From city branding to urban transformation: How do Chinese cities implement city branding strategies?

Chinese cities have experienced unprecedented economic growth and urban population expansion in the last four decades. However, a variety of social and environmental problems is associated with urbanization. Cities try to grapple with these challenges but simultaneously find themselves locked in an intense competition with other cities. City...

How to deliberate with people who believe in climate and energy conspiracy theories: An explorative study for the TU Delft Energy Transition Lab.

Conspiracy theories on climate change and the energy transition have found a stronghold on the Internet. Many online discussions are dominated by a few users with extreme beliefs, such as attributing secret agendas to powerful elites, governments not telling the truth, or sinister intentions of activists and lobbyists. As such beliefs largely...

Modelling complexity in the energy transition

Over the years, it has become clearer and clearer: the energy transition is taking shape. Research on the energy transition also evolves. In the TPM Energy Transition Lab, we aim to take an interdisciplinary approach to expand our knowledge on ‘what works’ and ‘what doesn’t’, when it comes to the coming decades in the energy transition. We bring...

The road to risky research in a safe environment

Principles, challenges and guidelines for a multi-model ecology

Guide for Good Modelling Practice in policy support