Lucas SchwarzFreie Universität Berlin | FUB · Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science
Lucas Schwarz
Master of Science
Researching on justice in the case of nuclear waste management (focus on Germany).
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Introduction
I'm currently researching on matters of justice in the German search for a nuclear waste repository site (project TRANSENS).
Additional affiliations
April 2016 - March 2019
Position
- Student associate
Description
- Statistical Analysis (SPSS), Empirical field research, Spatial Analysis (ArcGIS), Data processing (Excel), Publication work
Education
October 2017 - April 2019
Augsburg University
Field of study
- Geography
October 2014 - September 2017
Augsburg University
Field of study
- Geography
Publications
Publications (30)
Seit 2019 wird im Rahmen des Forschungsverbundes TRANSENS1 erstmalig transdisziplinäre Forschung im Umgang mit hochradioaktiven Abfällen in Deutschland betrieben. Im Rahmen des Arbeitspakets DIPRO – Dialoge und Prozessgestaltung in Wechselwirkung von Recht, Gerechtigkeit und Governance – wird diese Forschung vor allem mittels Workshops umgesetzt. E...
With the Clean Energy for all Europeans legislative package, the European Union (EU) aimed to put consumers “at the heart” of EU energy policy. The recast of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) acknowledged the importance of energy communities for the energy transition and introduced new provisions for renewable energy communities (RECs), empow...
Nuclear energy is connected to injustices, such as uneven distribution of environmental pollution and health risk during uranium extraction and electricity generation as well as between generations, due to the absence of reliable solutions for nuclear waste disposal in most countries that utilize nuclear energy. Nevertheless, we argue that it is ne...
Ein partizipatives WebGIS für die Endlagerstandortsuche I Impressum Mit dem Projekt TRANSENS wird erstmalig in Deutschland transdisziplinäre Forschung zur nuklearen Entsorgung in größerem Maßstab betrieben. TRANSENS ist ein Verbundvorha-ben, in dem 16 Institute bzw. Fachgebiete von neun deutschen und zwei Schweizer Uni-versitäten und Forschungseinr...
The European Union’s Clean Energy Package (CEP) plans to transform ‘passive consumers’ into ‘active citizens’ to support the transition to a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050. By stimulating the growth of renewable energy communities, the CEP works towards the redefinition of renewable energy as an economic commodity to a common good. In this pa...
Zusammenfassung
Das komplexe Standortsuchverfahren für ein Endlager für hochradioaktive Abfälle in Deutschland befindet sich noch in seiner Anfangsphase, die laut Gesetz im Wesentlichen auf nationaler Ebene angesiedelt ist. Doch bereits jetzt lassen sich auf Länderebene, in Regionen und Kommunen die unterschiedlichsten Aktivitäten beobachten. Sie a...
Citizen energy in general and renewable energy communities (RECs) in particular are becoming key vehicles for decentralisation, but also for the democratisation of the energy system. These initiatives are now more diverse than ever and are likely to continue to act as incubators for significant projects in the transition to a renewable energy syste...
https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2023/februar/monumentale-verdraengung-die-neue-pro-atom-troika
In 2019, Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) were formally defined in the European regulatory framework within RED II. As Lowitzsch et al. (2020) state, RECs are regarded as a valid option for an inclusive energy transition in Europe. RED II defines that the motives for a REC shall not be purely economic but mostly driven by ecological aims and soc...
Intergenerational justice is an inherent component of nu-
clear waste management. By looking at challenges of intergenerational
justice at various stages of the repository siting process, the following
thesis is discussed: Current generations can anticipate notions of intergenerational justice by applying high procedural standards to enable
equitab...
Nuclear waste management is a contested challenge that lasts for decades. Especially in Germany, the history of the usage of nuclear energy is conflictive and notions of justice are therefore omnipresent in the ongoing site selection process for a nuclear waste repository. Against the background of injustices caused by the deployment of nuclear ene...
Germany's debate on nuclear energy is characterized by a potential for conflict. With the Repository Site Selection Act, a new strategy was adopted for a participatory search process for the best possible repository site for high-level radioactive waste in Germany. To gain insights into how a Public Participatory GIS application (PPGIS) can contrib...
Mit der überarbeiteten Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie (RED II) wurden erstmals Erneuerbare-Energie-Gemeinschaften (REC) in den europäischen Politikrahmen aufgenommen, der die Mitgliedstaaten verpflichtet, einen Förder-und Regulie-rungsrahmen für solche Akteure zu schaffen. Die Entwicklungsvoraussetzungen sind in den einzelnen EU-Ländern sehr unter...
Introduction
During the COVID-19 lockdown significant improvements in urban air quality were detected due to the absence of motorized vehicles. It is crucial to perpetuate such improvements to maintain and improve public health simultaneously. Therefore, this exploratory study approached bicycle infrastructure in the case of Munich (Germany) to fin...
Since 2013 the site search for a repository for highly radioactive waste has been taking place in Germany within the framework of a new governance architecture and under new political guidelines. Based on experiences with nuclear politics in the past, Jungk (1977) coined the term hard nuclear state, characterized by decisions made in a top-down man...
The introduction of the Site Selection Act (Standortauswahlgesetz, StandAG) marked the initiation of a new repository site-selection process as well as the elimination of injustices of past procedures. In this context, the white map of Germany served as a basis for and symbol of an unbiased search process (Hocke and Smeddinck, 2017). However, the p...
The political and social debate on nuclear energy in Germany has been characterized for many decades by a high potential for conflict and dissatisfaction. In particular, the controversies surrounding the Gorleben salt dome achieved international attention and altered the relationship between the population and political decision makers at the local...
Mit dem dritten Beratungstermin endet das partizipative Format der Fachkonferenz Teilgebiete im Rahmen des Standortsuchprozesses für ein Endlager in Deutschland. Mithilfe von teilnehmenden, qualitativen sowie quantitativen Beobachtungen werden basierend auf dem Konzept power over, power to und power with (u. a. Partzsch 2017) die Machtverhältnisse...
Der Beitrag untersucht den zweiten Beratungstermin der Fachkonferenz Teilgebiete im Standortsuchprozess für ein Endlager. Das theoretische Machtkonzept von power over, power to and power with wird dabei qualitativ wie auch quantitativ angewandt und die übergeordnete Frage gestellt, inwieweit sich die Fachkonferenz Teilgebiete in das Ideal des weich...
The energy transition (Energiewende) represents a fundamental transition in the generation and distribution structure of the German energy system. Various support mechanisms, such as the Renewable Energies Act (REA, EGG), have enabled new semi-professional plant operators to enter the energy market. Location decisions were de-professionalized and t...
Deu: Der Beitrag untersucht die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung bei der Suche nach einem Standort in Deutschland, an dem ein Endlager für hochradioaktive Abfälle gebaut werden kann. Er bedient sich dabei theoretisch-konzeptionell den drei Machttypen power over (PO), power to (PT) und power with (PW). Gefragt wird, wie sich Macht zeigt und wie sie sich a...
Zusammenfassung
Die Energiewende stellt eine grundlegende Transformation in der Erzeugungs- und Verteilstruktur des deutschen Energiesystems dar. Durch verschiedene Fördermechanismen wie das EEG konnten neue, semiprofessionelle Anlagenbetreiber in den Energiemarkt eintreten. Standortentscheidungen wurden entprofessionalisiert und die Bedeutung von...
As citizens in Germany are increasingly protesting against wind power plants, participating in planning processes, or supporting wind power plants financially, their role in the energy transition, especially their power on the local level needs to be thoroughly examined. Using an actor-centric framework, this case study analyzes the power of citize...
Ziel dieser Broschüre (mehrere Ausgaben) war und ist es, interessierten Schülern, Studenten und Experten ein umfassendes Glossar zum Thema Erneuerbare Energien und Energiewende bereitzustellen. Der Ausbau von dezentralen Technologien ist von hoher gesellschaftlicher Bedeutung, da hierin sowohl die Möglichkeit einer Abkehr von fossilen und nuklearen...
The number of actors in the German Energy Transition as
well as the planning complexity increases and new spatial implications
emerge in contrast to the conventional energy system. In planning processes
for Renewable Energy Technologies mostly economic approaches are chosen, but
simultaneously the number of social conflicts related to wind power pl...
The implementation of many small power stations compensates the closing of powerful large power plants as part of the German Energy Transition is compensated. It is unclear how site decisions are made, which actors are involved, and which economic, ecological, and social consequences occur. The quantitative study consists of a written postal survey...
GIS-gestützte Ansätze zum Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien zeichnen sich durch eine starke Dominanz ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Perspektiven aus. Zwar ist mittlerweile anerkannt, dass es der Akzeptanz zuträglich sein kann, den technoökonomisch orientierten Standortanalysen auch soziale Perspektiven zur Seite zu stellen. Jedoch gelingt dies nur oberfläc...
Questions
Question (1)
The covid-19 lockdown(s) are an obstacle social and political science need to overcome (others as well, of course). Especially participation-based research (such as observations or workshops) is hard to compensate. At the moment I'm working on the research design for my PhD-project- this will include an online survey, as any contact-based research design is hard to realize right now.
This is the core of my question:
- Do you have experiences when it comes to spreading online surveys on a national scale? Which methods help in gaining a satisfying number of responses?
- Does anyone know any good tools to compensate for workshops that had to be cancelled due to covid-restrictions? We are looking for a tool that gives a 'conference-like' surrounding so people can interact with one another from the comfort and safety of their home (zoom and such are great for meetings but we feel like losing insights by their static interface).
I'm thankful for everyone's help. Stay safe!
