- Sustainability transitions; energy transition
- Economic Geography
- Renewable energies in countries of the Global South
- Interdisciplinary research and teaching
- Transformative learning for sustainability competencies in higher education
Journal articles
Apfel, Dorothee (2022): Renewable energy transition in Senegal? Exploring the dynamics of emerging paths to a sustainable energy system. In: Energy Research & Social Science, 92. Article 102771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102771
Rögele, Stefan; Rilling, Benedikt; Apfel, Dorothee; Fuchs, Johannes (2022): Sustainable Development Competencies and Student-Centered Teaching Strategies in Higher Education Institutions: The Role of Professors as Gatekeepers. In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-02-2021-0069
Apfel, Dorothee; Herbes, Carsten (2021): What drives Senegalese SMEs to adopt renewable energy technologies? Applying an extended UTAUT2 model to a developing economy. In: Sustainability 13(16):9332. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169332
Apfel, Dorothee; Haag, Steffen; Herbes, Carsten (2021): Research agendas on renewable energies in the Global South: A systematic literature review. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 148:111228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111228
Book contributions
Apfel, D., Rögele, S., Kuthe, A. (2022). Verknüpfung von Digitalisierung, NE-Kompetenzen und aktivierender Lehre für eine zukunftsfähige Hochschule – Empirische Evidenzen einer HAW. In: Weselek, J., Kohler, F., Siegmund, A. (eds) Digitale Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65122-3_9
Apfel Dorothee; Fuchs Johannes (2021): Aktivierende Lehre an der HfWU: Innovativ, interdisziplinär und nachhaltig. In: Boos A., van den Eeden M., Viere T. (eds) CSR und Hochschullehre. Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer Gabler, Berlin, Heidelberg, 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62679-5_10
Apfel, Dorothee; Nies, Martina (2013): The vulnerability assessment within dynaklim - a tool for analysing the effects of climate change on enterprises. In: Pfaffenbach, Carmella & Christoph Schneider (Hrsg.): The city under global demographic and climate challenges: An interdisciplinary assessment of impact, needs, and strategies. Aachen: Geographisches Institut der RWTH Aachen (Aachener Geographische Arbeiten 50), 1-12.
Apfel, Dorothee; Lühr, Oliver; Schneider, Jens (2013): Vulnerability-Assessment - Methode der Betroffenheitsbewertung einer regionalen Wirtschaft. In:Karczmarzyk, André & Reinhard Pfriem (Hrsg.): Klimaanpassungsstrategien von Unternehmen. Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg, 181-202.
Conference talks
Verknüpfung von Digitalisierung, NE-Kompetenzen und aktivierender Lehre für eine zukunftsfähige Hochschule, 06.10.2022. Tagung "(Digitale) Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Forschung und Lehre. Beiträge für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation". Heidelberg, Germany.
Renewable energy transition in Senegal: Assessing the dynamics of emerging development paths, 22.06.2022. Energy and Climate Transformations: 3rd International Conference on Energy Research & Social Science, Manchester, United Kingdom.
All on Renewables in Senegal? Exploring the Emerging Energy Paths in the Senegalese Energy Sector, 10.06.2022. Global Conference of Economic Geography (GCEG), Dublin, Ireland.
What drives Senegalese SMEs to adopt renewable energy technologies? Applying an extended UTAUT 2 model to a developing economy context, 08.10.2021. International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST), Online Conference.
Renewable energies in Senegal: Significance and challenges of local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), 09.06.2021. IAEE 2021, Online Conference.
Transition to renewable energy systems in Senegal - Analysis from an economic geographical perspective, 24.02.2021. PhD Session @ Energy Futures - Emerging Pathways in an Uncertain World!, Online conference.
Etablierung interdisziplinärer Lehrprojekte, 17.01.2019. HOTSPOT-Symposium "Lehre – Transfer – Innovation: Die Rolle der Hochschule in der Gesellschaft", Pforzheim, Germany.
Summer semester 2023:
- ERASMUS+ Project: Community Learning for Local Change; Social Innovation - Blended Intensive Programme in Estonia (seminar)
- ERASMUS+ Project: TELOS - Towards a European Landscape Economy for a Sustainable Urban Development (summer school)
Winter semester 2022/2023:
- Module: Renewable Energies
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ERASMUS+ Project: TELOS - Towards a European Landscape Economy for a Sustainable Urban Development (online seminar)
Summer semester 2022:
- Module: Academic Writing
- ERASMUS+ Project: Community Learning for Local Change; Social Innovation - Blended Intensive Programme in Estonia (seminar)
Summer semester 2021:
- Module: Academic Writing
- Module: Sustainable Development. Understanding interrelations - shaping the future.
Winter semester 2020/2021:
- Module: Academic Writing
Employment
since 2019 - today: Research Associate
Nuertingen Geislingen University: Institute for International Research on Sustainable Management and Renewable Energy
2022-2023: Research Associate
Department of Economic Geography, Universty of Tübingen
2017-2021: Research Associate
Nuertingen Geislingen University: Center for Sustainable Development
2012-2016: Climate Protection Officer
City of Kornwestheim
2011-2012: Research Associate
RWTH Aachen University: Research Institute for Water and Waste Management at the RWTH Aachen University (FiW) e. V.
2010-2011: Junior Research Consultant
Prognos AG
Education
2022: Dr. phil. "Multiple transitions to sustainable energy systems in Senegal - An analysis of driving forces, institutional settings, regional capabilities, local embedding, and path creation processes"
Department of Economic Geography, Universty of Tübingen, Germany
2019: B.A. English
University of Stuttgart, Germany
2009: Dipl. Geographer (=Masters Degree)
University of Tübingen, Germany; Mainz, Germany; Toulouse, France