Daniel Petrovics is an early stage researcher with experience in sustainability consulting. He holds a MSc degree in International Development Studies and an MSc degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Amsterdam. He is also currently finishing his PhD at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) on the scaling of energy communities. In the past 4 years Daniel has also been employed as a Research Associate at the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam where among others he worked on the Horizon 2020 - NEWCOMERS and Urban Innovation Action - RESILIO projects. Before joining RSM, he worked with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) on sustainability reporting policy and also acted as consultant on a number of projects involving organizations such as UNGC, UNEP, PwC, CDP and REN21.

His current work focuses on the scaling of community enterprises, such as energy communities as part of the SCENSUS project. He has a keen interest in studying how initiatives targeting climate mitigation and adaptation at the local urban scale organize at the meso-level and how they form meta-organizations and umbrella organizations. To study these initiatives he has worked with a broad range of literature including polycentric governance thinking and strategic niche management.