Mag. Daniel Bell has been a Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien since 2019, the Head of the research focus ‘Renewable Energy Systems’, and the Head of the competence center ‘Resilient Energy Systems’, focusing on the investigation of social and environmental aspects of urban climate adaptation measures. His current thematic and methodological focus lies on the development and application of social science methods in the context of actively involving users in planning and evaluation processes at the neighborhood level, with the aim of improving quality of life, user comfort, and sustainability. He also conducts lectures in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Renewable Energy in the areas of sustainability assessment, academic research methods, and user-centered energy concepts.