Among the various approaches and methodologies available for carrying out sustainability assessments, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been recognized as a powerful used support tool due to its flexibility and ability to organize available information, supported by the involvement of relevant stakeholders.

It should be noted that a relevant MCDA method must be selected depending on the decision problem, and suitable approaches for the integration of various interest groups must be ensured.

The implementation of an MCDA involves many different process steps such as method selection, decision problem formulation, preference elicitation. Although their implementation increases the traceability and transparency of decision-making processes, MCDA can be often seen as complex and time consuming. Through the use of software, these barriers in the application of MCDA can be overcome, reducing the effort and resources involved.  

The upcoming session of the TwinVECTOR Webinar Series, titled “MCDA for Sustainability Assessment - basics, challenges and software support by HELDA” consists of two presentations. These presentations cover the basics of MCDA (framing the problem, integrating multiple stakeholders, selecting relevant MCDA methods for each decision challenge) and introduce the HELDA software tool to support MCDA in the context of a sustainability assessment. The online webinar is carried out in cooperation with StoRIES, EERA Joint Program Energy Storage and POLiS being open to anybody and providing sufficient space for discussions. 

Agenda 

• 13:00 Welcome and Introduction 
• 13:05 Asst. Prof. Dr. Marco Cinelli, LUC: “Basics and challenges of MCDA for Sustainability Assessment” 
• 13:40 Question & Answer Session 
• 14:10 Laura Mesa Estrada, Research Associate | PhD Candidate, KIT: “HELDA: generic free MCDA software and its application in sustainability assessment” 
• 14:40 Question & Answer Session 
• 15:00 End of Webinar 

Registration for the webinar is required.

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