Detailed programme
Day 1

The conference programme for our upcoming Behave 2025 conference is now available!
It includes parallel sessions presenting topics such as social practices of sufficiency, new business models for transition, positive narratives and many others.
We will strive to ensure a balanced representation of attendees, allowing participation from all European nations and countries beyond.
To register for this in-person event, click on the "Register now" button and then select the parallel sessions you would like to attend during our 2-day conference.

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Registration & Coffee

 

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Plenary Session

Adenauer room
Dec 11, 2025
10:30 AM11:15 AM

Plenary Session 1

Description
Welcome and Introduction - Sylvain Waserman, Chairman, ADEME - Agency for Ecological Transition, France EnR Presidency - William Walsh, CEO, SEAI - Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Keynote speech - Tadhg O’Briain, Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate General for Energy covering Consumers, Local Initiatives and Just transition, European Commission

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Round 1
Break-out sessions

Adenauer room
Dec 11, 2025
11:30 AM12:45 PM

Contributions of multidisciplinary approaches to behaviour and social practices

Description
Chair : Tiago Vicente - Closing the Green Gap with social comparison nudge ? A lab-in-the-field experiment on energy conservation - Johanne Trotin - Smart systems and household energy behaviour: A systematic literature review using the motivation, opportunity, & ability framework - Robert Goedegebure - Flexibility in the Domestic Energy Sector: Insights from Hybrid Working Patterns - Marina Topouzi - The double-edged nature of ambivalence: evidence from a field experiment on car use among Dutch car owners - Marije van Gent
Jeanne Thomas room
Dec 11, 2025
11:30 AM12:45 PM

Energy poverty and vulnerable consumers

Description
Chair : Caroline Nwafor - Systemic discrimination and housing (in)equality: A mix-method analysis in four European countries - Hannah Janßen - A typology of marginalized energy transition target groups through the lens of intersectionality - Christian Pfeiffer - Bridging Individual and Social Identity Gaps: A Three-Level Identity Work Framework for Energy Transition - Diana Perra - Understanding energy poverty: the lived experiences and policy preferences of affected households in the Netherlands - Batoul Mesdaghi
David Weill room
Dec 11, 2025
11:30 AM12:45 PM

Challenges and ownership by stakeholders

Description
Chair : Solange Martin - Guidelines for just participation in energy social housing renovations - Natalia Romero Herrera - Enabling socially just energy communities - Joy Clancy - From energy efficiency to (self-)sufficiency in agriculture: A systemic approach - Marta Lopes
Branet room
Dec 11, 2025
11:30 AM12:45 PM

Stakeholder and public acceptability and ownership of low-carbon projects and technologies

Description
Chair : Nathalie Ricaille - Understanding The Factorial Structure of Attitudes Towards Renewable Energy Community Configurations - Maksymilian Bielecki - Co-Transforming Regional Energy Landscapes – The Spatial-Narrative Turn in Participatory Energy Governance - Melanie Mbah - What matters for heat pump adoption? Results from diagnostic surveys - Shane Timmons - Not All Flexibility Is Equal: Empirical evidence how context and technology shape acceptability of household flexibility provision - Selin Yilmaz
Honnorat room
Dec 11, 2025
11:30 AM12:45 PM

Infrastructures, enabling conditions, social dynamics and collective practices favoring sufficiency

Description
Chair : Laney Sullivan - Sustainable video streaming: Investigating sufficient use practices among Dutch citizens - Melanie Klösters - Neighbourhood Patterns in Home Retrofit Uptake: Evidence of Spatial Clustering in Scotland’s Energy Performance Data - Sahar Mirzaie - From Perception to Participation: How Intergroup Dynamics Drive Local Energy Collaboration - Charlie John Walker Clarke - Domestic EV Charging and Energy Technology Co-Adoption - Hannah Budnitz
Gulbenkian room
Dec 11, 2025
11:30 AM12:45 PM

Empowering SMEs on the Road to Net Zero: Barriers, Enablers, and the Role of Business Associations

Description
Chair : Enrico Biele AGENDA 11:30 – 11:35 Welcome & Introduction Enrico Biele, ENEA 11:35 – 11:45 Highlights EnR Analysis report - Supporting SMEs in reaching net zero – insights from business associations, Rebecca van Leeuwen, Netherlands Enterprise Agency 11.45 – 11.55 Experiences from a National Energy Agency Charles Buttigieg, the Energy and Water Agency, Malta 11.55 – 12.05 Experiences from Innovation Clusters & Centres in France, Yvan Deloche, CRITT-Innovalliance, France 12.05 – 12.40 Round table - Energy efficiency in European SMEs: barriers, enablers, and new roles for multipliers Panellists: · Declan Meally, SEAI, EnR Presidency · Emma Mooney, International Energy Agency · Rod Janssen, Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes 12.40 – 12.45 Wrap-Up & Closing, Enrico Biele, ENEA and Rebecca van Leeuwen, Netherlands Enterprise Agency

12:00 PM – 01:30 PM
Lunch break

Lunch will be served in two galleries adjacent to the Adenauer room (Level 1) 

02:00 PM – 03:15 PM
Round 2
Break-out sessions

Adenauer room
Dec 11, 2025
2:00 PM3:15 PM

Choice and impact of public policies

Description
Chair : Didier Bosseboeuf - From Wonder to Decision: Using Behavioural Science as a cost-effective tool for Policy - Alain Grignon - Power of cities to act for cycle logistics - Gaétan Piegay - Sufficiency and Universal Basic Needs in Low-Carbon Transitions: What Structural Changes and Macroeconomic Impacts? - Meriem Hamdi-Cherif - Breaking Barriers: Rethinking Policy Instruments for Voluntary Climate-Friendly Behavioural Change - Thomas Delahais
Jeanne Thomas room
Dec 11, 2025
2:00 PM3:15 PM

Initiatives led by civil society groups, community involvement

Description
Chair : Lisa Ryan - The Energy Behaviour Forum - Erika Meynaerts - Between Optimizarion and Self-Limitation: Social Practices and the Politics of Urban Energy Communities - Marta Tramezzani - Stakeholder complexity in energy community projects: Insights from co-creation workshops across four EU countries - Anne Kesselring
David Weill room
Dec 11, 2025
2:00 PM3:15 PM

Acceptability and ownership of public policies by stakeholders and the public

Description
Chair : Abigail Ward - The Interplay of Fear Appeals and Policy Framing in Shaping Climate Policy Support - Luise Schlindwein - Public acceptability of digital personal carbon trading: a technology acceptance perspective from UK households - Leandra Scharnhorst - The role of electric vehicle ownership and earmarking for the acceptability of charging infrastructure projects in France and Germany - Leonie Wagner
Branet room
Dec 11, 2025
2:00 PM3:15 PM

Norms, standards and strategies in determining decarbonisation decisions in businesses

Description
Chair : Babette Never - Economics of sufficiency: A mixed methods study on sufficiency-oriented strategies in business - Maike Gossen - Main lessons from energy performance contracting projects - Frédéric Bougrain - Building a sustainable future: Predicting innovation capability in SMEs in the construction sector through company-level and individual factors - Emma Martens - Could Voluntary Adoption of Workplace Travel Plans Lead to Tipping Points in Transport Decarbonisation? - Jesse Wise
Honnorat room
Dec 11, 2025
2:00 PM3:15 PM

Integrating social science knowledge into energy and material modelling for the development of ecological policies

Description
Chair : Nathalie Ortar - Lifestyle change modelling for climate change mitigation: complementary strengths, policy support, and research avenues - Mariësse van Sluisveld - A socio-technical model coupling to identify transition pathways and policies towards self-sufficiency prosumers - Mart van der Kam - Translating and Operationalizing the Stage Model of Self-Regulated Behaviour Change for Renewable Technology Adoption: A systems thinking and modelling perspective - Theresa Liegl

03:15 PM – 03:45 PM
Transition to round 3

03:45 PM – 05:00 PM
Round 3
Break-out sessions

Adenauer room
Dec 11, 2025
3:45 PM5:00 PM

Economics of behavioural interventions

Description
Chair : Gerdien de Vries - Welfare and behavioural effects of energy transition in homes: Impact assessment using 2 million individual linked data of Dutch households - Ioulia Ossokina - Trade-offs in Sustainable Food Consumption: Insights from a choice-based conjoint experiment on eco-attributes in apple purchase decisions - Pia Drechsel - Resource efficiency audits: methodology development and application to pilots - Ana Cardoso
Jeanne Thomas room
Dec 11, 2025
3:45 PM5:00 PM

Choice and impact of public policies

Description
Chair : Mariagiovanna Gaglione - From innovation to overshoot: How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals - Anastasia Tsougka - Global Patterns of Behavioural Adaptation to the Energy Crisis: Evidence from Eight European Countries - Anna Conzatti - Addressing energy poverty for persons with disabilities: a policy tracking tool for inclusive transition in Mediterranean countries - Ioannis Papagiannopoulos - Quantifying Demand-Side Flexibility and it's limiting factors: A Modelling Approach - Regina Hemm
David Weill room
Dec 11, 2025
3:45 PM5:00 PM

Initiatives led by civil society groups, community involvement

Description
Chair : Solange Martin - Mapping Unintended Consequences in Energy Transition: Beyond Good Intentions and Towards Just Outcomes - Ann-Sophie Kall - Elevating Indigenous Voices in the Just Energy Transition - Kira Ashby - Unravelling Behavioural Complexities in Dutch Homeowner Associations: A Systems Approach to Energy-Efficient Renovations - Ladislav N. Krutisch - Empowering Communities through Participation: Collaborative Visioning and Literacy Building in Energy Communities - Tasniva Rahman Mumu
Branet room
Dec 11, 2025
3:45 PM5:00 PM

Instruments used by public authorities to promote and develop sufficiency practices at different territorial levels

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Chair : Didier Bosseboeuf - Toward eco-sufficientarianism: merging distributive justice and ecological boundaries - Pauline Bucciarelli - Towards sufficient holidays: Promoting closer destinations and travelling on the ground via an app-based artificial intelligence tool - Leonardo Ventimiglia - Sufficiency policies in the Global South: What predicts support for a public transport subsidy in Mumbai and Delhi ? - Sabine Preuß - When Words Save Watts: Government Communication and Household Electricity Use - Marie Bruguet
Honnorat room
Dec 11, 2025
3:45 PM5:00 PM

The role of scenarios and foresight exercises for carbon neutrality

Description
Chair : Ainslee Emerson - Minimum viable energy - Perceived minimum electricity needs in energy crisis scenarios - Britt Stikvoort - Material choices and lifestyle shifts for a low-carbon Swedish building sector - Erika Mata - From energy sufficiency to material sufficiency: interdependencies, inertias, and organizational challenges in planning energy transition with raw materials policies - Hugo Vacus
Gulbenkian room
Dec 11, 2025
3:45 PM5:00 PM

Ecological transition at the local level

Description
Chair : Nathalie Ricaille - Presenting the methodological guide "Giving impetus to a sufficiency policy in your area" -Marie Hervier Collas - Operationalising the Energy Efficiency First Principle through Local Campaigns: Insights from SaveEnergyTogether - Altan Sahin - Citizen support services for the low-carbon energy transition: a social practice approach - Ana Margarida Vales