We are a group of five students of the Innovation Sciences Master’s programme at Utrecht
University. With quite diverse backgrounds in energy, transport, business, marketing, supply
chain and sustainability, we have come to Utrecht from various places around Europe, in
order to learn more about the dynamics of emerging technologies and innovation. One of the
largest single components of our studies, and arguably the most exciting one, is the
consultancy project, where we work directly with a company client in order to deliver them
with research-based advice on a specific problem or question they are facing. Building on
the knowledge we acquired during our studies this advice will be based on theoretical
concepts and frameworks emerging from the prior work of innovation experts, making our
advice both funded and highly relevant.
For this project we are very inspired to be working with TROEF, as we believe that
innovative solutions are indispensable for transforming our current energy systems and
reaching climate goals. In our opinion the consortium is making an important contribution to
this puzzle that we are excited to support.
Concretely, we are doing research on the drivers and barriers to upscaling that have been
encountered by pilot projects in the residential, utility and mobility pillars. We collect this
information by reading reports and interviewing actors who have been involved in previous
projects and analyse the data collected. This will allow us to draw conclusions about the
factors that might also play a role for the upscaling of TROEF communities and will hopefully
provide some interesting insights and learnings going forward.
Sander, Ilse, Hylke, Job and Jana