Dr Veronika Kiss
Last modified: April 1, 2025
About
PhD in ecological economics
Membership:
EDITS (Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations)
ESEE (European Society for Ecological Economics)
About the organisation(s) I've worked for
Organisation name:
GreenFormationAbout my experience and expertise
Personal statement:
I have been carrying out research and advocating for sufficient energy use at UN and EU levels for 20 years. I analyse the national household energy use of Central and Eastern European countries and evaluate different economic trajectories’ impact on biodiversity and equity. I raise the energy-sufficiency profiles of international organisations and projects focusing on alleviating energy poverty.
I have evaluated national and international energy-related programmes from an energy-sufficiency point of view. I have developed and disseminated an interactive, awareness-raising game towards the needed socio-economic transformation. I have contributed to the participatory development of the Budapest degrowth donut.
Key topic areas of research or interest:
Qualitative and quantitative as well as participatory research in the fields of:
Sufficiency, transformation:
https://greenformation.net/2023/11/03/greenformation-participates-in-cost-action-project-transformers-about-sustainable-transformation/
Sufficient energy use:
https://ecosystemevaluation.com/2022/06/10/energy-poverty-and-energy-efficiency-in-cee/
Alternative economic pathways influence on biodiversity and equity:
https://greenformation.net/2025/02/19/daisy-kicked-off/
Degrowth donut model participatory development:
https://greenformation.net/2024/09/24/degrowth-doughnut-for-budapest-is-ready-for-implementation/
My portfolio can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1emTdN478iaOSi-RwHskm_-Dx-OgOd3C630S3wMB5uls/edit?gid=78221638#gid=78221638
Collaboration opportunities:
Interested in collaborations that involve policy and practice-relevant research relating to sufficiency, transformation, sufficient energy use, alternative economic trajectories and models.
Publications:
Household energy use, sustainability and social justice (HU), socio.hu, https://doi.org/10.18030/socio.hu.2023.4.1
Energy Use Caps under Scrutiny: An Ecological Economics Perspective 139 p., Corvinus University of Budapest Doctoral School of Economics, Pataki György Dissertation submission year: 2021, Accepted: 2022 Published/defended: 2022. DOI Corvinus PhD: https://phd.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1183/
Energy use caps under scrutiny: An ecological economics perspective SOCIETY AND ECONOMY 40 : 1 pp. 45-67. , 23 p. (2018). https://doi.org/10.1556/204.2018.40.1.4
The list of all publications is found here: https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication?cond=authors;in;10047948&&page=1&labelLang=eng
Other projects and networks:
(eds.) Rethinking energy efficiency in time of an energy crisis: Concepts, measures and on-the-ground initiatives towards Just Energy Transition , 66 p. (2022)
Published by: REE Observatory in CEE of Habitat for Humanity International, Europe and the Middle East, Area Office (HFHI EME). URL: https://getwarmhomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/REE-Observatory-in-CEE-Rethinking-Energy-Efficiency-in-time-of-an-energy-crisis-by-HFHI-EME.pdf
(eds.) Addressing energy poverty through residential energy efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and best practices , 58 p. (2022)
Published by: REE Observatory in CEE of Habitat for Humanity International, Europe and the Middle East, Area Office (HFHI EME), https://getwarmhomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/REE-Observatory-in-CEE-Addressing-energy-poverty-through-residential-energy-efficiency-in-Central-and-Eastern-Europe-Challenges-and-best-practices.pdf
Janez, Potocnik ; Joachim, Spangenberg ; Blake, Alcott ; Veronika, Kiss ; Anna, Coote ; André, Reichel ; Sylvia, Lorek ; Manu, V Mathai ; Leida, Rijnhout (eds.) ; Riccardo, Mastini (eds.). Sufficiency: Moving beyond the gospel of eco-efficiency , 48 p. (2018). URL: http://www.foeeurope.org/sufficiency
