Ricarda Schmidt-Scheele

Ricarda Schmidt-Scheele is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Sciences (Department of Organisation and Innovation) at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. She also holds an Associate Junior Fellow position at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study. Her research focuses on the sociology of technology, innovation, and organizations, with particular emphasis on sustainability transitions and digitalization in energy systems. Key areas include the interplay between energy systems and societal change, knowledge infrastructures, and the performativity of scenarios in policy-making.

She has taught courses such as 'Innovation, Knowledge, and Technology' and 'Digital Technologies and Societal Embedding,' reflecting her expertise in sociological approaches to technology and innovation. Her recent work explores the plausibility of future energy scenarios through empirical and conceptual research, contributing to interdisciplinary debates on scenario development and sustainability assessment.

Notable projects include studies on multi-attribute decision-making in energy policy and the synthesis of scenario plausibility frameworks. Her work bridges theoretical contributions with practical applications in energy system transformation and organizational futures.