TY  - JOUR
N2  - Energy system models are important tools to guide our understanding of current and future carbon dioxide emissions as well as to inform strategies for emissions reduction. These models offer a vital evidence base that increasingly underpins energy and climate policies in many countries. In light of this important role in policy formation, there is growing interest in, and demands for, energy modellers to integrate more diverse perspectives on possible and preferred futures into the modelling process. The main purpose of this is to ensure that the resultant policy decisions are both fairer and better reflect people's concerns and preferences. However, while there has been a focus in the literature on efforts to bring societal dimensions into modelling tools, there remains a limited number of examples of well-structured participatory energy systems modelling processes and no available how-to guidance. This paper addresses this gap by providing good practice guidance for integrating stakeholder and public involvement in energy systems modelling based on the reflections of a diverse range of experts from this emergent field. The framework outlined in this paper offers multiple entry points for modellers to incorporate participatory elements either throughout the process or in individual stages. Recognising the messiness of both fields (energy systems modelling and participatory research), the good practice principles are not comprehensive or set in stone, but rather pose important questions to steer this process. Finally, the reflections on key issues provide a summary of the crucial challenges and important areas for future research in this critical field.
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2024.101319
ID  - discovery10186717
TI  - Advancing participatory energy systems modelling
SN  - 2211-467X
Y1  - 2024/03//
AV  - public
A1  - McGookin, Connor
A1  - Süsser, Diana
A1  - Xexakis, Georgios
A1  - Trutnevyte, Evelina
A1  - McDowall, Will
A1  - Nikas, Alexandros
A1  - Koasidis, Konstantinos
A1  - Few, Sheridan
A1  - Andersen, Per Dannemand
A1  - Demski, Christina
A1  - Fortes, Patrícia
A1  - Simoes, Sofia G
A1  - Bishop, Christopher
A1  - Rogan, Fionn
A1  - Ó Gallachóir, Brian
PB  - Elsevier BV
JF  - Energy Strategy Reviews
N1  - Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
VL  - 52
ER  -