NSF2026: Conference Workshops to Identify Research Challenges at the Intersection of Energy and Equity in the Energy Transition

在NSF 2026计划的支持下，位于阿默斯特的马萨诸塞州大学的研究人员正在举办国家研讨会，以确定与建立更高效和更有效的能源系统相关的研究挑战。 全球正在向碳密集度较低的能源系统过渡。挑战在于设想能源系统如何以与资源和需求相一致的方式发展。作为一个复杂的全球社会技术系统，包括个人和社区，企业，非营利组织和政府组织在内的各种利益相关者，了解能源系统的可能未来需要综合不同学科。该系列研讨会汇集了利益相关者，包括具有能源技术专业知识的自然科学家和工程师在内的学科学者，以及社会科学和人文科学的研究人员。它们可以一起系统地整合科学、技术以及人类和社会层面。讲习班的目标是确定未来能源系统技术和社会层面交叉点的研究议程。由不同利益攸关方提供信息的研究议程对社会的更广泛影响包括出现更可持续的能源系统。会议研讨会系列包括两个面对面的研讨会和几个虚拟会议。会议组织者邀请来自能源科学和技术以及社会科学和人文领域的不同背景的与会者。组织者正在招募来自不同人群的与会者，包括那些在STEM研究领域代表性不足的人，以提供广泛的观点。这些讲习班包括纳入基于团队的科学的最佳做法和流程，使各团体能够共同确定研究需求和优先事项。组织者正计划广泛传播讲习班的结果，以使广大受众了解。这个会议研讨会系列预计将导致一个广泛的，包容性的学者和利益相关者之间的新的协同作用，将推进能源技术生态系统的研究。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

With support from the NSF2026 program, researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are conducting national workshops to identify research challenges associated with building a more efficient and effective energy system. A transition toward a less carbon-intensive energy system is underway globally. The challenge is to envision how the energy system might evolve in a way that is consistent with resources and needs. As a complex global socio-technical system with diverse stakeholders including individuals and communities, businesses, non-profits, and governmental organizations, understanding possible futures for the energy system requires synthesis across diverse disciplines. This workshop series brings together stakeholders, scholars from disciplines that include natural scientists and engineers with expertise in energy technology, and researchers in the social sciences and humanities. Together, they can systematically integrate science, technology, and human and social dimensions. The goal of the workshops is the identification of a research agenda at the intersection of the technological and social dimensions of future energy systems. The broader impacts to society of a research agenda informed by a diverse set of stakeholders include the emergence of more sustainable energy systems. The conference workshop series consists of two face-to-face workshops and several virtual meetings. The conference organizers are inviting participants from diverse backgrounds drawn from energy science and technology and social science and humanities fields. The organizers are recruiting conference participants from diverse populations, including those underrepresented in STEM research fields, to provide a broad range of perspectives. The workshops include incorporation of best practices and processes from team-based science that enable groups to jointly identify research needs and priorities. The organizers are planning to disseminate workshop findings widely to reach a broad audience. This conference workshop series is expected to result in new synergies among a broad, inclusive community of scholars and stakeholders that will advance research on the energy technology ecosystem.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.