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Critical issues for public engagement on emerging energy technologies: insights from an expert workshop
What would you expect of a guidebook on public engagement for emerging energy technologies? On 28 October 2026, the Public Engagement Task hosted an expert workshop to discuss this.
“Elevating Indigenous Voices for the Just Energy Transition” – A new publication by the HTR and EmPOWERing All Tasks
The HTR and EmPOWERing All Tasks have contributed to a paper published in a Special Issue of Politics & Governance. It highlights the plight of an Indigenous community whose reindeer-herding existence is under threat from huge mining and infrastructure developments that are seen as existential for the “green transition” by the Swedish State, and the EU.
Repoliticising users in energy transitions: A critique of dominant ideas and their effect in policy and practice
A new report from members of the EmPowering All Task, this review article argues that energy research and policy often rely on simplified, depoliticised pictures of users. These pictures hide the diversity, agency and unequal power relations that shape how people actually live with energy systems.
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Slide Pack: Engagement preferences for renewable hydrogen, CCUS, and advanced nuclear technologies: Insights from a cross-country online survey
The Public Engagement for Energy Infrastructure Task summarises the key findings of its new report into a slide pack.
Engagement preferences for renewable hydrogen, CCUS, and advanced nuclear technologies: Insights from a cross-country online survey
A new report finds that most of the citizens surveyed in Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom are willing to engage with local infrastructure projects for renewable hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and advanced nuclear, but that how they want to be engaged differs by country and by technology.
Hidden Hardship Hui Report
The Hidden Energy Hardship Hui [workshop] brought 87 participants from 52 organisations to Māngere East Hall in Tāmaki Makaurau [Auckland] over 1.5 days in April 2026. It was the third and final National Expert Workshop of Phase 2 of the Hard-to-Reach (HTR) Energy Users Task, hosted in Aotearoa [New Zealand].
The UsersTCP Academy builds on the success of a half century of webinars delivered through the DSM University. The new series provides access to the knowledge developed through our research programme and the work of our partners.