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    • An Agent-Based Model to Simulate the Spread of a Virus Based on Social Behavior and Containment Measures 

      Seijas Carpente, Manuel; Guijarro-Berdiñas, Bertha; Alonso-Betanzos, Amparo; Rodríguez-Arias, Alejandro; Dumitru, Adina (MDPI AG, 2020-08-20)
      [Abstract] COVID-19 has brought a new normality in society. However, to avoid the situation, the virus must be stopped. There are several ways in which the governments of the world have taken action, from small measures ...

    • Carbon mitigation in domains of high consumer lock-in 

      Ivanova, Diana; Vita, Gibran; Wood, Richard; Lausselet, Carine; Dumitru, Adina; Krause, Karen; Macsinga, Irina; Hertwich, Edgar (Elsevier, 2018-07-14)
      [Abstract] As climate policy needs to address all feasible ways to reduce carbon emissions, there is an increasing focus on demand-side solutions. Studies of household carbon footprints have allocated emissions during ...

    • Elucidating the changing roles of civil society in urban sustainability transitions 

      Frantzeskaki, Niki; Dumitru, Adina; Anguelovski, Isabelle; Avelino, Flor; Bach, Matthew; Best, Benjamin; Binder, Constanze; Barnes, Jake; Carrus, Giuseppe; Egermann, Markus; Axeltine, Alex; Moore, Michele-Lee; García-Mira, Ricardo; Loorbach, Derk; Uzzell, David; Omann, Ines; Olsson, Per; Silvestri, Giorgia; Stedman, Richard; Wittmayer, Julia; Rauschmayer, Felix (Elsevier, 2017-05-18)
      [Abstract] Understanding the diversifying role of civil society in Europe’s sustainability pathway is a valid proposition both scientifically and socially. Civil society organisations already play a significant role in the ...

    • Environmental considerations in the organizational context : a pathway to pro-environmental behaviour at work 

      Ruepert, Angela; Keizer, Kees; Steg, Linda; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Carrus, Giuseppe; Dumitru, Adina; García-Mira, Ricardo; Stancu, Alexandra; Moza Daniela (Elsevier, 2016-04-26)
      [Abstract] Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour at work can result in a significant reduction in environmental problems. Research revealed that general environmental considerations such as biospheric values and environmental ...

    • Experimenting with alternative economies : four emergent counter-narratives of urban economic development 

      Longhurst, Noel; Avelino, Flor; Wittmayer, Julia; Weaver, Paul; Dumitru, Adina; Hielscher, Sabine; Cipolla, Carla; Afonso, Rita; Kunze, Iris; Elle, Morten (Elsevier, 2017-05-24)
      [Abstract] Neoliberalism is a powerful narrative that has shaped processes of urban economic development across the globe. This paper reports on four nascent ‘new economic’ narratives which represent fundamentally different ...

    • Global Challenges for Environmental Psychology : The Place of Labor and Production 

      Uzzell, David; Räthzel, Nora; García-Mira, Ricardo; Dumitru, Adina (Springer, 2016-08-13)
      [Abstract] While we can find much evidence to suggest that environmental psychology has strengthened itself as a social institution, as Proshansky advocated some 30 years ago, this concluding chapter critically reviews ...

    • How Agent-based modeling can help to foster sustainability projects 

      Sánchez-Maroño, Noelia; Rodríguez Arias, Alejandro; Dumitru, Adina; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Guijarro-Berdiñas, Bertha; Alonso-Betanzos, Amparo (Elsevier, 2022)
      [Abstract] The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations require relevant social changes that sometimes involve the development of innovative projects that cause rejection and confrontation. ...

    • Low carbon energy behaviors in the workplace : a qualitative study in Italy and Spain 

      Dumitru, Adina; De Gregorio, Eugenio; Bonnes, Mirilia; Bonaiuto, Marino; Carrus, Guiseppe; García-Mira, Ricardo; Maricchiolo, Fridanna (Elsevier, 2016-01-04)
      [Abstract] Large organizations are responsible for a significant amount of GHG emissions. This trend will even increase over the next 100 years. An issue for environmental research is the investigation of the factors ...

    • On the Agency and Dynamics of Transformative Social Innovation: TRANSIT Working Paper # 7 

      Haxeltine, Alex; Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard; Pel, Bonno; Dumitru, Adina; Avelino, Flor; Bauler, Tom; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Chilvers, Jason; Cipolla, Carla; Dorland, Jens; Elle, Morten; Garrido, S.; Kemp, René; Kunze, Iris; Longhurst, Noel; Pataki, György; Rach, Sarah; Renema, Jesse; Ruijsink, Saskia; Strasser, Tim; Tawakol, Donia; Weaver, Paul; Wittmayer, Julia (2016-11-01)
      [Abstract] This working paper presents a set of propositions about the agency and dynamics of transformative social innovation (TSI) that have been developed as part of an EU-funded research project entitled “TRANsformative ...

    • Report on Future Lifestyle Scenarios and Backcasting Vision Workshops 

      Blöbaum, Anke; Brizi, Ambra; Carrus, Giuseppe; Díaz-Ayude, Alberto; Dumitru, Adina; García-Mira, Ricardo; Krause, Karen; Lauer, Paul; Leising, Eline; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Macsinga, Irina; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Martínez-Cabrera, Helena; Omann, Ines; Pandur, Vlad; Panno, Angelo; Pesch, Udo; Petri, Moritz; Quist, Jaco; Schulte, Maxie; Spekkink, Wouter; Thronicker, Ines (GLAMURS: EU SSH.2013.2.1-1, 2016-06)
      [Abstract] A participatory backcasting methodology has been developed for the GLAMURS project, entitled participatory backcasting for sustainable lifestyles and a green economy. It consists of two stakeholder workshops; a ...

    • Social Learning for Transformative Social Innovation 

      Dumitru, Adina; Kunze, Iris; Strasser, Tim; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; García-Mira, Ricardo; Kemp, René (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2016-09-30)
      [Abstract] The object of the present deliverable is the integration of the main outcomes of empirical research and integration activities developed within the TRANSIT project on the cross-cutting theme of “social learning” ...

    • Social Learning in Social Innovation Initiatives : Learning about Systemic Relations and Strategies for Transformative Change 

      Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Dumitru, Adina; Kunze, Iris; Wittmayer, Julia; Haxeltine, Alex; García-Mira, Ricardo; Zuijderwijk, Linda; Cozan, Stefana (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2017)
      [Abstract] This TRANSIT brief offers insights into the following questions: what is social learning, what does it consist of in the case of SI initiatives, and why is social learning important – even foundational – for SI ...

    • Survey on public perceptions of environmental risks 

      García-Mira, Ricardo; Martínez-Cabrera, Helena; Dumitru, Adina; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Orr, Paula (European Commission's Environment Directorate-General (DG Environment), 2015)
      [Abstract] The aim of this project was to understand the differences between public perception and scientific assessment of environmental risks and the main factors influencing the evolution of public perspectives in Europe. ...

    • Sustainable behaviour in the workplace: the role of universities in promoting pro-environmental behaviour 

      Dumitru, Adina (2015)
      [Resumen] Las organizaciones y sus empleados son algunos de los mayores consumidores de los recursos energéticos a nivel mundial (Kempton, Darley, & Stern, 1992; Oskamp, 2000; Stern, 2000). En los últimos años, hay cada ...

    • Testing Scenarios to Achieve Workplace Sustainability Goals : Using Backcasting and Agent-Based Modeling 

      García-Mira, Ricardo; Dumitru, Adina; Alonso-Betanzos, Amparo; Sánchez-Maroño, Noelia; Fontenla-Romero, Óscar; Craig, Tony; Polhill, J. Gary (The Environmental Design Research Association, 2016-10-26)
      [Abstract] Pro-environmental behaviors have been analyzed in the home, with little attention to other important contexts of everyday life, such as the workplace. The research reported here explored three categories of ...

    • The Critical Turning Points Database; Concept, Methodology and Dataset of an International Transformative Social Innovation Comparison 

      Bonno, Pel; Bauler, Tom; Avelino, Flor; Backhaus, Julia; Ruijsink, Saskia; Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard; Kunze, Iris; Voss, G.; Dumitru, Adina; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Afonso, Rita; Cipolla, Carla; Longhurst, Noel; Dorland, Jens; Elle, Morten; Balázs, Bálint; Horváth, J.; Matolay, Reka; Wittmayer, Julia; Valderrama Pineda, A.; Serpa, Bibiana; Rösing Agostini, M.; Lajarthe, F.; Garrido, S.; Picabea, Facundo; Moreira, J.; Trentini, Florencia; Bidinost, Augistín; Weaver, Paul; Heimann, R.; Skropke, C.; Hoffmeister, K. L.; Tawakol, Donia; Olivotto, Veronica; Tsatsou, A.; Zahed, Y.; Moet, R.; Zuijderwijk, Linda; Renema, Jesse; Kemp, René (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2017-07-12)
      [Abstract] This working paper presents the TRANSIT open-access online database on Critical Turning Points (CTP) in Transformative Social Innovation. It specifies the contents of the database, comprising qualitative accounts ...

    • Theoretical Framework for the Definition of Locally-Embedded Future Policy Scenarios 

      Dumitru, Adina; Lema-Blanco, Isabel (SMARTEES project, 2019-10)
      [Abstract] This document presents the common conceptual framework for the development of locally embedded policy scenarios in the SMARTEES case studies. The conceptual framework will inform the methodology for the co-creation ...

    • To Transform Cities, Support Civil Society 

      Frantzeskaki, Niki; Dumitru, Adina; Wittmayer, Julia; Avelino, Flor; Moore, Michele-Lee (Cambridge University Press, 2018-04)

    • TRANSIT WP3 Deliverable D3.2. A First Prototype of TSI Theory 

      Dumitru, Adina; Haxeltine, Alex; Avelino, Flor; Wittmayer, Julia; Lema-Blanco, Isabel; Kemp, René; Pel, Bonno; Chilvers, Jason; Dorland, Jens; Hargreaves, Tom; Longhurst, Noel; Seyfang, Gill; Smith, Adrian; Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard; Weaver, Paul (TRANSIT: EU SSH.2013.3.2-1, 2015-04-30)
      [Abstract] The purpose of this deliverable (D3.2) of the TRANSIT research project is to report on the development of a ‘first prototype’ of a middle-range theory of transformative social innovation. The ‘prototype’ is ...

    • Translocal empowerment in transformative social innovation networks 

      Avellino, Flor; Dumitru, Adina; Cipolla, Carla; Kunze, Iris; Wittmayer, Julia (2020)
      [Abstract] This paper contributes to public and academic discussions on empowerment and social innovation by conceptualizing the mechanisms of empowerment from a social psychology perspective, and empirically exploring how ...