News
March 2025
Registration for 1st Scenario Workshop open!
Join us at ETH Zürich to explore the Scenario Loop roadmap and discuss key topics for national model runs and future investigations. Don’t miss the chance to contribute to shaping the framework!
Date: May 12, 2025
Location: Alumni Pavilion, ETH Zürich
Please sign up here.
Save the Date! 3rd CoSi Assembly
We are pleased to announce that our 3rd General Assembly will take place on October 16th in Bern. This will be an important and engaging event, featuring insightful presentations and discussions that we believe will be both valuable and inspiring.
We encourage you to mark the date in your calendars and look forward to sharing further details with you in the near future.
1st Scenario Workshop: Phase 1 and Ahead
In the Scenario Workshop on May 12, 2025, the roadmap ahead for the first Scenario Loop will be presented and explained. Building on the feedback and input from the modeling and SSH community gathered in 2024 and the open questions identified by stakeholders, we will present the concept how to link the different perspectives and capabilities into a joined framework. Proposing a two phased concept, we showcase the scenario structure for the national, aggregated model runs (Phase 1) and discuss ideas for the topical investigations planned for the follow-up model runs (Phase 2).
The workshop will take place on May 12, 2025 at Alumni Pavillon of the ETH Zürich (MM Polyterrasse building on the Zentrum campus).
Preliminary agenda:
09:30-12:00: Presentation of the Scenario structure and the question and scenario(s) for Phase 1
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-15:30: Discussion on ideas for questions and topics for Phase 2
To register for the event, please click here.
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February 2025
Energie Experten Blog: Interview on the electrification in Switzerland
Interview with Hannes Weigt, professor of energy economics at the University of Basel, explains how various models and scenarios are used to understand the energy transition and the steps needed to achieve it. He discusses how these models help in predicting the future of energy systems and society in Switzerland, but also points out the limitations of these models.
To read the whole interview, click here.
January 2025
Call for Contributions for the SSH Energy Research Workshop 2025
We are pleased to announce the Call for Contributions is open for the SSH Energy Workshop 2025: Futuring Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research, for Whom, by Whom?, taking place on 16 and 17 June 2025 at ETH Zurich.
The abstract submission has been extended to the 11th of April 2025 for CoSi partners.
Click here for more information.
October 2024
New Brown Bag Series
We are happy to announce that the Brownbag Seminars are back. Click here for more information.
September 2024
Registration for the 2nd CoSi Assembly is now open!
June 2024
2nd Newsletter Launch
Save the Date! - Upcoming CoSi Assembly
April 2024
Registration and call for contribution for the 4th SSH Energy Research Workshop is now open!
March 2024
1st Newsletter Launch
Energy Research: SWEET Consortium CoSi brings different worlds together
The SWEET CoSi consortium is a collaborative effort that brings together energy research with social sciences and humanities. The initiative is making a significant impact on the development of the energy system in Switzerland, and coordination between the different disciplines is essential to its success. In an article based on Energeiaplus, the magazine of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy BFE, you can learn more about this innovative initiative and how it is shaping the future of energy in Switzerland. Hannes Weigt, a professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Basel and the coordinator of the consortium, provides insights into the challenges that CoSi is addressing.
