SONNET brings diverse groups together to make sense of how social innovation can bring about a more sustainable energy sector in Europe.

How has social innovation contributed to making our energy sources cleaner? How can social change help reduce our carbon footprint in the future? SONNET cities and academic partners are working together to get to the bottom of these questions and more.

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City Labs

Six city partners are testing out social innovations for energy transition through their City Labs

Bristol, UK

SONNET breaks down divisions: it looks at how technological and social innovations meet to jointly contribute to the energy transition, and it brings together academic and city partners to co-create knowledge collaboratively from ‘day one’

Latest Activity

The latest news, events and publiactions from the SONNET team

Co-creation, communication and lots of energy: my day with SONNET

November 28, 2019

Article written by Nora Blascsok and originally published by the Sussex Energy Group I arrived to Karlsruhe, Germany…

“Transdisciplinarity” for a sustainable future

November 28, 2019

Article originally published by ICLEI Europe It is clear that we need to build a more sustainable world.…

Partners

City of Antwerp

Kanton Basel-Stadt

City of Bristol

Dutch Research Institute for Transitions

Fraunhofer ISI

Grenoble École de Management

Ville de Grenoble

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Kozminski University

Stadt Mannheim

University of Sussex

City of Warsaw

Zürcher Hochshule für Angewandte Wissenschaften