PD Dr. Stephan Bosch
Research Interests
Focus
- Geographical energy research
- Energy transformations
- Energy landscapes
- Energy planning
- Netherlands
Reviewer for ...
- Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS, Elsevier)
- Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (Taylor & Francis)
- Geographica Helvetica (GH, Copernicus)
- Geographische Rundschau (Westermann)
- Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde (Franz Steiner)
- Standort – Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geographie (Springer Nature)
- Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
- Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
Moderation of Special Issues
- Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning – Participation in Regional Energy Transitions: dynamics, strategies and the science-policy interface, 2024
- Geographische Rundschau – Energiewende in Deutschland, 2013
- Revue Géographique de l´Est – Energies renouvelables et territoires: les défis de la transition énergétique en Allemagne, 2015
- Geographische Rundschau – Konkurrenz um Land, 2020
Funded projects
- EU-Project, European Union (UP-RES): Urban Planners with Renewable Energy Skills (2010-2013)
- DFG-Project, German Research Foundation (eigene Stelle, BO 4499/2-1): Spatially compatible deployment of renewable energies in Germany (2016-2019)
- DFG-Project, German Research Foundation (BO 4499/4-1): Sustainable energy landscapes – Modelling regional strategies for the expansion of renewable energies with special consideration of national and international climate policy (2023-2026)
- BMWK-Project, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (FKZ: 03El1057B): Actor-centred approach to spatial optimisation and modelling of regional energy transitions (2023-2026)
- StMUV-Project, Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection (TKP01KPB-82170): Indicator system for evaluating the measures of the Bavarian Climate Protection Programme (BayCliMit) (2023-2026)
Citation
Publications
Scientific lectures and conferences
- A concept for a GIS-based visualisation of the competing demands on land use of the actors involved in the regional energy transition. GI_Salzburg23 – Internationales Forum für Geoinformatik, Salzburg 2023.
- Energy transition and resource transition in Germany. Lecture series "Ressourcenwende" at the educational centre of the monastery Roggenburg, Roggenburg 2023.
- Energy transition in Germany: are renewable energies the solution? Lecture series on the academic seminar "Energy Transition" at Ruperti-Gymnasium Mühldorf, Mühldorf a. Inn 2023.
- Social barriers to local energy transitions – developing a bottom-up approach to implementing renewable energies in municipal planning processes. Conference of the Working Group on Geographical Energy Research, Klagenfurt 2022.
- Procedural justice concerning the deployment of renewable energies at the municipal level. 28. Scientific Congress of the German Political Science Association(DVPW), Berlin 2021.
- Borders – a human geography approach to a "broad" concept of borders. Habilitation lecture at the Faculty of Applied Computer Sciences at the University of Augsburg, Augsburg 2021.
- A GIS-based approach for a spatial differentiation of renewable energies to meet the Paris climate agreement. AGIT Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2021.
- Energy landscapes resulting from climate protection goals – a GIS-based approach to carbon neutrality. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Wien 2021.
- Energy landscapes – What is an energy landscape? Workshop Environmental Humanities, Augsburg 2020.
- The energy transition in between profitability, participation and acceptance – deployment of renewable energies considering the interests of project developers, residents, and environmentalists. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Wien 2019.
- A GIS planning tool for renewable energies - integration of social perspectives. AGIT Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2018.
- Sustainable development of renewable energies – an approach to a spatially compatible site planning in Germanys rural areas. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Wien 2018.
- Socially compatible expansion of renewable energies. Research Colloquium of the Technical University Ingolstadt, Neuburg a.d. Donau 2018.
- Energy transition - alternative ways in spatial planning for renewable energies. Geographical Colloquium of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg 2017.
- More acceptance for the energy transition. Association of Municipal Companies e. V. (VKU), Bad Wörishofen 2017.
- Spatial compatibility of renewable energies. Energy and Society Conference, Leipzig 2016.
- Spatial compatibility of renewable energies. Geographical Colloquium of the University of Augsburg – Vorstellungsvortrag, Augsburg 2016.
- Analysis of the solar potential of residential buildings on the basis of settlement genetic characteristics. AGIT Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2016.
- Actors in energy transition - new diversity and power asymmetries. Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. – Institute for Political Education, Utting am Ammersee 2016.
- Renewable energies – technological basics and sites. Technical Association of 1845 Augsburg e.V., Augsburg 2016.
- Spatial compatibility of renewable energies in Germany. German Congress for Geography (DKG), Berlin 2015.
- Energy policy and energy concepts. Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V. – Institute for Political Education, Wildbad Kreuth 2015.
- Development of a web-based planning tool for a spatially compatible deployment of renewable energies. EDC Developer Forum – GIS technologies in the energy sector, Zürich 2014.
- Sustainable landscape development in the wake of energy system transformation. Rieser Cultural Days, Deiningen 2014.
- Energy transport - GIS-supported identification of optimal power line routes between North Africa and Europe. AGIT-Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2012.
- Renewable energies and sustainable resource management for the countries of the south. Studientag „Angepasste Technologien“ STUBE Bayern/ Mission OneWorld, München 2012.
- Energy transition from a geographical perspective. Rieser Cultural Days, Deiningen 2012.
- Regional planning classification of wind energy in Germany - visualisation of competing land use requirements at onshore and offshore locations using GIS. AGIT-Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2011.
- Raumpotenziale Erneuerbarer Energien in Abhängigkeit von wirtschaftlichen, technologischen und gesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen – Working Group of Geographical Energy Research (AKGE), Jahrestagung „Zukunft der Energie“, Osnabrück 2011.
- Determination of spatial potentials of renewable energies depending on technological developments, price structures and acceptance. GeoNet – Geographical Research Colloquium of the Universities of Augsburg, Bamberg and Passau, Augsburg 2010.
- Spatial potentials of renewable energies - ways to a new location planning. 1st IT4SE Workshop – IT for Smart renewable Energy generation and use, Augsburg 2010.
- More renewable energies - a plea for a neglected object of geography. 14. Bayerischer Schulgeographentag, Augsburg 2010.
- Sustainable energy supply at a crossroads - growing demands on GIS to correct undesirable developments in the expansion of renewable energies. AGIT-Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2010.
- Conscientious ways of biogas production. Rieser Cultural Days, Mönchsdeggingen 2010.
- Space-compatible energy transition. Workshop Weilheim-Schongau County, Weilheim 2009.
- Renewable Energies – Acceptance Onshore. Workshop Bayerische Landesbank, WZU Augsburg 2009.
- Effects of renewable energies on the cultural landscape - environmental impacts of biogas technology. Rieser Cultural Days, Harburg 2008.
- Energy crop cultivation and competing land uses - new structures in agriculture and their optimisation by means of GIS. AGIT-Symposium and Expo, Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg 2008.
- GIS-supported site analysis for biogas plants in organic farming. Research Colloquium of the Science Centre Weihenstephan for Nutrition, Land Use and Environment, Freising 2008.
Posters
Poster-Sessions
- A stakeholder-based approach for the sustainable deployment of renewable energies in conflictual social contexts. Poster Session EGU 2023, European Geosciences Union, Wien.
- Wind energy potential on open land and forest sites. Poster Session AGIT 2014, Trade Fair for Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg.
- Mobile visibility analysis for potential wind power sites on smartphones. Poster Session AGIT 2012, Trade Fair for Applied Geoinformatics, Salzburg.
Spectrum Teaching
Lectures
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Energy geography (SuSe 2020, SuSe 2021, SuSe 2022)
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Oil age and energy transition + accompanying seminar (SuSe 2019)
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Energy transition (SuSe 2018)
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Geographical energy research (SuSe 2017)
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Renewable energy systems (WiSe 2014/15)
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Energy - scientific basics, resources, technologies and concepts (WiSe 2015/16, SuSe 2016, WiSe 2016/17)
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Introduction to geography with propaedeutics (WiSe 2014/15, WiSe 2015/16)
Major Seminars
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Geographies of energy transition (WiSe 2020/21)
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Spatial conflicts of the energy transition (WiSe 2019/20, WiSe 2021/22, WiSe 2022/23)
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Energy transition (WiSe 2018/19)
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Spatial planning and regional planning (WiSe 2017/18)
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Peak oil - the end of the oil age? (WiSe 2017/18)
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Economic geography (SuSe 2017)
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Renewable energies (WiSe 2016/17)
Advanced Seminars
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Global energy transition (WiSe 2023/24)
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Energy crisis and energy transition (SoSe 2023)
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Energy landscapes and social sustainability (WiSe 2022/23)
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Energy transition and climate discourse (SuSe 2022)
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Borders and territories (WiSe 2021/22)
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Geography of Europe (SuSe 2021, SuSe 2022)
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Ecological crisis and green economy (WiSe 2020/21)
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Geographical energy research (WiSe 2020/21)
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Rural areas of Europe (WiSe 2019/20)
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Energy transition in Germany (SuSe 2019, SuSe 2020, SuSe 2021, WiSe 2021/22)
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Economic and social geography (WiSe 2018/19)
Renewable energies - material resources and cultural landscape elements (SuSe 2015, WiSe 2015/16)
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Geography of renewable energies (WiSe 2012/13, SoSe 2013, WiSe 2013/14, WiSe 2014, WiSe 2014/15)
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Energy concepts (WiSe 2012/13)
Project Seminars
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Modelling of renewable energy systems (WiSe 2023/24)
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Energy landscapes in Germany (SuSe 2019, SuSe 2020, SuSe 2021, SuSe 2022)
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Wind energy on forest sites (WiSe 2013/14)
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The optimal energy mix (SuSe 2013)
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Spatial dimensions of the energy transition (WiSe 2012/13)
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Spatially compatible expansion of renewable energies (SuSe 2012)
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Renewable energies in Bavaria (SuSe 2012)
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Desertec - electricity from the desert (WiSe 2011/12)
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Life cycle assessment of renewable technologies (SuSe 2011)
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Geography of renewable energies (WiSe 2010/11)
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Ocean energy (SuSe 2010)
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Energy from Africa (WiSe 2009/10)
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GIS-supported location analysis for wind energy in Germany (SuSe 2009)
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Clean power for the future - the importance of renewable energies in Europe (SuSe 2009)
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Renewable energies to ensure sustainable mobility (WiSe 2008/09)
Seminar Courses
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Basics of energy geography (WiSe 2023/24)
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The Netherlands - from thalassocracy to a pioneer in flood protection (SoSe 2023)
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Human Geography I (WiSe 2008/09, WiSe 2009/10, WiSe 2010/11, WiSe 2011/12, WiSe 2012/13, WiSe 2013/14, WiSe 2014/15, WiSe 2023/24)
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Human Geography II (SuSe 2008, SuSe 2009, SuSe 2010, SuSe 2011, SuSe 2012, SuSe 2013, SuSe 2014, SuSe 2015)
Excursions
- Renewable energies in the Augsburg region (each SuSe)
- The Netherlands - from thalassocracy to a pioneer in flood protection (SoSe 2023)
Supervision
Bachelor Theses
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An actor-centred analysis of the nuclear power debate in Germany with special consideration of the views of other countries and the multi-level perspective (Anna-Maria Kaunat)
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The effects of external shocks on energy policy and the energy transition using the example of Fukushima and the Ukraine conflict (Johanna Zandtner)
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Ground-mounted photovoltaics on rewetted peatlands in Bavaria – a GIS-based analysis of the ecological, economic, social and legal framework conditions (Quirin Ball)
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Local transformation processes – an actor-centred analysis of structure-preserving factors in the context of local energy transitions (Elias Lulay)
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The establishment of a climate protection concept based on an energy and greenhouse gas footprint for the town of Scheidegg (Maximilian Sontheimer)
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Community energy concepts in times of energy crisis – an empirical analysis on the effects of (in)equitable governance processes in energy planning on the behaviour of local actors (Corinna Wallner)
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Creating energy landscapes as a participatory design process – development of a web-based GIS tool for the sustainable expansion of renewable energies at the local level (Sophie Brendel)
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Barriers and key success factors in the implementation of municipal heating networks – an empirical analysis of the likelihood of realising regenerative heating networks with special consideration of the perspectives of municipal decision-makers in Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein (Romana Schweiger)
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Municipal heat transitions in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Schleswig-Holstein – an empirical analysis concerning the entrepreneurial behaviour of plant operators in the context of the spatial expansion of Heat Networks (Paul Mayer)
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An actor-centred analysis concerning the development of the solar industry in the German "Solarvalley" with special consideration of the institutional embeddedness approach (Sabeth Traublinger)
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Environmental crisis in times of right-wing populism – A cross-country analysis of party positions on environmental issues (Lorenz Feichtinger)
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National energy policies in comparison - Actor-centred analysis of energy transitions in Germany, France and the United Kingdom using the Multi-Level-Perspective (MLP) (Katharina Peuker)
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Energy storage landscapes – conceptual operationalization and analysis of the spatial impact of electrical energy storage systems using the example of the German energy transition (Anita Schuster)
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Social movements in energy transition exemplified by citizens' initiatives against the expansion of the grid (Katja Mirela Starzyk)
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Spatially differentiated climate impact through mobility – possibility of developing a tool for standardised calculation of greenhouse gas emissions from transport at household level (Leonie Leisenheimer)
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Effects of distance regulations in the project planning of wind power plants – a GIS-based evaluation of the 10H regulation using the example of the planning regions Allgäu and Oberland (Michael Keller)
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Spatial management of wind energy – regional differences and their effects (Tanja Brehme)
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Perspectives of nature conservation on wind energy (Jonas Bauer)
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Expansion of the charging infrastructure for electric mobility in Augsburg (Nino Frommherz)
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Spatial potential analysis for photovoltaic free-field plants in Singapore according to the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) (Tobias Mögerlein)
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Renewable energies in Iran – experiences, challenges and strategies of german companies (Marius Peiffer)
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Acceptance of wind energy – identification and evaluation of local acceptance factors using the example of projecting the priority area Altenstadt-Kellmünz (Thomas Schultheiß)
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Success factors and obstacles of electromobility using the example of the planning regions Oberland and Donau-Wald (Hannes Bredl)
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Alternative marketing strategies for the expansion of renewable energies – development and application of an innovative market model for small wind turbines (Andreas Müller)
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Nature conservation combination of solar energy and wind energy – suitability of photovoltaic open space systems as ecological compensation areas (Lina Petersen)
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Intercultural transferability of parameters for a space-compatible expansion of wind turbines - a comparative analysis between Germany and India (Simon Zwick)
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Power asymmetries in the context of energy system transformation – formation and effects of new economic dependencies (Julian Erne)
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Location behaviour of plant operators of renewable energies – a cluster analysis using the example of the planning regions Augsburg and Lausitz-Spreewald (Lucas Schwarz)
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Spatial-economic strategies in the project development of wind energy plants – adaptation strategies in Southern Germany against the background of the EEG reform 2017 (Jan Spremann)
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GIS-based calculation of the heat demand of the Salzburg-Hallein region based on publicly available data (Sophie Horak)
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Central location factors for wind energy and photovoltaic plants in the Augsburg planning region (Kenan Dogan)
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Effects of new technology formations on the peculiarity of landscapes (Stephanie Schwarz)
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The importance of renewable energies in China (Jasper Römelt)
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The image of renewable energies – social perception and evaluation versus scientific facts (Wilhelm Holzapfel)
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Technology and space – spatial relevance of technological developments in the field of renewable energies (Bastian Gruber)
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Renewable energies and economy – importance of the expansion of renewable energies for the swabian economy (Thomas Obermeier)
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Renewable energies and spatial planning – possibilities and limits of spatial control for the expansion of wind energy (Stephanie Kleen)
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Possibilities for the relocation and optimisation of EE after the dismantling of the first generation of power plants (Daniela Hannelore Wilden)
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Feed-in of biogas into the natural gas grid – support of a sustainable location decision process with GIS (Fabian Jetter)
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Spatial relevance of energy policy decisions – effects of EEG amendments on location patterns in wind, solar and bioenergy (Verena Koch)
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Renewable energies as a growth engine? Relevance and evaluation of the expansion of renewable energies for the stimulation of regional economic cycles (Dominic Schmidtke)
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Sustainability of biofuel production – regionalisation of benefits and harms of bioethanol and biodiesel production using selected examples worldwide (Daniela Maria Ratzinger)
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Renewable energies and tourism – effects of the expansion of renewable power plants on the tourist quality of spaces and possibilities of energy tourism (Jasmin Sandra Hofmann)
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Alternative location patterns of renewable energies – GIS-supported visualisation and evaluation of the spatial relevance of variations in the criteria catalogue for location decision processes for wind energy (Corvin Harm)
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Central vs. decentralised energy system – the importance of large and medium-sized companies, municipal utilities and municipalities in the expansion of renewable energies (Hanna Wipp)
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Intelligent power grid – technical possibilities for stabilizing power grids and effects on space (Felix Maximilian Sewald)
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Determination and evaluation of the acceptance of location decisions in the expansion of renewable energies using the example of the wind farm in Erlauholz (Veronika Wittkopf)
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Evaluation of sites for the storage of regenerative electricity by means of pumped storage power plants using the example of the citizens' project "Energiespeicher Dirlewang" (Pia Zordick)
Master Theses
- Connecting renewables to the grid. Validation and optimisation of a python tool for estimating grid connection costs (Anita Schuster)
- Identification of sites and classification of PV systems primarily on pre-burdened sites using the example of the region of Salzburg (Sabrina Ermrich)
- Potentials and acceptance of wind energy - a GIS-based analysis of the expansion of wind energy in the Donau-Iller region against the background of the Wind Land Requirement Act (Alexandra Jung)
- Social conflicts on energy infrastructures – Systematic and critical analyses on the emergence of conflicts concerning the deployment of renewable energies in Germany until 2045 (Paul Schloz)
- Resources for a global energy transition – modelling mineral and fossil raw material requirements for the transformation of power supply (Richard Hofmann)
- Spatial convergence of the land uses energy, agriculture and ecology – an empirical analysis of spatial synergies with particular regard to socio-cultural barriers using the example of agri-photovoltaics (Thomas Schultheiß)
- Hydrogen as a regional energy product? The impact of a hydrogen market on the local energy strategy in the Cochem-Zell region (Fabian Bazlen)
- Landscape implications of Paris climate targets – GIS-based modelling of potential energy landscapes with global warming less than two degrees (Dominik Kienmoser)
- Renaissance of the concept of landscape in the course of the energy transition? (Martin Frey)
- Influence of species protection on project development of wind turbines – causes of conflict and solution strategies (Fabian Kempf)
- Influence of the expansion of renewable energies on the power constellations in Morocco (Kenan Dogan)
- Effects of climatic changes on Germany's energy infrastructures (Stefan Gall)
- The power of citizens in the energy transition (Lucas Schwarz)
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Urban-rural relationship in the context of the energy system transformation – GIS-based analysis of renewable energy development paths using the example of the Augsburg economic region (Marwin Deisinger)
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Inner-ecological conflict between climate and nature conservation – dealing with spaces worth protecting in the context of the energy system transformation (Jonas Fricke)
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Soil sealing by solar systems – a GIS-supported analysis to assess the soil quality of PV sites in planning region 9 (Wilhelm Holzapfel)
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GIS-based identification of the heat demand of residential buildings and settlements – a spatially transferable planning approach based on publicly available data (Julia Fruth)
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GIS-based analysis of the photovoltaic potential of large cities on the basis of settlement genetic characteristics (Fabian Jetter)
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Development of a web-based GIS planning tool for a spatially compatible expansion of renewable energies (Florian Simetsreiter)
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Municipal control of the energy transition – concretisation of substantial space requirements of wind energy in Bavaria (Matthias Schmidt)
Curriculum Vitae
Scientific Career
- Study: University of Regensburg, Chair of Economic and Social Geography, diploma, (2001-2007)
- Thesis: GIS-gestützte Standortanalyse für Biogasanlagen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der natürlichen Standortfaktoren von Silomais (completed 01.05.2007)
- Student assistant, University of Augsburg, Chair of Human Geography and Geoinformatics (01.01.2008-31.03.2008)
- Research associate, University of Augsburg, Chair of Human Geography and Geoinformatics (seit 01.04.2008)
- Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Augsburg, Chair of Human Geography and Geoinformatics (Prof. Dr. Gerd Peyke) (completed 28.06.2012)
- Thesis: Erfassung und Bewertung des Einflusses der Ressource Raum im Rahmen der Förderung von Erneuerbaren Energien sowie Ableitung eines ganzheitlichen Ansatzes zur optimalen Integration von regenerativen Technologien in den ländlichen Raum
- Habilitation in the field of Human Geography, University of Augsburg, Chair of Human Geography and Transition Research (Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt) (completed 12.07.2021)
- Appointment as senior lecturer (12.04.2022)
Administration
- Member of the appointment committee „Human Geography“ (2012-2013)
- Advisor for the bachelor program of Geography (2012-2016)
- Representative for various modules of geographic studies (2012-2016)
- Advisor for the secondary subject „Renewable Energies“ (seit 2019)
Teaching Events
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