Research Insights

A central aspect of the ACCTING project was to understand the impact of Green Deal policy initiatives on individual and collective behaviours with specific attention to marginalised groups. 

ACCTING research was based on eight research lines, defining the thematic focus of the project and generating 41 experimental studies in 13 countries. The research phase running in two cycles included an extensive mapping and comparative analysis of 150 bottom-up environmental initiatives in 34 countries and the collection of 401 interviews with individuals from vulnerable groups. 

All deliverables published by ACCTING are peer-reviewed and available open access on our Zenodo community.

Publications

Last updated on 30 May 2025

Boostani P, Pellegrini-Masini G, Klein J. The Role of Community Energy Schemes in Reducing Energy Poverty and Promoting Social Inclusion: A Systematic Literature Review. Energies. 2024; 17(13):3232. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17133232 

Overall report on results of the eight thematic research lines

Intersectional and qualitative comparative analyses

May 2025

ACCTING Research Line reports

May 2025

 

Report on Research Line 1: Valorising local knowledge on natural hazards

Report on Research Line 2: Exploring Behavioural Change at Places Affected by Biodiversity Change from the Perspective of Vulnerable Groups

Report on Research Line 3: Leveraging Behavioural Change for Inclusive Energy Communities

Report on Research Line 4: Environmental Sustainability and Vulnerability: Cases of Micro-Enterprises led by Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs

Report on Research Line 5: Inclusive Food Security and Sustainable Healthy Eating

Report on Research Line 7: Cycling Initiatives for an Inclusive Mobility

Report on Research Line 8: Toward a Just Mobility Transition

Research Agendas – 2nd cycle

April 2025

Agenda for Future Research related to Inclusive and Sustainable Mobility

Agenda for Future Research related to Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems

Agenda for Future Research in the fields of:
• Transformative Behavioural Change for Energy Communities
• Environmental Sustainability in Micro-Entrepreneurship

Agenda for Future Research in the fields of:
• Local communities and disasters
• Local environmental stewardship – Sustainability, transformation and behavioural change

Research agendas – 1st cycle

The deliverable presents research gaps identified within the framework of Green Deal policies, based on the project’s Research Lines and Open Studios.

October 2023

ACCTING Dataset

Narratives on inequalities in enablers and hindrances for advancing behavioural change through an inclusive Green Deal in Europe.

January 2024

Report on inspiring practice cases

The report provides information on inspiring practice cases of bottom-up initiatives across the 34 countries that have been mapped within the ACCTING EU project.

January 2023

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