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Zhang, J., Johnson-Wang, M., Khanna, N., van Valkengoed, A.M., Xu, M., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Jia, X., Pan, Y., Steg, L., Roy, J., & Zhou, N.
(2026).
Housing for well-being with minimal energy and material demand.
Nature Reviews Clean Technology 10.1038/s44359-026-00159-0.
Vélez-Henao, J.A., Streeck, J., Kikstra, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-1228, & Pauliuk, S.
(2026).
Water, land, materials, and emissions for providing decent living standards around the world.
Ecological Economics 240 e108819. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108819.
Arvanitopoulos, T., Bulian, S., Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Jordan, A.J., Tosun, J., & Vasilakos, N.
(2026).
Climate policy portfolios that accelerate emission reductions.
Nature Communications 10.1038/s41467-026-68577-z.
(In Press)
Cao, T., Frazer, E., Sugiyama, M., Shiraki, H., Fujimori, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7897-1796, Wada, K., Hamasaki, H., Kato, E., Matsuo, Y., Nishiura, O., Okubo, T., Oshiro, K., Otsuki, T., & Sano, F.
(2025).
JMIP2 Part 3: The pace of hydrogen and electricity adoption in Japan’s demand-side decarbonization.
Energy and Climate Change 6 e100223. 10.1016/j.egycc.2025.100223.
Streeck, J., Veléz-Henao, J.A., Kikstra, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-1228, Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Min, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1174, Krausmann, F., Haberl, H., Pauliuk, S., Zaini, T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0744-8993, & Wiedenhofer, D.
(2025).
Small increases in material stocks to achieve decent living standards globally.
Nature Sustainability 10.1038/s41893-025-01670-1.
Arvanitopoulos, T., Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, & Morton, C.
(2025).
Decarbonising residential heating: local conditions and spatial spillovers driving heat pump uptake.
Energy Policy 206 e114787. 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114787.
Arnz, M., Soomauroo, Z., Fisch-Romito, V., Min, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1174, Millward-Hopkins, J., Kishimoto, P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-753X, Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, Zimm, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015, & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2025).
Quantifying minimum mobility and transport needs: The who, the where and the why.
Energy Research & Social Science 128 e104306. 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104306.
Vivier, L., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2025).
European Union needs large heat pump and targeted renovation subsidies to meet heating targets.
Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-025-02342-w.
Vivier, L., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2025).
Meeting climate target with realistic demand-side policies in the residential sector.
Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-025-02348-4.
Kikstra, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-1228, Daioglou, V., Min, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1174, Sferra, F., Soergel, B., Kriegler, E., Lee, H., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Rao, N.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5292, Rauner, S., van Vuuren, D., Riahi, K.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7193-3498, van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892, & Rogelj, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2056-9061
(2025).
Closing decent living gaps in energy and emissions scenarios: introducing DESIRE.
Environmental Research Letters 20 (5) e054038. 10.1088/1748-9326/adc3ad.
Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2025).
Towards net-zero emissions in global residential heating and cooling: a global scenario analysis.
Climatic Change 178 (4) e85. 10.1007/s10584-025-03923-6.
Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542 & Creutzig, F.
(2025).
Closing the gap: Integrating behavioral and social dynamics through a modular modelling framework for low-energy demand pathways.
Energy Research & Social Science 122 e103988. 10.1016/j.erss.2025.103988.
Ju, Y.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-0332, Cao, T., Firdaus, N., & Li, B.
(2025).
Endogenizing long-term material and energy demand in response to power capacity changes by model soft-linking: application to Japan.
Energy Systems 10.1007/s12667-025-00724-9.
Pettifor, H., Agnew, M., Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, & Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542
(2024).
Disentangling the carbon emissions impact of digital consumer innovations.
Journal of Cleaner Production 485 e144412. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144412.
Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Coldrey, O., Falchetta, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-2195, & Pelz, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-8679
(2024).
Innovation in distributed energy services for sustainable development: case studies from sub-Saharan Africa.
Environmental Research Letters 19 (11) e114090. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8460.
Chatterjee, S., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Ashok, K., Sreenivas, A., Dukkipati, S., Daioglou, V., Edelenbosch, O., Pelz, S., Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, Kumar, P., & Ürge-Vorsatz, D.
(2024).
Balancing energy transition: Assessing decent living standards and future energy demand in the Global South.
Energy Research & Social Science 118 e103757. 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103757.
Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542 & Weber, E.U.
(2024).
What Can We Do About the Climate Crisis?
Frontiers for Young Minds 12 e1421602. 10.3389/frym.2024.1421602.
Wiedenhofer, D., Streeck, J., Wiese, F., Verdolini, E., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Ju, Y.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-0332, Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, Min, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1174, Norman, J.B., Wieland, H., Bento, N., Godoy León, M.F., Magalar, L., Mayer, A., Gingrich, S., Hayashi, A., Jupesta, J., Ünlü, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0080-7122, Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Cao, T., et al.
(2024).
Industry Transformations for High Service Provisioning with Lower Energy and Material Demand: A Review of Models and Scenarios.
Annual Review of Environment and Resources 49 249-279. 10.1146/annurev-environ-110822-044428.
Thomas, H., Carmona Aparicio, L.G., Creutzig, F., Hara, T., Hayashi, A., Callegari, C.L., Martinez, L., Kishimoto, P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-753X, Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Saheb, Y., & Trouvé, M.
(2024).
Models and methods for transport demand and decarbonisation: A review.
Environmental Research Letters 19 (9) e093005. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6b3a.
Creutzig, F., Simoes, S., Leipold, S., Berrill, P., Azevedo, I., Edelenbosch, O., Fishman, T., Haberl, H., Hertwich, E., Krey, V.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-3515, Lima, A., Makov, T., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Milojevic-Dupont, N., Nachtigall, F., Pauliuk, S., Silva, M., Verdolini, E., van Vuuren, D., Wagner, F., et al.
(2024).
Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions.
Nature Climate Change 14 561-572. 10.1038/s41558-024-02016-z.
Creutzig, F., Schmaus, A., Ayaragarnchanakul, E., Becker, S., Falchetta, G.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-2195, Hu, J., Goletz, M., Guéret, A., Nagel, K., Schild, J., Schill, W.-P., Schlenther, T., & Molkenthin, N.
(2024).
Shared pooled mobility: expert review from nine disciplines and implications for an emerging transdisciplinary research agenda.
Environmental Research Letters 19 (5) e053004. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad3cf5.
Fishman, T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-2382, Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Peled, Y., Saxe, S., & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2024).
RASMI: Global ranges of building material intensities differentiated by region, structure, and function.
Scientific Data 11 (1) e418. 10.1038/s41597-024-03190-7.
Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2024).
Energizing building renovation: Unraveling the dynamic interplay of building stock evolution, individual behaviour, and social norms.
Energy Research & Social Science 110 e103445. 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103445.
Bento, N., Grubler, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990, Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, De Stercke, S., Krey, V.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-3515, McCollum, D., Zimm, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015, & Alves, T.
(2024).
Leverage demand-side policies for energy security.
Science 383 (6686) 946-949. 10.1126/science.adj6150.
Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Verdolini, E., & Nemet, G.F.
(2024).
Social innovation enablers to unlock a low energy demand future.
Environmental Research Letters 19 (2) e024033. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad2021.
Sugiyama, M., Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Wiedenhofer, D., Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, Cao, T., Chatterjee, J.S., Chatterjee, S., Hara, T., Hayashi, A., Ju, Y., Krey, V.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-3515, Godoy León, M.F., Martinez, L., Masanet, E., Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Min, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1174, Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Pelz, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-8679, Roy, J., Saheb, Y., et al.
(2024).
High with low: Harnessing the power of demand-side solutions for high wellbeing with low energy and material demand.
Joule 8 (1) 1-6. 10.1016/j.joule.2023.12.014.
Ita, S., Washizu, A., & Ju, Y.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-0332
(2024).
Lifestyle changes overweighing technology improvement in household decarbonization: evidence from Japan during 1990-2020.
Carbon Footprints 4 (1) 10.20517/cf.2024.30.
Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780, Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Boza-Kiss, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4005-2481, Bento, N., Wiedenhofer, D., Streeck, J., Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Chatterjee, S., Creutzig, F., Dukkipati, S., Feng, W., Grubler, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990, Jupesta, J., Kumar, P., Marangoni, G., Saheb, Y., Shimoda, Y., Shoai-Tehrani, B., Yamaguchi, Y., et al.
(2023).
Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs.
Annual Review of Environment and Resources 48 (1) 761-792. 10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-102921.
Lutz, W.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-8145 & Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178
(2023).
Systems Analysis for Sustainable Wellbeing. 50 years of IIASA research, 40 years after the Brundtland Commission, contributing to the post-2030 Global Agenda.
IIASA Report.
Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 10.5281/zenodo.8214208.
Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Grubler, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990, Nemet, G., Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Pauliuk, S., & Wiedenhofer, D.
(2023).
The 'High-with-Low' Scenario Narrative: Key Themes, Cross-Cutting Linkages, and Implications for Modelling.
IIASA Working Paper.
Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-009
Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, De Stercke, S., & Zimm, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-1015
(2023).
Building back better: Granular energy technologies in green recovery funding programs.
Joule 7 (6) 1206-1226. 10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.012.
Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542 & Pachauri, S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178
(2023).
From social and natural vulnerability to human-centered climate resilient coastal cities.
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5 e1137641. 10.3389/frsc.2023.1137641.
Troost, Christian., Huber, R., Bell, A.R., van Delden, H., Filatova, T., Le, Q.B., Lippe, M., Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Polhill, J.G., Sun, Z., & Berger, T.
(2023).
How to keep it adequate: A protocol for ensuring validity in agent-based simulation.
Environmental Modelling & Software 159 e105559. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105559.
Mastrucci, A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5611-7780 & van Ruijven, B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-5892
(2023).
Global residential scenarios towards low energy and material demands.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1196 (1) e012008. 10.1088/1755-1315/1196/1/012008.
Virág, D., Wiedenhofer, D., Baumgart, A., Matej, S., Krausmann, F., Min, J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0020-1174, Rao, N.D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1888-5292, & Haberl, H.
(2022).
How much infrastructure is required to support decent mobility for all? An exploratory assessment.
Ecological Economics 200 e107511. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107511.
Hanmer, C., Wilson, C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566, Edelenbosch, O.Y., & van Vuuren, D.P.
(2022).
Translating Global Integrated Assessment Model Output into Lifestyle Change Pathways at the Country and Household Level.
Energies 15 (5) e1650. 10.3390/en15051650.
Niamir, L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542, Ivanova, O., & Filatova, T.
(2020).
Economy-wide impacts of behavioral climate change mitigation: linking agent-based and computable general equilibrium models.
Environmental Modelling & Software 134 e104839. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104839.
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