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Kerstin Sernhed is a Senior Lecturer at Lund University's Faculty of Engineering (LTH), specializing in Energy Systems within the Department of Energy Sciences. She serves as a Profile Area Member for both Efficient Energy Systems and LTH's Profile Area: The Energy Transition, demonstrating her significant contributions to sustainable energy research and education.
Her research expertise spans energy systems in sustainability-profiled urban districts, district heating technologies, socio-technical ecology approaches, and emerging hydrogen business models for transportation. Dr. Sernhed's work critically examines the planning, development, and evaluation of energy systems through interdisciplinary lenses that integrate engineering, social sciences, and sustainable development principles. Her research directly contributes to multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities, and climate action.
Dr. Sernhed has made significant scholarly contributions including a comprehensive literature review on energy systems in Swedish sustainability-profiled districts that has garnered substantial academic attention with over 100 readers and 12 citations. Her research portfolio demonstrates a strong focus on practical applications of energy systems in real-world urban contexts.
- Scholarship for best doctoral thesis or licentiatavhandling within the ELAN research program (2005)
Dr. Sernhed actively collaborates on numerous research projects and contributes to academic discourse through conference organization and participation. She has supervised multiple research works and serves as a key contributor to LTH's Energy Transition initiatives, including organizing seminar series and retreats focused on advancing sustainable energy solutions. Her current projects include Bologi: Människa, resiliens, energi- och resursanvändning i framtidens bostäder (2023-2025), SOTEK: Sociotechnical ecology: Energy systems in urban areas with high sustainability (ongoing since 2020), and VFEAT: Business models for hydrogen in Swedish transportation sector.
As an active member of Lund University's Energy Transition community, Dr. Sernhed contributes to interdisciplinary research networks that connect engineering solutions with social and policy dimensions of energy transition, working alongside researchers from diverse fields to address complex sustainability challenges in urban energy systems.
