CenSES Annual Report 2015

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Main Research Objective
CenSES’main research objective is to conduct research that supports public and private decision makers in
strategic decisions and policies that will promote environment-friendly energy technologies and lead to a
sustainable energy system.
The research will result in new policy recommendations, tools and models, strategies and scenarios supporting the transi-
tion to a sustainable energy system.
Key objectives
Objectives for education and recruitment
• Develop master courses and a PhD school in social scientific energy studies
• Educate 40 PhD candidates and post docs under the FME budget
• Supervise at least 20-30 master students every year
Relevance objectives
• CenSES will perform a number of scenario studies and
user cases in cooperation with the user partners
Dissemination objectives
• Disseminate results to the public through:
- Yearly conferences
- Workshops and seminars
- Quarterly newsletter
- High visibility in the news media
• Establish Innovation Forum in cooperation
with the technology-oriented FMEs
• Establish an Energy Strategy Board together
with Technoport
• Establish a public website
• Establish a blog “Dei bærekraftige” at
Publication objectives
• Present 150 papers on international conferences
• Publish 120 articles in academic journals with peer review
• Write 3 scientific books and 40 book chapters in edited books
In addition to strictly academic dissemination through journals and
scientific conferences, CenSES have high goals concerning publishing
results that will be useful tools for energy policy making and can
contribute to creating a better and broader energy discussion in society.