Tamara Schnell
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Tamara Schnell
Tamara Schnell
Researcher at "WindGISKI"
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0943-7016
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tamara-Schnell-2?ev=hdr_xprf
Scientific Research Interests:
- Organisational fields and institutions
- Transition processes in the energy sector
- Governance of energy transitions in a multi-level system
- Social and technological Innovation systems
PhD project:
My PhD project is part of the research project WindGISKI. Here, an interdisciplinary team is developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based geographic information system (GIS). This is intended to systematize and automate the identification and evaluation process of potential areas for wind energy. The GIS should not only consider technical, geographical and economic potentials of possible wind energy areas, but also include ecological and social factors. In the subproject in which I am writing my cumulative dissertation, a qualitative case study analysis of at least six completed wind energy projects will be conducted. The investigated projects are selected with the help of a previously conducted expert-based area scoring and represent "best" or "worst cases". The course of these wind energy projects is analyzed in terms of their social dynamics and conflict lines. The goal is to understand specific influencing factors, interaction dynamics, and processes that positively or negatively affect the efficient implementation of a wind energy project.
Publications
2026: Mattes, Jannika; Schnell, Tamara: Legitimation of renewable energy projects - Legitimacy gaps in socio-technical transitions and actor responses. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Vol. 59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2025.101097
Schnell, Tamara (2025): Legitimacy of Transitions – Transitions of Legitimacy: Uncovering institutionalization dynamics in sustainability transitions. Innovation Studies (CIRCLE working paper series), No. 2025/15, https//doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24074.12484
Schnell, Tamara & Schmidt-Scheele, Ricarda (2025): The social embeddedness of trust in AI: How existing trust relations to decision-makers and institutions influence trust in AI decision aids for public administration. GEIST – Geography of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions, 2025(02), GEIST Working Paper Series, https//doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17869.29923
Alsheimer, Sven; Schnell, Tamara; Chlebna, Camilla; Rohe, Sebastian (2024): Competing terms for complementary concepts? Acceptance and legitimacy. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 207, S. 114960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114960
Presentations
2025: Plenary lecture: Legitimacy in transition. Complex socio-technical dynamics in the energy transition (with R. Schmidt-Scheele and J. Mattes). 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Duisburg, 22. - 26.09.2025.
2024: 15th International Sustainability Transitions Conference IST: “Legitimacy of Transitions – Transitions of Legitimacy. Uncovering institutionalization dynamics in sustainability transitions.” – Oslo, Norway
2023: International Conference on New Pathways for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition: “Legitimacy [Gaps] in Energy Transition: Institutional misalignments in wind energy projects in Germany.” – Groningen, Netherlands
2023: Niedersächsische Energietage: “Erfolgreiche Windkraftprojekte im ländlichen Raum – Eine Frage der Akzeptanz oder Legitimierung?“ – Hannover, Germany
2022: Regional-Netzwerktreffen Bürgerdialog Stromnetz: „Entwicklung eines KI-basierten GIS zur Auswahl von Windenergiepotenzialflächen – Zur Evaluation von Grenzen und Potenzialen.“ – Online