Eco-Welfare and the Energy Transition

Lorenzo De Vidovich is a sociologist with a PhD in urban planning and research fellow at the University of Trieste, where he teaches sociology of territory and energy transition. His main field of interest is the territorial dimensions of welfare policies, addressed through the themes of energy transition, energy poverty, the governance of welfare services in suburbs and peripheries, and the socio-spatial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in suburban areas. He was project manager for the applied research Community Energy Map of RSE (Ricerca Sistema Energetico) and Luiss Business School, and he is currently working as project manager on energy poverty for C40 Cities, Climate Leadership Inc. and the Municipality of Milan.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Eco-welfare in the field of social sciences.- Chapter 3. Eco-welfare and energy: navigating an emerging interplay.- Chapter 4. Eco-welfare, populations, and vulnerabilities.- Chapter 5. Eco-welfare tools: Renewable Energy Communities.- Chapter 6. Concluding remarks.