Dr. phil. Dipl.-Systemwiss. Sascha Holzhauer

Researcher

Holzhauer, Sascha

Telephone: +49 561 804-6513
Email: Sascha.Holzhauer[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Website: Dr. Sascha Holzhauer

Location: Wilhelmshöher Allee 73
34121 Kassel

Room: WA-altes Gebäude (WA 73), ohne Raumangabe

Consultation Hours: on appointment (room -1517/18 in building 4500)

Research interests

My work focuses on researching decision-making dynamics in the energy system. Coordinated and targeted investment decisions by private building owners are particularly necessary to advance the energy transition. I use agent-based modelling and network analysis methods to investigate factors influencing these decisions in the context of changes in infrastructure. Methods: Agent-based simulation network analysis

Projects

Heat Transition of the Urban Building Stock by Interactive Decision Space Analysis 08/2022 - 02/2026 Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hoffmann, Clemens Dr. Krebs, Friedrich; Dr. Holzhauer, Sascha; Digel, Ivan; Kaiser, Alwina	The project WAERMER shall apply a methodical integration of energy system optimisation on an urban level and agent-based modelling of individual investment behaviour including preferences and scope of action. It shall help identify the requirements for a successful transition of heat provision in the urban building stock towards CO2-neutrality. Building owners are surveyed about relevant factors of their investment decision making. In an iterative process, measures to incentivise individual investments can be developed and simulated as well as required adaptations to the technical energy system identified. The agent-based modelling explicitly considers the influence of energy consultants and craftspeople concerning their changing knowledge and recommendations.

Publications

2025	Holzhauer, S. (2025). WAERMER - Waermewende im urbanen Gebäudebestand mit Hilfe interaktiver Entscheidungsraumanalyse : Zusammenfassung des energiepolitischen und gesellschaftlichen Umfeldes in den Jahren 2022 bis 2025. Kassel. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17640132
2024	Holzhauer, S., & Krebs, F. (2024). An agent-based framework for modelling linked decisions. (European Social Simulation Association (ESSA), Ed.), Social Simulation Conference 2024. Krakau.
2023	Holzhauer, S., Krebs, F., & Jansen, L. (2023). Dynamics of Individual Investments in Heating Technology. In F. Squazzoni (Ed.), Advances in Social Simulation (pp. 489–497). Cham: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34920-1_39
2023	Digel, I., Holzhauer, S., & Krebs, F. (2023). Exploring Investment Decisions in Home Heating System Replacement with a Multi-stage Algorithm: An Agent-Based Model. In C. Elsenbroich & H. Verhagen (Eds.), Advances in Social Simulation : Proceedings of the 18th Social Simulation Conference, Glasgow, UK, 4-8 September 2023 (pp. 137–149). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57785-7_12
2021	Holzhauer, S., & Krebs, F. (2021). Managing flexibility in the distribution grid. In Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (Ed.), 5th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium (EMOB 2021) (pp. 121–127). https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2021.2514
2021	Kocheril, G., Krebs, F., Nacken, L., & Holzhauer, S. (2021). Open and Integrative Modelling in Energy System Transitions---Conceptual Discussion About Model Reusability, Framework Requirements and Features. In P. Ahrweiler & M. Neumann (Eds.), Advances in Social Simulation (pp. 499–505). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61503-1_47
2020	Holzhauer, S., Krebs, F., Schön, A., & Braun, M. (2020). Using Prosumer Flexibility through a Direct Energy Market. In D. Schulz (Ed.), NEIS 2020 - Conference on Sustainable Energy Supply and Energy Storage Systems Hamburg, 14 – 15 September 2020 (pp. 255–260). Berlin: VDE-Verlag.
2020	Holzhauer, S., Krebs, F., & Nölle, C. (2020). Simulating a Direct Energy Market: Products, Performance, and Social Influence. In H. Verhargen, M. Borit, G. Bravo, & N. Wijermans (Eds.), Advances in social simulation (pp. 233–238). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34127-5_21
2019	Prasanna, A., Holzhauer, S., & Krebs, F. (2019). Overview of machine learning and data-driven methods in agent-based modeling of energy markets. In D. K., G. K., L. M., & S. G. (Eds.), INFORMATIK 2019: 50 Jahre Gesellschaft für Informatik – Informatik für Gesellschaft. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. (pp. 571–584). https://doi.org/10.18420/inf2019_73
2018	Holzhauer, S., Krebs, F., Fischer, T., & Mackensen, R. (2018). Architekturmodelle und Datenkonzepte im multimodalen Energiesystem. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3072736
2017	Holzhauer, S. (2017). Dynamic social networks in agent-based modelling. Kassel University Press, Kassel. https://doi.org/10.19211/KUP9783737602631

Talks

02/2022	Ladeinfrastruktur 2.0 Holzhauer, Sascha 5. Stakeholder Meeting EMOBICITY Kassel
09/2021	Managing Flexibility in the Distribution Grid Holzhauer, Sascha 5th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium Berlin
08/2018	Dynamic Social Networks in Agent-based Modelling Holzhauer, Sascha Social Simulation Conference 2018 Stockholm, Sweden
08/2018	Simulating a direct energy market - Products, performance, and social influence Holzhauer, Sascha Social Simulation Conference 2018 Stockholm, Sweden

CV

since 2017	Senior scientist at the University of Kassel, Integrated Energy Systems and at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology
2013-2016	Research associate at the University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences
2008-2013	Research associate at the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel
2005	Environmental Science and Computer Science at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
2002-2008	Diploma in Applied Systems Science at the University of Osnabrück (diploma thesis: Developing a Social Network Analysis and Visualisation Module for Repast Models)