Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Schünemann

System modelling of complex societal processes (focus on implementation of innovations and sustainability transformations):

• System dynamic modelling (Systems Thinking, System Dynamics) for understanding complex (social) systems
• Leading participatory (inter-/transdisciplinary) modelling workshops for a more holistic understanding of complex (social) problems and solutions
• Application of system modelling for policy advice
• Mapping decision-making processes regarding sustainability innovations & transformations

Heat Stress in Buildings and Urban Districts:

• Thermal building (performance) simulation and indoor measurements for a detailed assessment of heat stress in buildings (influence of building physics, weather data, and user behaviour): Focus on school buildings and residential buildings
• Development of tools for evaluating heat stress

Energy Efficiency of Buildings and Energy Renovations:

• System models that represent the decision-making process of various actors for energy renovations
• Thermal building (performance) simulation for a detailed assessment of energy efficiency in buildings (influence of building physics and user behaviour)
• Use of renewable energies (especially photovoltaics and heat pumps)

since 2019

Research Associate at the IOER

2015-2019

Staff member in an engineering office in Dresden in the fields of thermal building simulation, plant simulation and BIM

2013–2015

Postdoc at the Institute of Energy Technology at TU Dresden (focus on building monitoring, concept development for plus-energy houses and thermal building simulation)

2012–2013

Research associate at the Leibniz-Institute for Polymer Research Dresden e.V.

2009–2012

PhD student and research associate at the Institute for Applied Photophysics of the TU Dresden (field: morphological investigations of thin films in organic solar cells), PhD in 01/2013

2003–2009

Studied physics at the TU Dresden

 

• DEKASYS - Decarbonisation of the German residential building stock - Qualitative and quantitative system modelling of the societal motivation processes to increase the energetic renovation dynamics and the effectiveness of policy instruments
• KlimaKonform II - Joint project ReglKlim: Platform for climate-friendly action at municipal and district level in low mountain regions - expand, deepen, transfer
• PolitiKa - Policy recommendations Climate adaptation: Management of climate change impacts and analysis as well as (further) development of target group-specific climate adaptation instruments and policy recommendations.
• SAKI - Systems and assessment approaches for knowledge integration in spatial sustainability transformations’ contexts
• MultiRisk - Resilience of the built environment to natural hazards - methods for the identification and evaluation of multifunctional risk reduction concepts

Completed projects

• HeatResilientCity II  - Heat adaptation of urban building and settlement structures - Actor-oriented implementation support for increasing climate resilience and health care
• ClimateConform - Joint project ReglKlim: Joint platform for climate-conform action at community and district level in mountainous regions – Subproject 5: Object type based modelling and regional economic assessment of climate adaptation potentials
• HeatResBuild - Heat-Resilient Buildings - interaction of heat adaptation measures in buildings and open space, indicator-based overheating assessment, implementation dynamics and health aspects (P1026)
•  PoliMod - Feasibility study: Modeling climate adaptation measures: Actors, decisions and effectiveness
  - Approaches and methods of quantitative policy modeling to assess the effectiveness of climate change adaptation policy instruments in Germany -
• SYSDYM - Preliminary study on system dynamics modelling including an application test to analyse implementation obstacles regarding climate protection and climate adaptation measures
• HeatResilientCity - Heat-sensitive urban and neighbourhood development in large cities - Resident oriented knowledge generation and implementation in Dresden and Erfurt (10/2017-09/2020, BMBF/Leitinitiative Zukunftsstadt)
• ResAdBuildings -Assessment of resilience and adaptation to climate change of residential buildings focussing heavy rain and summer heat