• Webinar & E-Learning 28 July 2025 International ESCO Symposium 2025 - Celebrating Success Stories: Showcase of ESCO Projects Moderated by Yasemin Somuncu  (Secretary General, EYODER), this final session of the symposium celebrated successful ESCO projects from around the world. The panel featured representatives from Lumenstream (UK/Ireland), Energisa (Türkiye), Clean Energy Business Council (UAE), and the ESCO Association of Thailand, each sharing real-world experiences, lessons learned, and innovative models that are driving energy efficiency and sustainability. Key Insights by Speaker…
• Publication 15 December 2022 Collective Action and Social Innovation in the Energy Sector: A Mobilization Model Perspective This conceptual paper applies a mobilization model to Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs) in the energy sector. The goal is to synthesize aspects of sustainable transition theories with social movement theory to gain insights into how CAIs mobilize to bring about niche-regime change in the context of the sustainable energy transition. First, we demonstrate how energy communities, as a representation of CAIs, relate to social innovation. We then discuss how CAIs in the energy sector are…
• Publication 14 December 2022 How regional factors influence the performance of science and technology parks: a comparative analysis of regional science parks in Thailand Recent research on science and technology parks (STPs) has called for including regional contextual factors in studies of STP performance. However, no study has yet systematically assessed how regional contextual factors support or hinder STP performance. We apply a systematic framework to a comparative case study of three regional STPs in Thailand and analyse the effects of varying conditions along five dimensions: urbanisation, industrial structure, regional institutions and culture,…
• Publication 7 December 2022 The role of regional contextual factors for science and technology parks: a conceptual framework Literature on science and technology parks (STPs) lacks a systematic understanding of how regional contextual factors affect the performance of STPs. Most studies focus on park-internal factors and neglect the regional context and connections when evaluating STPs’ performance. This paper provides new insight on the role of regional factors for STPs by combining and discussing existing studies on STP performance with literature on regional innovation systems. We conduct an exploratory,…
• Publication 7 December 2022 Analyzing effects of transport policies on travelers’ rational behaviour for modal shift in Denmark In this paper, an innovative agent-based model is developed to simulate emergent patterns arising from individual actions to analyze opportunities for modal shift in Denmark (ABMoS-DK). The modeling process simulates the interaction between travelers (agents) and the network, and applies a heuristic algorithm to model travelers’ rational decision making process based on tangible costs (ticket price, fixed and variable operation and maintenance costs) and Value of Travel Time (VOTT) explained by…
• Webinar & E-Learning 25 November 2022 District Energy - A Case study of Floating Office in Rotterdam (Webinar) - 06.10.2022 Floating Office Rotterdam is the largest floating office in the world. Off-grid and carbon-neutral, it floats if water levels rise due to climate change. The heat pump with surface water heat exchange is one of the innovations that showcases the building’s mission for climate change. The heat/cold generation is supplied by 2 heat pumps which are placed in the floating building’s pontoon. The pontoon consists of 15 similar prefab concrete floating boxes, with a heat-generating network of tubes…
• Publication 11 October 2022 Foresight for science and technology parks in a smart specialisation context The purpose of this paper is to propose and discuss an alternative approach to the identification and selection of ‘transformative activities’ of smart specializing strategy by integrating the use of foresight, the concept of regional innovation system and science and technology parks. We used desk study, interview and Delphi method to collect data, develop in-depth anal yses and set policy priorities from experts in Songkhla province, Thailand. The practical outcomes imply the direction of…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Science and Technology Parks and Regional Contextual Factors: A Systematic Literature Review preliminary study Literature on science and technology parks (STPs) lack a systematic understanding of how regional contextual factors affect the performance of STPs. The performance of STPs are continuously questioned and much empirical research fail to show consistent, positive impact of STPs on on-park firms or regional economy in general. Explanations are often sought internal to the STPs resulting in a gap in literature on the role of the regional context for STPs’ performance. This paper presents an…

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