Measuring & understanding energy vulnerability
Novel data and analytical methods to capture hidden vulnerability, heterogeneity and dynamics beyond conventional indicators.
26–27 NOVEMBER 2026 · SPAIN
Energy Poverty
& the Clean Energy Transition
Emerging Vulnerabilities, Dynamic Evidence and Transformative Solutions
III Workshop bringing together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to advance evidence on a more inclusive and socially sustainable clean energy transition.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
A changing landscape of energy vulnerability
Energy poverty and energy vulnerability remain significant global challenges, with far-reaching consequences for health, economic stability, social inclusion, and inequality. At the same time, the clean energy transition is changing the drivers and patterns of energy vulnerability, creating new forms of inequality.
The challenge is therefore to understand how vulnerability emerges and persists, how energy markets and climate-related shocks reshape these risks, which new inequalities arise from technological and policy transformations, and how innovation and economic policy can support a more inclusive energy transition.
This workshop seeks to advance this research agenda through microdata, longitudinal and causal evidence, novel data sources, economic modelling, and innovative analytical approaches.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Topics of Interest
We invite original contributions addressing emerging and persistent dimensions of energy vulnerability.
Energy market transformation
Pricing mechanisms, decentralised generation and new consumer–prosumer relationships reshaping household vulnerability.
Long-term & cumulative consequences
How energy deprivation affects physical, mental and social health outcomes.
Extreme climate events & resilience
Heatwaves, cold spells, floods, storms and other climate-related shocks, and household, infrastructure and policy resilience.
Evidence-based policy responses
Effectiveness, targeting, distributional impacts and unintended consequences of social tariffs, subsidies, efficiency programmes and carbon-pricing compensation.
Technology & energy inequality
Whether access to renewable energy, smart grids, storage and other clean technologies reduces energy poverty or creates new inequalities.
Energy justice in the transition
How costs, benefits, opportunities and risks are distributed across households and population groups, with attention to vulnerable populations.
SPECIAL
ISSUE
ISSUE
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY
Taking high-quality research beyond the workshop.
The organizers are currently in discussions with several international peer-reviewed journals regarding a Special Issue featuring a selection of high-quality papers presented at the workshop.
Further details, including the journal name and submission procedures, will be communicated to participants.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Present your research in Madrid
Abstracts and full papers of approximately 8,000 words should be submitted in line with the topics of interest.
Papers must align with the workshop theme and will be reviewed for relevance, quality and originality. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop, and a selection of high-quality papers may be considered for publication in the Special Issue.
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Scientific Committee
Manuel Alejandro Betancourt OdioUniversidad Pontificia Comillas
Stefan BouzarovskiUniversity of Manchester · United Kingdom
Santiago BudríaNebrija University · Madrid, Spain
Carlos Gutiérrez HitaUniversity Miguel Hernández · Elche, Spain
Nikolaos GeorgantzísBurgundy School of Economics · Dijon, France
José Carlos RomeroUniversidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
Vita ZhukovaCatholic University of Murcia · Murcia, Spain
Efraim Centeno HernáezUniversidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
Aitor Ciarreta AntuñanoUniversity of the Basque Country · Bilbao, Spain
Roberto BarrellaUniversidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION
Plan your participation
Key information for authors and participants attending the III Workshop on Energy Poverty and the Clean Energy Transition.
REGISTRATION FEE
€200
Includes workshop attendance, materials and meals.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
10 October 2026
Submit your manuscript by email to the Workshop Organizers.
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