How does scientific model-building influence the energy transition – and with it our future? Models, and how they are presented, determine our thinking, but their foundations often remain invisible. The transdisciplinary research project Poetik der Modelle at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is investigating how we shape the future with energy transition models, and how we can communicate about them in a more accessible way. Funded as a Reinhart Koselleck project by the German Research Foundation (DFG), it questions the practices of modeling and aims to improve transparency, participation, and inclusion in the transformation of our energy system.

Research team introduced CHASER, an incentive mechanism for blockchain-based EMCS systems. It ensures budget balance, truthfulness, rationality, and high social welfare. Simulations show a 42% increase in social welfare and high task completion rates.