Franziska Mey

Dr. Franziska Mey is a research associate in the Energy Transition and Public Policy Group at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam. Her research focuses on socio-political issues in the context of the energy transition. She investigates the dynamics of a socially just coal phase-out and the participation and acceptance of citizens in the energy transition. Her work concentrates on two EU projects: In the project Tipping+, where she investigates tipping point dynamics at the regional and local level based on case study research in coal regions. For the Tripod project, she conducts an international survey to identify individual preferences about the future design of our electricity system. Furthermore, she analyzes the development of political and policy narratives of a centralized and (versus) decentralized energy transition. In addition to her work at the IASS, Franziska Mey is an honorary board member of the non-governmental organization Community Power Agency.