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Dr. Sabine Hielscher
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Sabine Hielscher is interested in the politics, processes and materializations of grassroots innovations and the dynamics of everyday (sustainable) consumption patterns, particularly the relationship between people and technologies. Analysis tends to be interdisciplinary, drawing upon theoretical frameworks from variety of disciplines, but especially social practice theory and transition theory. Sabine has made use of a variety of qualitative research methods (such as in-depth interviews, evocative interviews, creative design workshops, participant observations and focus groups) and has been employed on research projects with different organizations (such as BMBF, AHRC, EPSRC and RCUK Energy Programme).
Research Interests:
- Sustainable Consumption
- Grassroots Innovation
- Human-Machine Interaction
- STS, Practice Theories, Sustainability Transitions
| Duration
| Activity |
|---|---|
| Since 2015 | Scientific Researcher at ZTG, TU Berlin |
| 2014 - 2015 |
Lecturer ‘Ecology
and Design’ at Goldsmiths College, London |
| Since
2010 | Research Fellow at
Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of
Sussex |
| 2005-2010 | PhD in Design,
Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| 2000-2004 | BA (Hons)
Ecodesign, Goldsmiths College, London, UK |
| Duration | Topic |
|---|---|
| TU-Berlin -
ZTG | |
| 2019-2020 | Public participation for Energy
Transitions [2] |
| 2017-2019 | Scientific Researcher at ZTG
Project 'Repara/kul/tur [3]' |
| 2015-2016 | Scientific Researcher at ZTG Project 'COSIMA [4] – Governing
community-based social innovation for climate change mitigation and
adaptation' |
| University of Sussex,
Brighton, UK | |
| 2017-2018 | SDG17++:
Developing an understanding of how disciplinary
dynamics within interdisciplinary research teams shape sustainability
research, and with what outcomes and implications for
sustainability policy and
practice |
| 2013-2018 | CIED –
Centre for Innovation and Energy Demand: Studying Grassroots Digital
Fabrication |
| 2015 | DLRG – Design Researcher
Get Lost |
| 2013-2015 | Transit –
Transformative Social Innovation Theory : Studying Fab Labs and
Hackerspaces |
| 2010-2013 | CISE – Community
Innovations in Sustainable Energy |
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| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Hielscher,
Sabine and Sovacool,
Benjamin (2018): Contested smart and low-carbon energy
futures: media discourses of smart meters in the United Kingdom.
[5] Journal of Cleaner Production, 195. pp. 978-990. ISSN
0959-6526 |
| 2018 | Hielscher,
Sabine and Kivimaa, Paula (2018):
Governance through expectations: examining the long-term policy
relevance of smart meters in the United Kingdom.
[6] Futures. ISSN 0016-3287 |
| 2018 | Hausknost, Daniel, Haas,
Willi, Hielscher,
Sabine, Schaefer,
Martina, Leitner, Michaela, Kunze,
Iris and Mandl, Sylvia(2018):
Investigating patterns of local climate governance: how low-carbon
municipalities and intentional communities intervene into social
practices. [7] Environmental Policy and Governance. ISSN
1756-932X |
| 2018 | Schäfer, M.; Hielscher,
S.; Haas, W.; Hausknost, D.; Leitner, M.; Kunze, I.; Mandl, S.:
Facilitating Low-Carbon Living? A Comparison of Intervention Measures
in Different Community-Based Initiatives. Sustainability 2018, 10(4),
1047; doi:10.3390/su10041047 [8] |
| 2017 | Sovacool,
Benjamin K; Kivimaa, Paula; Hielscher, Sabine; Jenkins, Kirsten:
Vulnerability and resistance in the United Kingdom’s smart meter
transition. [9] Energy Policy, 109. pp. 767-781. ISSN 0301-4215
|
| 2017 |
Hielscher, Sabine: Experimenting with novel
socio–technical configurations: the domestication of digital
fabrication technologies in FabLabs. [10] Digital Culture and
Society, 3 (1). pp. 47-72. ISSN 2364-2114 |
| 2017 | Johnstone, Philip; Hielscher, Sabine: Phasing out
coal, sustaining coal communities? Living with technological decline
in sustainability pathways. [11] Extractive Industries and
Society. ISSN 2214-790X |
| 2017 | Longhurst, Noel; Avelino,
Flor; Wittmeyer, Julia; Weaver, Paul; Dumitru, Adina; Hielscher,
Sabine; Cipolla, Carla; Alfonso, Rita; Kunze, Iris ; Elle, Morton:
Experimenting with alternative economies: four emergent
counter-narratives of urban economic development. [12] Current
Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 22. pp. 69-74. ISSN 1877-3435
|
| 2016 |
Hielscher, Sabine: Because you’re worth it:
women’s daily hair care routines in contemporary Britain. [13]
Internet Archaeology (42). ISSN 1363-5387 |
| 2016 | Smith, Adrian; Hargreaves, Tom; Hielscher, Sabine;
Martiskainen, Mari; Seyfang, Gill: Making the most of community
energies: three perspectives on grassroots innovation. [14]
Environment and Planning A, 48 (2). pp. 407-432. ISSN
0308-518X |
| 2016 | Fleischmann, Katja;
Hielscher, Sabine; Merritt, Timothy: Making things in fab labs: a
case study on sustainability and co-creation. [15] Digital
Creativity, 27 (2). pp. 113-131. ISSN 1462-6268 |
| 2014 | Seyfang, Gill; Hielscher, Sabine; Hargreaves, Tom;
Martiskainen, Mari; Smith, Adrian: A grassroots sustainable energy
niche? Reflections on community energy in the UK. [16] Journal of
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 13. pp. 21-44. ISSN
2210-4224 |
| 2013 | Hargreaves, Tom; Hielscher,
Sabine; Seyfang, Gill; Smith, Adrian: Grassroots innovations in
community energy: the role of intermediaries in niche
development. [17] Global Environmental Change, 23 (5). pp.
868-880. ISSN 0959-3780 |
| 2013 | Hielscher, Sabine:
'Good' and 'bad' shine: an examination of the material
interactions in women's hair care in the UK. [18] Journal of
Design History, 26 (3). pp. 257-269. ISSN 0952-4649 |
| 2008 | Hielscher, Sabine; Fisher, Tom; Cooper, Tim: The
return of the beehives, brylcreem and botanical! An historical review
of hair care practices with a view to opportunities for sustainable
design. [19] Undisciplined! Design Research Society Conference
2008 Proceedings. |
| 2007 | Hielscher, Sabine: How
often do you wash your hair? Design as disordering: everyday routines,
human object theories, probes and sustainability. [20] 7th
European Academy of Design Conference (EAD07) Proceedings,
07. |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Hielscher, Sabine; Seyfang,
Gill; Smith, Adrian: Grassroots innovation for sustainable energy:
exploring niche development processes among community energy
initiatives. [21] In: Cohen, Maurie J, Brown, Halina S and
Vergragt, Philip J (eds.) Sustainable Lifestyles in a New Economy:
Ecological Macroeconomics, Socio-technical Transitions and Social
Practice. Advances in ecological economics . Edward Elgar, Cheltenham,
pp. 133-158. ISBN 9781781001257 |
| Year | Topic |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Avelino, Flor; Dumitru,
Adina; Longhurst, Noel; Wittmayer, Julia; Hielscher, Sabine; Weaver,
Paul; Cipolla, Carla; Afonso, Rita; Kunze, Iris; Dorland, Jens; Elle,
Morton; Pel, Bonno; Strasser, Tim; Kemp, Rene; Haxeltine, Alex and
Unset: Transitions towards new economies? A transformative social
innovation perspective. [22] Working Paper. TRANSIT working paper
#3, Brighton. |
| 2015 |
Smith, Adrian; Hielscher, Sabine; Fressoli, Mariano:
Transformative social innovation narrative: FabLabs. [23]
Project Report. TRANSIT: EU. |
| 2015 |
Smith, Adrian; Hielscher, Sabine; Fressoli, Mariano:
Transformative social innovation narrative: Hackerspaces.
[24] Project Report. TRANSIT: EU. |
| 2015 | Hielscher,
Sabine: Fab Lab Amersfoort, De War: an innovation history.
[25] Project Report. Centre for Innovation and Energy Demand.
|
| 2015 |
Hielscher, Sabine: Fab Lab Amersfoort, De War: an
innovation history. [26] Project Report. Centre for Innovation
and Energy Demand. |
| 2014 | Hielscher, Sabine; Smith,
Adrian: Community-based digital fabrication workshops: a review of
the research literature. [27] Working Paper. University of
Sussex, Brighton, Sussex. |
| 2013 | Smith, Adrian; Hielscher,
Sabine; Dickel, Sascha; Soderberg, Johan; van Oost, Ellen:
Grassroots digital fabrication and makerspaces: Reconfiguring,
relocating and recalibrating innovation? [28] Working Paper.
University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex. |
| 2013 | Hielscher,
Sabine: Carbon rationing action groups: an innovation
history. [29] Project Report. University of Sussex; University of
East Anglia. |
| 2013 | Hielscher, Sabine: Isle
of Gigha Heritage Trust: an innovation history. [30] Project
Report. University of Sussex; University of East Anglia. |
| 2012 | Hielscher, Sabine: South Wheatley Environmental Trust
wind turbine project: an innovation history. [31] Project Report.
University of Sussex; University of East Anglia. |
| 2012 | Hielscher, Sabine: Brighton Energy Co-op: an
innovation history. [32] Project Report. SPRU &
CSERGE. |
| 2012 | Hielscher, Sabine:
Barley Bridge Weir Hydro Scheme: an innovation history. [33]
Project Report. SPRU & CSERGE. |
| 2011 | Hielscher,
Sabine: Community energy in the UK: a review of the research
literature. [34] Working Paper. CISE: Grassroots Innovation,
Brighton. |
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hielscher(at)ztg.tu-berlin.de
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