Combining "people-centered" storylines based on social innovations of energy citizenship with narratives of potential "future-world" evolutions towards transformative scenario design

As part of the EC-funded “ENCLUDE” project, in this work we present a framework for transformative scenario design based on social innovations of energy citizenship and potential evolutions of the future, which encompasses a broad spectrum of uncertainties and embraces the depth of complexity of the energy landscape, at the local, the national, and the transnational level. The developed framework does not only consider regulatory influences and technological advancements, but also delves into the social, cultural, and behavioural manifestations of citizens, envisioning energy futures that go beyond the comfort zone of current scenario-based research and examine out-of-ordinary extremes.