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A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10,000 initiatives

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  • Wierling, August
  • Schwanitz, Valeria Jana
  • Zeiss, Jan Pedro
  • von Beck, Constantin
  • Paudler, Heather Arghandeh
  • Koren, Ingrid Knutsdotter
  • Kraudzun, Tobias
  • Marcroft, Timothy
  • Müller, Lukas
  • Andreadakis, Zacharias
  • Candelise, Chiara
  • Dufner, Simon
  • Getabecha, Melake
  • Glaase, Grete
  • Hubert, Wit
  • Lupi, Veronica
  • Majidi, Sona
  • Mohammadi, Shirin
  • Nosar, Negar Safara
  • Robiou du Pont, Yann
  • Roots, Philippa
  • Rudek, Tadeusz Józef
  • Sciullo, Alessandro
  • Sehdev, Gayatri
  • Ziaabadi, Mehran
  • Zoubin, Nahid

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  • Wierling, August & Schwanitz, Valeria Jana & Zeiss, Jan Pedro & von Beck, Constantin & Paudler, Heather Arghandeh & Koren, Ingrid Knutsdotter & Kraudzun, Tobias & Marcroft, Timothy & Müller, Lukas & A, 2023. "A Europe-wide inventory of citizen-led energy action with data from 29 countries and over 10,000 initiatives," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 139028, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
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