Meike Löhr gave three presentations on two different paper projects at this year's International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST), both for the online community and in person. In the research paper on hydrogen coalitions in Germany, Meike Löhr, together with Jochen Markard and Nils Ohlendorf, analyses the emergence of a new political subsystem using the example of hydrogen. Actors from a wide range of sectors share numerous positions on hydrogen and its importance for the energy transition, but differ with regard to the production, use and import of hydrogen.

Meike Löhr also presented the joint article with Camilla Chlebna on sector coupling using the example of hydrogen projects in the industrial, transport and gas sectors. Here, it is actors who work at the interface between the energy sector and one of the aforementioned sectors who - equipped with cross-sector expertise - make a difference in the realisation of sector coupling projects.

The IST took place from 21-25 November 2022 hybrid. It was organised by three partners, Stellenbosch University in South Africa, Monash University in Australia and Georgetown University in the USA.