TANDEM’s main objective is to develop a transdisciplinary approach to identify and analyse emerging inequalities of low-carbon transition policies and co-design equitable, just and effective alternative transition pathways with stakeholders.

To reach its objective, the project will design an innovative transdisciplinary methodology, based on art-based approaches, system mapping, assessment and appraisal methods, to involve potentially affected citizens, public authorities, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders. These methods constitute the backbone of a series of three deliberation panels with citizens. In these panels TANDEM will invite participants to create their visions, perspectives and narratives on just transition policies and to define their own criteria and interventions. This deliberation process will guide a systemic impact assessment that will inform individual appraisals of the interventions. Public authorities will be involved at the beginning and end of each panel to provide insights on political, social and economic factors that should be taken into consideration. Furthermore, private companies will be invited to provide their input through interviews and surveys.

Five different case studies will be set up, in Belgium, Austria, Finland, Spain and Poland around controversial transition policies in energy and mobility affecting urban and rural populations. They will allow TANDEM to understand the challenges of a range of different contexts and test the methodology in a variety of settings. The TANDEM project will synthesize the results of the case studies in a set of documents including a methodological guide and policy recommendations to help policy makers design just transition policies.