relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2867/
title: SELF-ORGANIZATION IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION Barriers, opportunities and ways of getting things done. A case study of Zonnewal-Oostwold
creator: Heegstra, Cornelis
description: Big changes are happening in the contemporary world such as climate change and the energy transition. Local energy initiatives are starting to produce their own Renewable energy. The research explains how civilian organizations interact with existing organizations, institutions and government. The main goal of this research is to understand how self-organization works and if a complexity perspective can assist in the understanding of local energy initiatives.The main findings are that during the process of the project Zonnewal Oostwold the local energy initiative finds creative ways to overcome institutional boundaries however due to this process also complexity increases until problems become seemingly wicked. The main conclusion is that if local energy initiatives get the room to experiment they can solve complex problems. In addition, reduce them to relatively simple ones for which they need help of the government to solve. Self-organization can achieve relatively much with low amounts of means.
date: 2019
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: nl
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2867/1/S2299674_Self_organization_in__1.pdf
identifier:   Heegstra, Cornelis  (2019) SELF-ORGANIZATION IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION Barriers, opportunities and ways of getting things done. A case study of Zonnewal-Oostwold.  Master thesis.