
However in this new paper my colleagues and I show that designing policy mixes in a technology neutral way might have surprising effects on innovation adoption decisions: 🧵1/6
However in this new paper my colleagues and I show that designing policy mixes in a technology neutral way might have surprising effects on innovation adoption decisions: 🧵1/6
Low-carbon innovations are crucial for net-zero, yet not without (unintended) negative consequences.
In my latest publication, I develop a typology of such negative consequences and put forward a research agenda!
Full open access article here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡 #GreenSky
In my latest publication, I develop a typology of such negative consequences and put forward a research agenda!
Full open access article here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡 #GreenSky
April 16, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Low-carbon innovations are crucial for net-zero, yet not without (unintended) negative consequences.
In my latest publication, I develop a typology of such negative consequences and put forward a research agenda!
Full open access article here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡 #GreenSky
In my latest publication, I develop a typology of such negative consequences and put forward a research agenda!
Full open access article here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔌💡 #GreenSky
Happy to see this article in press! 🚚⚡
In this paper, I argue that it is time for a paradigm change in road freight transport planning and propose a sufficiency-oriented planning approach for electrification that can account for the multi-system complexities of this transition. 🔌💡
In this paper, I argue that it is time for a paradigm change in road freight transport planning and propose a sufficiency-oriented planning approach for electrification that can account for the multi-system complexities of this transition. 🔌💡
February 27, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Happy to see this article in press! 🚚⚡
In this paper, I argue that it is time for a paradigm change in road freight transport planning and propose a sufficiency-oriented planning approach for electrification that can account for the multi-system complexities of this transition. 🔌💡
In this paper, I argue that it is time for a paradigm change in road freight transport planning and propose a sufficiency-oriented planning approach for electrification that can account for the multi-system complexities of this transition. 🔌💡
New paper alert! 📢
"Home field advantage: examining incumbency reorientation dynamics in low-carbon transitions" co-authored with Johan Kask is now out in Environmental Innovation & Societal Transition!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Home field advantage: examining incumbency reorientation dynamics in low-carbon transitions" co-authored with Johan Kask is now out in Environmental Innovation & Societal Transition!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 10, 2024 at 10:57 AM
New paper alert! 📢
"Home field advantage: examining incumbency reorientation dynamics in low-carbon transitions" co-authored with Johan Kask is now out in Environmental Innovation & Societal Transition!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Home field advantage: examining incumbency reorientation dynamics in low-carbon transitions" co-authored with Johan Kask is now out in Environmental Innovation & Societal Transition!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy to see our opinion piece published in the news 📰
We argue that the County's subsidies for the local airport, despite its high CO2 footprint, clashes with cuts in public transport. We advocate for reallocating funds to create an equitable, sustainable transport system! #TransportSky #GreenSky
We argue that the County's subsidies for the local airport, despite its high CO2 footprint, clashes with cuts in public transport. We advocate for reallocating funds to create an equitable, sustainable transport system! #TransportSky #GreenSky
January 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Happy to see our opinion piece published in the news 📰
We argue that the County's subsidies for the local airport, despite its high CO2 footprint, clashes with cuts in public transport. We advocate for reallocating funds to create an equitable, sustainable transport system! #TransportSky #GreenSky
We argue that the County's subsidies for the local airport, despite its high CO2 footprint, clashes with cuts in public transport. We advocate for reallocating funds to create an equitable, sustainable transport system! #TransportSky #GreenSky
Atleast Lego duplo has a clear vision for the integration of electric vehicles and renewable energy systems 🔌💡
December 22, 2023 at 9:22 AM
Atleast Lego duplo has a clear vision for the integration of electric vehicles and renewable energy systems 🔌💡
Come work with me and colleagues from Sweden, Norway, Germany and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social on the JUST PEPP Project! ⚡️🌳🏙️
As a postdoc on the project, you will develop innovative energy models to tackle urban decarbonisation challenges in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
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www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
As a postdoc on the project, you will develop innovative energy models to tackle urban decarbonisation challenges in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
👇
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
November 24, 2023 at 1:41 PM
Come work with me and colleagues from Sweden, Norway, Germany and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social on the JUST PEPP Project! ⚡️🌳🏙️
As a postdoc on the project, you will develop innovative energy models to tackle urban decarbonisation challenges in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
👇
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
As a postdoc on the project, you will develop innovative energy models to tackle urban decarbonisation challenges in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
👇
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...