Ph.D. Title: Compensation in Fossil Fuel Transition. Accelerator, Facilitator or Necessary Condition?
This doctoral research examines the factors behind the sudden shift from incremental change and resistance to rapid progress in the coal phase-out in Germany and Poland. Despite years of discussions and strong opposition from key actors, the phase-out gained momentum unexpectedly.
The study focuses on compensation mechanisms as a key driver of this transition, analyzing how they help reconcile conflicting interests and foster agreement among diverse stakeholders. Drawing on literature in bargaining and negotiation, the research explores the essential elements that enable actors with divergent interests to move toward cooperation, highlighting the processes that drive significant energy transitions and sustainable policy change.
Publications
Reitz, Sybille; Ohlhorst, Dörte; Shefer, Ira (2024): Ariadne-Analyse: Intermediäre Akteure und Organisationen als Brückenbauer der Energiewende
Gerhardt, Norman; Treichel-Gras, Katja; Pape, Carsten; Wolf, Ingo; Reitz, Sybille; Kahl, Hartmut; Harms, Yannic; Ebersbach, Benita; Geiger, David; Jentsch, Mareike (2023): Umsetzbarkeit der Stromwende – Regionale Potenziale Erneuerbarer Energien und gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz; https://ariadneprojekt.de/pressemitteilung/regionaler-ausbau-erneuerbarer-energien-und-gesellschaftliche-akzeptanz/
Reitz, Sybille (2022): Quality control of negotiated multi-source policy advice: the example of the German Coal Exit Commission; DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2022.2095748
Reitz, Sybille; Ohlhorst, Dörte; Knodt Michèle (2022): Die Bürger beteiligen“, Der Gemeinderat, issue #4/2022.
Reitz, Sybille; Goschen, Lauren; Ohlhorst, Dörte (2021): Trade-Offs in German Wind Energy Expansion: Building Bridges Between Different Interests, Values and Priorities; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1173628/v1
Reitz, Sybille (2018): Rezension: Klimakulturen und Raum. Umgangsweisen mit Klimawandel an europäischen Küsten (Book Review: Climate Cultures and Space. Handling Climate Change at European Coasts), pol-int.org.
Reitz, Sybille (2017): Die Energiesicherheit Deutschlands und Polens im Kontext der EU. Strategien, Gemeinsamkeiten, Unterschiede und Konfliktpotential (Energy Security in Germany and Poland in the context of the European Union. Strategies, Communalities, Differences and Conflict Potential), Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig.
Reitz, Sybille (2016): Rezension: Deutschlands Energiewende und Polens Einstieg in die Kernenergie? (Book Review: Germany’s energy transition and Poland’s Introduction of Nuclear Energy?), pol-int.org.
Reitz, Sybille (2016): Energiesicherheit in Deutschland und Polen (Energy Security in Germany and Poland), pol-int.org