Jan Frankowski

analyst

Ph.D. in social sciences. Geographer and sociologist specialising in energy, housing, and regional development. With a decade of experience in private, public, and NGO sectors, Jan coordinated and carried out several dozen scientific and applied projects for international and Polish research institutions, ministries, and regional and local governments. At IBS, he mainly investigates energy transition opportunities and risks for households, cities and regions. He obtained a PhD at the Polish Academy of Sciences and finished the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw.

interests

energy transitions, coal phase-out, energy poverty, climate policy, urban and housing studies, regional and local development

News

IBS research during the ICA CCR Europe 2025 Conference

conference

2025-06-24

Jan Frankowski presented the ENBLOC research findings at the largest recurring European conference dedicated to cooperative studies in Helsinki.

LIFE DAYS 2025

conference

2025-06-03

In the second half of May, we shared experiences from LIFE projects in Warsaw, Szczytno, and Brussels.

Engaging housing stakeholders managing private multi-family buildings

energy and climate

2025-05-09

On May 6, 2025, Jan Frankowski and Joanna Mazurkiewicz presented IBS activities and research findings at the largest housing cooperative in Rumia.

The online webinar of C40 and IBS

webinar

2025-03-26

On 20 March, Aleksandra Prusak and Jan Frankowski from IBS hosted a webinar for representatives of local governments associated in the C40 Cities network and Bloomberg Cities Ideas Exchange. The event brought together over 50 city representatives from around the world.

First meeting of the LOCATEE Advisory Board

events

2025-03-10

On February 26, the members of the LOCATEE project’s Advisory Board met to share their expertise and experiences, contributing to the project's goal of using administrative data to tackle energy poverty and support municipalities in private multi-family building retrofits.

The Third ENBLOC Project Meeting in Warsaw

workshop

2025-02-21

On February 10-11, 2025, the last regular meeting of the ENBLOC project took place.

All messages

Publications

2025-03-31 Peer effects and inequalities in technology uptake. Evidence from a large-scale subsidy programme

Authors:

The success of energy transition in addressing climate change depends on several factors, including the affordability of new technologies and the influence of peers within communities. However, concerns about affordability raise questions about how economic inequalities shape peer effects and whether they create barriers to ...

2024-12-17 Reporting theatre: Understanding housing cooperative strategies during energy crisis

Authors:

The importance of energy as a common good becomes especially pronounced during crises. This paper reconstructs the response of housing cooperatives to the energy crisis by applying Kenneth Burke’s five categories of theatre interpretation and eighteen impression management strategies inspired by Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical sociology ...

2024-07-31 Facilitating data-driven retrofits to alleviate energy poverty in Warsaw

Authors:

The study includes a procedure and recommendations for collecting data on energy poverty at the building level, available in national and local government registers. The adopted analytical process allowed for developing various energy renovation scenarios for municipal buildings in Warsaw, considering a balance between social, ...

2024-03-11 How to use social support networks to tackle energy poverty?

Authors:

Some households in an energy poverty crisis cannot rely on support from other people. Also, the effectiveness of programs combating energy poverty is limited due to difficulties in reaching households in crisis. Without institutional, material, and emotional support, people experiencing energy poverty cannot improve their ...

2023-10-02 Housing cooperatives facing the energy transition. Insights from Poland and Czechia

Authors:

This study constitutes preliminary analytical material concerning the adaptative capacity of housing cooperatives to accommodate energy transition in Poland and Czechia. This report comprehensively utilises administrative data from Polish and Czech national registers for the first time. These data have been employed to (1) compare ...

2023-05-24 Distributional effects of carbon pricing in Poland

Authors:

The report aims to indicate the potential effects of climate policy and point out mechanisms to reduce inequalities caused by increased energy prices. Based on the macroeconomic model and microsimulation, we present the effects of carbon pricing and its consequences for economic sectors and households ...

All publications

Projects

LOCATEE – Local authorities tackling energy poverty in private multi-apartment buildings

LOCATEE's overarching goal is to support local municipalities in addressing energy poverty through the renovation of private multi-apartment buildings for vulnerable residents

Housing landscape in the context of repurposing empty spaces for vulnerable populations.

The project's objective is to study the housing ecosystem in Poland, with a focus on mapping non-residential vacant properties within Polish local governments and adapting them to residential purposes.

Sun4All

The project's main objective is to set the strategic ground for the performance of the commitment made by the City of Warsaw to support, develop, and replicate the results of the Sun4All project.

Fostering ambitious and effective NECPs in Central and Eastern Europe

The project "Fostering ambitious and effective NECPs in Central and Eastern Europe" aims to impact energy and climate policies in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania.

CARE: Carbon-neutral and Affordable Retrofits for Everyone in Need

The project aims to develop sequences for renovating municipal buildings in Warsaw, balancing environmental and social goals.

Energy poverty of women in Poland

The project aims to recognise Poland's gendered energy poverty patterns and enable more effective implementation of public policy measures to tackle energy poverty.

Identification of social groups and entities affected by energy poverty, transport exclusion with support strategy recommendations

The project aimed to synthesise data on social groups and entities vulnerable to fuel and energy price increases within the context of Social Climate Fund support

ENBLOC – Enabling energy transition in postsocialist housing cooperatives

The project aims to assess the adaptive capacity of housing cooperatives in internalising energy transition based on the example of Poland and Czechia.

Mechanisms of supporting environmental fees in Poland

This project aims to assess the people’s preferences regarding the acceptance and redistribution of environmental fees in Poland.

Distributional Impact of Carbon Pricing in Central and Eastern Europe

The project studies the effects of the increasing carbon costs in the EU on the economically vulnerable groups of final energy consumers. It focuses on four East-European EU member states (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania) – with higher-than-EU-average levels of fossil fuels dependence in their economic systems, and higher-than-EU-average energy poverty levels.

Labour force indirectly affected by coal mine closures

The aim of the project is to estimate and map the workforce employed in the Polish coal mines as well as the workforce employed by their subcontractors, indirectly affected by the coal transition in three regions: Silesia, Greater Poland, and Lower Silesia.

Guidelines for the Upper Silesian Territorial Just Transition Plan

The aim of the project was to provide analytical support and recommendations helpful in preparation of the Territorial Just Transition Plan as well as other strategic documents supporting low-carbon development pathway in the Upper Silesia Region.

Labour market in the Śląskie Voivodeship and climate neutrality in 2050

The aim of the project is to assess the impact of achieving climate neutrality on the labour market in the Śląskie Voivodeship. A just transformation of the Silesia region is crucial for reducing emissions of the energy sector and minimizing the social costs of this process.

TIPPING+ – Enabling positive tipping points towards clean energy transitions in coal and carbon-intensive regions

The aim of the project is to characterise and explain the decisive events, processes, major systems’ transformations and their effects on the transition of European CCIR toward clean energy; but also, to prevent the rise of undesirable outcomes like the rise of populism and anti-democratic attitudes.

Evaluation of support provided for young people under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development

The aim of the project is to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of support for young people implemented under I Priority Axis of the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development (KED). The project will base on quantitative surveys of support participants and qualitative interviews’ of support coordinators.

Energy Poverty

The aim of the project is to show the factors affecting the phenomenon of energy poverty in Poland and the identification of effective social policy instruments to counter this problem.

Some cookies are necessary for the proper operation of our site. We also encourage you to agree to the use of analytical tool cookies. They allow us to continuously improve the site. You can find more information in the Privacy Policy. More.

Customize Reject all Accept all

"Necessary" cookies are required for the operation of the site. Consent to the other categories, will help us improve the operation of the site. Third-party companies, such as: Google, also store cookies. For more information: data use and privacy. Cookies set by Google for logged in users.

Necessary cookies are required for the proper operation of the site.

Name:

lets-make-cookies_consent

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

year

Description:

Stores user consent data.

Name:

lets-make-cookies_categories

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

year

Description:

Stores user consent data.

Name:

_GRECAPTCHA

Domain:

.google.com

Duration:

6 months

Description:

It is used for spam protection.

Store the data of analytical tools such as: Google Analytics.

Name:

_ga[_customname]

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

year

Description:

Registers a new identifier that is used to generate statistical data on website visits

Name:

_gat[_customname]

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

day

Description:

The file is used to control the number of request from the user's browser to the server.

Name:

_gid

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

day

Description:

Registers an identifier that is used to generate statistical data on website visits.

They store data related to the ad function.

Name:

_fbp

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

3 months

Description:

It is used to record and track data about user visits.

Name:

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

3 months

Description:

It is used to deliver customized ads and retargeting to users.

Name:

IDE

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

13 months (EOG)

Description:

It is used to deliver customized ads and retargeting to users.

Name:

_gcl_au

Domain:

/ibs.org.pl

Duration:

90 days

Description:

The file is used to store interaction data and track conversions.

Name:

NID

Domain:

.google.com

Duration:

6 months

Description:

It is used to deliver ads, retargeting and store user preferences.

Name:

RUL

Domain:

.google.com

Duration:

12 months

Description:

It is used to verify the correct display of ads on the site.

Allows user data related to advertisements to be sent to Google

There is no cookies.

Allows personalized ads to be displayed

There is no cookies.

There is no consent yet.

Save settings Accept all