Tidian Baerens
Researcher
M. Sc. Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability
Tidian Baerens researches topics relating to the energy and heating transition. He uses a variety of social science methods to gain a better understanding of the wider context of social change – whether technical, social, ecological or economic: he conducts interviews and surveys and designs and moderates stakeholder workshops and focus groups.
The sustainability scientist puts himself in the role of municipalities, companies or citizens in order to identify possible obstacles and success factors of a socio-ecological transformation and to develop solutions together.
Main focus
- Municipal heating transition
- Social aspects of the energy transition
- Participation and acceptance aspects
Experience
- Since 11/2022: Researcher at the IÖW
- 02/2022 – 11/2022: Parliamentary Advisor for Bündnis90/Die Grünen in the Berlin-Neukölln district assembly
- 2021 – 2022: Project Manager and Research Associate at Hudara gGmbH, Berlin
Education
- 2018 – 2019: Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- 2014 – 2018: Bachelor of Science in Economics at the Alfred Weber Institute of Economics at Heidelberg University and Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada
Current projects of Tidian Baerens
Reduction of energy consumption of prosumers (ProSuffizienz) Data collection, analysis and visualisation to support sufficiency in prosumer households taking into account sector coupling
Geothermal energy for the heating transition: Supervision of the rollout of medium-depth geothermal energy in Germany (Warm-Up)
Suburban Heat Shift 2 Innovation district heating in agglomeration belts using the example of of the existing quarter “Leeste”: Project phase 2 Implementation
Handbook Heat Transition in Communities Municipalities set the pace for the heating transition