Petra Berg

• Doctor of Business Administration
• Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Vaasa

Energy transition towards a local resilient energy supply is necessary for energy security. Climate change and the threat of economic collapse are reasons to force society to become less dependent on fossil fuel. Small-scale solutions are expected to be more sustainable, as large-scale integrated networks are featured by complexity and difficult-to...

This final report summarizes the key results of the "Biogas Utilization Opportunities in Ostrobothnia Region" project, which was conducted from March 2020 to September 2022 by the University of Vaasa. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, replacing fossil fuels with renewable fuels, and reducing waste play a key role in the EU's clim...

This chapter utilizes the semiotic square analysis to identify and elaborate the semantic categories of energy transition ideologies. The qualitative data were generated in the real-life settings where local actors participated in workshops discussing renewable energy opportunities available for their municipality. The analysis reveals two semanti...

This paper examines discourses in five Finnish municipalities' energy transition processes to identify and explain different ideological discourses among its members. The study fills a gap in research extending the idea of sense making to capture the ideologies that hide in discourses during socio-technical transitions. We identify three types of i...

In this chapter, we study wrath in the area of consumers’ collective opposition to wind power by employing rhetoric analysis. The chapter advances knowledge on how wrath, as a moral emotion of injustice, is conveyed in public. Wrath is expressed through three rhetorical strategies—morality, evidence, and victimization—suggesting that it plays an im...

The transition of low voltage (LV) distribution networks towards more intelligent and smart microgrids is dependent on both technical and behavioral factors, thus forming a socio-technical systems change. Socio-technical aspects need to be taken into account when developing concepts and models to establish and manage successful niche experiments. T...

Present study is situated in Finnish Kvarken Archipelago, which got the World Natural Heritage Site status in 2006. The small and micro tourism enterprises (SMTEs) working Kvarken face a challenge : how do you make profitable and successful tourism business with the World Heritage status, without destroying your most important assets which are the...