Dr. Silvia Weko

Silvia Weko

School of Business, Economics and Society
Lehrstuhl für Sustainability Transition Policy

Phone number: 0911530295108
Email: silvia.weko@fau.de

Room: 5.255

Silvia Weko joined the FAU Chair of Sustainability Transition Policy in 2023. Her research focuses on the politics of sustainability transitions, and the different actors that aim to shape how economic value is created and distributed. From 2019-2023 she worked as a research associate with the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) on topics including the geopolitics of green hydrogen, technology transfer and innovation, data and intellectual property in transitions, and EU sustainability policy. Her dissertation was completed in 2023 with the University of Erfurt with the Graduate Center for Effective and Innovative Policymaking in Contested Contexts (EIPCC).

Personal Publications

2025

Book Contributions

Weko S.:
Chapter 6: The UK Hydrogen Strategy: Industrial Decarbonization and Industrial Policy
In: Rainer Quitzow and Yana Zabanova (ed.): The Geopolitics of Hydrogen Volume 2: Major Economies and Their Strategies, 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-84022-7
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-84022-7_6

Miscellaneous

Weko S.:
Von Big Oil zu Big Tech: Die Ausweitung der Tech-Konzernmacht auf den Energiesektor
(2025)
URL: https://rebalance-now.de/von-big-oil-zu-big-tech/
Weko S., Bersalli G., Chaianong A., Milioritsas I., Lilliestam J.:
Climate policy ontology (Version February 2025). Deliverable 4.5.1.1
(2025)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15583093
Chaianong A., Malhotra P., Milioritsas I., Weko S., Lilliestam J.:
Data on climate and renewable electricity targets. Deliverable 2.2.2.2
(2025)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15476344

2024

Journal Articles

Schuch E., Apergi M., Yik Kuen Chow D., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Kurniawan J., Lima-de-Oliveira R., Gen Tan Z., Weko S.:
Breaking the carbon lock-in: Identifying pathways for Malaysia towards a low-carbon future
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change 202 (2024), Article No.: 123331
ISSN: 0040-1625
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123331
Weko S.:
New Sites of Accumulation? Why Intangible Assets Matter for Energy Transitions
In: Review of Political Economy (2024)
ISSN: 0953-8259
DOI: 10.1080/09538259.2024.2391304
Apergi M., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Kurniawan J., Schuch E., Weko S.:
Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors
In: Utilities Policy 91 (2024), Article No.: 101854
ISSN: 0957-1787
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101854
Weko S., Schuch E.:
What determines local attitudes towards Jordan’s renewable energy transition? Evidence from household surveys
In: Climate Policy (2024)
ISSN: 1469-3062
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2024.2353146

Conference Contributions

Chaianong A., Hoffart FM., Kerker N., Lilliestam J., Weko S.:
Datasets and time series for energy policy research and modelling
1. NFDI4Energy Conference 2024 (Hannover, 20. February 2021 - 21. February 2002)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10656916

Miscellaneous

2023

Journal Articles

Apergi M., Zimmermann E., Weko S., Lilliestam J.:
Is renewable energy technology trade more or less conflictive than other trade?
In: Energy Policy 177 (2023), Article No.: 113538
ISSN: 0301-4215
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113538
Eicke L., Apergi M., Goldthau A., Kurniawan J., Schuch E., Weko S.:
Resource exporter or R&D champion? Leverage points and transition pathways for the Chilean energy sector
In: Energy for Sustainable Development 76 (2023), Article No.: 101257
ISSN: 0973-0826
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2023.101257
Schmidt L., Apergi M., Eicke L., Weko S.:
Who believes in green growth? Strategic framing and technology leadership in the UNFCCC negotiations
In: Climate Policy (2023)
ISSN: 1469-3062
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2023.2248061

Conference Contributions

Weko S., Goldthau A., Quitzow R.:
Climate Technology Diffusion and Transfer in the International Trade System
Remaking the Global Trading System for a Sustainable Future Project (Yale, Tufts, SRC) (Bridgetown)
URL: https://remakingtradeproject.org/white-papers

Miscellaneous

Weko S., Farrand A., Fakoussa D., Quitzow R.:
The Politics of Green Hydrogen Cooperation: Emerging Dynamics in Morocco, Algeria, and Mauritania
(2023)
DOI: 10.48481/rifs.2023.031
Weko S.:
The UK Hydrogen Strategy: Falling Behind in the Green Race?
(2023)
DOI: 10.48481/rifs.2023.023
Hermann J., Weko S., Apergi M., Eicke L., Marian A.:
Creating a climate-just Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Considering impacts on third countries in the scheme’s evaluation
(2023)
DOI: 10.48481/rifs.2023.009

2022

Journal Articles

Weko S., Goldthau A.:
Bridging the low-carbon technology gap? Assessing energy initiatives for the Global South
In: Energy Policy 169 (2022), Article No.: 113192
ISSN: 0301-4215
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113192
Weko S.:
Communitarians, cosmopolitans, and climate change: why identity matters for EU climate and energy policy
In: Journal of European public policy 29 (2022), p. 1072-1091
ISSN: 1350-1763
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1918751
Eicke L., Weko S.:
Does green growth foster green policies? Value chain upgrading and feedback mechanisms on renewable energy policies
In: Energy Policy 165 (2022), Article No.: 112948
ISSN: 0301-4215
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112948
Kurniawan J., Apergi M., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Lazurko A., Nordemann E., Schuch E., Sharma A., Siddhantakar N., Veit K., Weko S.:
Towards participatory cross-impact balance analysis: Leveraging morphological analysis for data collection in energy transition scenario workshops
In: Energy Research & Social Science 93 (2022), Article No.: 102815
ISSN: 2214-6296
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102815

Miscellaneous

Hermann J., Apergi M., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Kurniawan J., Schuch E., Weko S.:
Unlocking a Low-Carbon Future for Malaysia
(2022)
DOI: 10.48481/iass.2022.041
Hermann J., Apergi M., Goldthau A., Weko S., Schuch E., Eicke L., Kurniawan J.:
Stakeholder-based scenario building: How does it work in practice?
(2022)
URL: https://www.rifs-potsdam.de/en/blog/2022/05/stakeholder-based-scenario-building-how-does-it-work-practice
Hermann J., Apergi M., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Schuch E., Weko S.:
Fostering Energy Transitions in the Global South: Insights from Chile, Jordan, Malaysia, and Kenya
(2022)
URL: https://www.rifs-potsdam.de/en/blog/2022/12/fostering-energy-transitions-global-south-insights-chile-jordan-malaysia-and-kenya
Apergi M., Hermann J., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Kurniawan J., Schuch E., Weko S.:
Fostering a Sustainable and Secure Energy Supply for Kenya
(2022)
DOI: 10.48481/iass.2022.049
Weko S., Hermann J., Apergi M., Eicke L., Goldthau A., Kurniawan J., Schuch E.:
Accelerating the Jordanian Energy Transition
(2022)
DOI: 10.48481/iass.2022.043

2021

Journal Articles

Eicke L., Weko S., Apergi M., Marian A.:
Pulling up the carbon ladder? Decarbonization, dependence, and third-country risks from the European carbon border adjustment mechanism
In: Energy Research & Social Science 80 (2021), Article No.: 102240
ISSN: 2214-6296
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102240

2020

Book Contributions

Goldthau A., Eicke L., Weko S.:
The global energy transition and the global south
In: Hafner, Manfred Tagliapietra, Simone (ed.): The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition, Springer, 2020, p. 319-339
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39066-2_14

Miscellaneous

Weko S., Eicke L., Marian A., Apergi M.:
The Global Impacts of an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
(2020)
DOI: 10.2312/iass.2020.055
Weko S., Eicke L., Quitzow R., Bersalli G., Lira F., Marian A., Süsser D., Thapar S., Xue B.:
Covid-19 and Carbon Lock-In: Impacts on the Energy Transition
(2020)
DOI: 10.2312/iass.2020.027

2019

Miscellaneous

Eicke L., Weko S., Goldthau A.:
Countering the risk of an uneven low-carbon energy transition
(2019)
DOI: 10.2312/iass.2019.051