ITAS Newsletter --- Nr. 102 - 15.05.2024
[1] Research
[2] TATuP journal
[3] Policy advice
[4] Job offers
[5] From ITAS
[6] Events
[7] ITAS in the media
[8] Researchers in focus
[9] Publications
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Research
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CONFLICTS OF VALUES: PROJECT INVESTIGATES GOAL-ORIENTED NEGOTIATION PROCESSES
Climate justice, freedom energies, or frankenfood – moral values are omnipresent in debates on social and scientific topics. The MoWiKo project investigates how ethical aspects can be communicated appropriately.
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TRANSFORMING TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY WITH REAL-WORLD LABORATORIES
Real-world laboratories have established themselves as places of transdisciplinary research and innovation, particularly in German-speaking countries. A special issue of GAIA, co-edited by ITAS researchers, expands the view to include the international state of research.
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THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLY
Cooperative business models could play an important role in the transformation of the global food supply. A Belmont Forum project involving ITAS and partners on three continents investigates how these models can be strengthened.
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BATTERIES FOR THE ENERGY AND MOBILITY TRANSITION
A book co-edited by ITAS scientists offers a new, holistic perspective on the field of emerging battery technologies – from innovative materials and recycling methods to environmental impacts and potential markets.
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TATuP – Journal for TA in Theory and Practice
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ISSUE ON AI FOR DECISION SUPPORT
Whether for steering vehicles, making medical diagnoses, or supporting the courts – increasingly far-reaching decisions are in the hands of artificial intelligence. The current TATuP Special topic asks about the consequences.
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Policy advice
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COMPLEX SYSTEMS – BENEFIT OR BURDEN?
A new TA preliminary study discusses why and how an in-depth examination of the complexity of our energy system can help build more resilience into our critical infrastructure.
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A NEW IMPETUS FOR PARLIAMENTARY TA
In the new contract period with the German Bundestag, TAB has further developed its formats. Armin Grunwald presented the innovations at his presentation of the 2023 Activity Report to the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.
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IMPROVED USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS
Only a small part of the German economy’s demand for raw materials is covered by recycled materials. Using the examples of plastic packaging, electrical appliances, and building materials, the current report identifies policy options to change this.
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Job offers
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Master Thesis
A System Dynamics model for Li-Ion battery production and values chain
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Mitarbeiterin / Mitarbeiter (w/m/d)
in der Wissenschaft Fachbereich Sprach-, Politik- oder Sozialwissenschaften
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Mitarbeit in der Redaktion (Hiwi)
von TATuP–Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis
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Studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/d)
gesucht im Bereich Transformation von Lebensmittel-Lieferketten
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Participation in the research group (Hiwi)
Designing Real-World Laboratory Research
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Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d)
in den Bereichen Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Medienproduktion
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Studentische Hilfskraft gesucht:
Projektorganisation und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
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From ITAS
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: NTA11 IN BERLIN
The 11th conference of the Network Technology Assessment (NTA) from 18 to 20 November 2024 will focus on questions of policy advice in the face of polycrises and technological change. Abstracts for presentations and posters can be submitted until 15 June 2024.
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KARL9 – SCIENCE HUB FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
ITAS has opened new premises for the exchange of science with citizens. The centrally located and barrier-free “Karl9” science hub in Karlsruhe displays exhibits on TA during fixed opening hours and is a regular venue for workshops, discussion formats, and lectures.
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VIDEO: WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT?
What do we mean by technology impacts? Who is involved in assessing them? And who are the addressees of technology assessment? Head of ITAS Armin Grunwald answers these and other questions relating to TA.
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Personalia:
Philipp Frey has successfully completed his doctorate “Towards an automated (anti-)utopia?” at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at KIT. His “critical analysis of the contemporary discourses on automation” was funded by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
Bismark Razak Haruna is working at ITAS on the question of how the social impacts of products and supply chains can be assessed. His paper “Social Life Cycle Assessment of Sodium Ion Batteries” has now been shortlisted by the jury of the GAIA Master Student Paper Awards 2024.
Somidh Saha is one of two winners of the YIN Grant 2024. The award, worth a total of 25,000 euros, is given by the Young Investigator Network of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Saha’s share of the grant will go toward a project to research the local cooling potential of urban trees.
New staff members:
Sayan Das (Research for Sustainable Energy Technologies)
Veronika Stein (Designing Real-World Laboratory Research)
Eshagh Khaki (Research for Sustainable Energy Technologies)
Anna Rifat Klassen (Philosophy of Engineering, Technology Assessment, and Science)
Yi-Ching Lee (Socio-Technical Energy Futures)
Pushpendra Pushpendra (Research for Sustainable Energy Technologies)
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Events
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16.05.2024
ONLINE-TRAINING FOR THE WORKSHOP FORMAT #CLIMATECHALLENGE
Online
23.05.2024
CLIMATE TALKS: LASST UNS NACHHALTIG WERDEN!
ITAS
Karlstraße 11, Karlsruhe
06.06.2024
ONLINE-TRAINING FOR THE WORKSHOP FORMAT #CLIMATECHALLENGE
Online
08.06.2024
CAMPUSTAG - LERNE DEINE UNI VOR ORT KENNEN!
KIT, Campus Süd
11.06.2024
NORMATIVITY IN ENERGY JUSTICE STUDIES
Online
20.06.2024
CLIMATE TALKS: SOLLTEN FORSCHENDE NOCH REISEN?
ITAS
Karlstraße 11, Karlsruhe
26.06.2024
ONLINE-TRAINING FOR THE WORKSHOP FORMAT #CLIMATECHALLENGE
Online
01.07.2024
INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SUMMER SCHOOL
Miramar Palace, Donostia-San Sebastián
04.07.2024
CLIMATE TALKS: GRÜNE GABELN, GLOBALE WIRKUNG: UNSER TELLER ALS WERKZEUG FÜR DEN KLIMASCHUTZ
ITAS
Karlstraße 11, Karlsruhe
23.07.2024
NORMATIVE ENERGY ETHICS: WHAT IS ENERGY?
Online
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ITAS in the media
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Der Spiegel (08.05.2024)
KLIMASCHONEND FLIEGEN KÖNNTE ERST IN JAHRZEHNTEN MÖGLICH SEIN TAB-study on more climate-friendly air transport
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Ö1 Digital.Leben (24.04.2024)
HELFEN WASSERZEICHEN UND WARNUNGEN GEGEN DESINFORMATION? with Jutta Jahnel
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Baden TV Aktuell (16.04.2024)
ERÖFFNUNG KARL9 WISSENSCHAFTSLOKAL on the opening of the science shop Karl9, starting at minute 15:40
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SWR Aktuell Baden-Württemberg (21.03.2024)
KI: AFD GÖPPINGEN WIRBT MIT EINEM FAKE-GESICHT with assessments from Jutta Jahnel
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clicKIT (14.03.2024)
GUTE FRAGE: WANN IST KI EINE GUTE SACHE? with Armin Grunwald
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Frankfurter Rundschau (14.03.2024)
ETHIKRAT ZU KLIMAGERECHTIGKEIT: WIE KÖNNEN DIE LASTEN BESSER VERTEILT WERDEN? with Armin Grunwald
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taz (08.03.2024)
ZU VIEL MÜLL AUS JOGHURTBECHERN on the TAB report “Strategies and instruments for improving the use of recycled materials“
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Arizona State University (März 2024)
INTERVIEW ON TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT with Armin Grunwald
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Researchers in focus
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“Working in transdisciplinary projects requires the knowledge of many people. However, the challenge is often to make this knowledge accessible, comprehensible, and thus useful for others. At ITAS, I want to work with my colleagues to help better understand and shape these processes. For example, we are working on bringing together a wide range of stakeholders to shape the energy transition in a sustainable way.”
Janine Gondolf, philosopher of technology at ITAS
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Publications
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BOOKS AND REPORTS
Hungerland, T.; Meißner, L.; Abel, S.; Nögel, L.; Czerniak-Wilmes, J.
Innovative Antriebe und Kraftstoffe für einen klimaverträglicheren
Luftverkehr
2024. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag
(TAB)
<https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000170399>
Kopfmüller, J.; Walz, R.; Benighaus, C.; Bührer, S.; Danielzyk, R.;
Deckers, M.; Ferse, S.; Frank, D.; Helming, K.; Kreutzer, D.; Lutz, R.;
Maikämper, M.; Pfeifer, L.; Pflaum, H.; Potthast, T.; Schlüter, A.;
Schlünz, B.; Siegmund, Y.; Treutner, F.; Vogt, M.; Weber, C.; Weihgold,
V.; Winkelmann, M.
Exzellent forschen in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung: Positionspapier
des Projektkonsortiums LeNa Shape
2024. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT).
doi:10.5445/IR/1000170107 <https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000170107>
Riousset, P.; Kehl, C.
Komplexe Systeme – Nutzen oder Last? TA-Vorstudie
2024. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag
(TAB).
doi:10.5445/IR/1000169590 <https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000169590>
Scheer, D.; Jendritzki, I.; Gaiser, J.; Frömel, M.
Stand und Perspektiven der kommunalen Sektorkopplung Ergebnisse einer
Online-Befragung
2024. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT).
doi:10.5445/IR/1000169900 <https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000169900>
TAB (Hrsg.)
Das TAB im Jahr 2023
2024. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag
(TAB).
doi:10.5445/IR/1000169449 <https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000169449>
BOOK CHAPTERS AND PROCEEDINGS
Barbato, F.; Barthelemy, M.; Beck, C.; Biamonte, J. D.; Cirac, J. I.;
Malz, D.; Marino, A.; Seskir, Z. C.; Ventura-Traveset, J.
Chapter 7: Physics for secure and efficient societies
2024. EPS Grand Challenges – Physics for Society in the Horizon 2050,
1–105, IOP Publishing.
doi:10.1088/978-0-7503-6342-6ch7 <https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-6342-6ch7>
Eckhardt, A.; Becker, F.; Mintzlaff, V.; Scheer, D.; Seidl, R.
Das Unbekannte vorausdenken: Entscheidungen unter Ungewissheit und zum
Umgang mit Ungewissheiten
2024. Entscheidungen in die weite Zukunft: Ungewissheiten bei der
Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle. Hrsg.: A. Eckhardt, 383–403,
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_18 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_18>
Grunwald, A.
Offene Zukunft und unsicheres Zukunftswissen: Die Endlagerung
hochradioaktiver Abfälle
2024. Entscheidungen in die weite Zukunft: Ungewissheiten bei der
Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle. Hrsg.: A. Eckhardt, 13–30,
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_2 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_2>
Lissandrello, E.; Laborgne, P.; Pinto de Sousa, R.
Social Justice: How might we ensure that the 15-minute City promotes a
just urban mobility transition where nobody is left behind?
2024. Navigating the 15-minute City. First Learnings and Discussions
from the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership. Hrsg.: L. Zeisel; M.
Jäger; K. Hanna, 42–43, Driving Urban Transitions (DUT)
mehr <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000169846>
Liu, X.; Ersoy, H.; Baumann, M.; Passerini, S.
Batteries – Aluminum systems | Aqueous aluminium batteries
2024. Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical
Engineering. Hrsg.: J. Reedijk, Elsevier.
doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-96022-9.00204-8 <https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96022-9.00204-8>
Oppen, A. von; Smeddinck, U.
Über Geld spricht man nicht. Doch! Aber wann und wie? – Ein Beitrag
aus Sicht einer Bürgerin und eines Wissenschaftlers
2024. Die Suche nach einem Lager für hochradioaktive Abfälle – In
der Schweiz und in Deutschland. Hrsg.: M. C. M. Müller, 64–74,
Evangelische Akademie Loccum
mehr <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000169845>
Rudenko, I.; Norman, U.; Maure, R.; Rudenko, A.; Weinberger, N.; Krebs,
F.; Peller-Konrad, F.; Reister, F.; Asfour, T.; Bruno, B.
Drawings for Insight on Preschoolers’ Perception of Robots
2024. Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Human-Robot Interaction, 920–924, Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM).
doi:10.1145/3610978.3640608 <https://doi.org/10.1145/3610978.3640608>
Scheer, D.; Becker, F.; Hassel, T.; Hocke, P.; Leusmann, T.; Metz, V.
Trittsicherheit auf Zukunftspfaden? Ungewissheitsbewältigung bei der
Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle
2024. Entscheidungen in die weite Zukunft: Ungewissheiten bei der
Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle. Hrsg.: A. Eckhardt, 113–140,
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_7 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_7>
Seidl, R.; Becker, F.; Eckhardt, A.; Mintzlaff, V.; Scheer, D.
Die Vielfalt der Ungewissheit bei der Entsorgung hochradioaktiver
Abfälle
2024. Entscheidungen in die weite Zukunft: Ungewissheiten bei der
Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle. Hrsg.: A. Eckhardt, 1–12,
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_1 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_1>
Smeddinck, U.
Ungewissheit als Regulierungsaufgabe des Standortauswahlgesetzes – Von
der Gefahrenabwehr zur Vorsorge für 1 Million Jahre
2024. Entscheidungen in die weite Zukunft: Ungewissheiten bei der
Entsorgung hochradioaktiver Abfälle. Hrsg.: A. Eckhardt, 167–186,
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.
doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_9 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42698-9_9>
Szaguhn, M.
Transformatives Lernen im Selbst- und Realexperiment: Wie das Format
#climatechallenge neue Perspektiven auf Klimaschutz ermöglicht
2024. Lernziele und Kompetenzen im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit. Hrsg.: W.
Leal Filho, 25–48, Springer-Verlag.
doi:10.1007/978-3-662-67740-7_2 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67740-7_2>
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Alexandri, G.; Janoschka, M.
Local Housing Policies and Corporate Social Financial Logics: Insights
from the Financialization of Housing in Barcelona
2024. Housing, Theory and Society, 1–19.
doi:10.1080/14036096.2024.2328633 <https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2024.2328633>
Baumann, M. J.; Peters, J.; Häringer, M.; Schmidt, M.; Schneider, L.;
Bauer, W.; Binder, J. R.; Weil, M.
Prospective Hazard and Toxicity Screening of Sodium-ion Battery Cathode
Materials
2024. Green Chemistry.
doi:10.1039/D3GC05098J <https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC05098J>
Bernert, P.; Weiser, A.; Kampfmann, T.; Lang, D. J.
Impacts beyond experimentation – Conceptualising emergent impacts from
long-term real-world laboratory processes
2024. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33 (1),
18–25.
doi:10.14512/gaia.33.S1.4 <https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.33.S1.4>
Chiofalo, M. L.; Foti, C.; Lazzeroni, C.; Maniscalco, S.; Seskir, Z. C.;
Sherson, J.; Weidner, C. A.; Michelini, M.
Games for Quantum Physics Education
2024. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2727 (1), Art.-Nr.: 12010.
doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2727/1/012010 <https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2727/1/012010>
Erakca, M.; Baumann, M.; Helbig, C.; Weil, M.
Systematic review of scale-up methods for prospective life cycle
assessment of emerging technologies
2024. Journal of Cleaner Production, 451, 142161.
doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142161 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142161>
Fakharizadehshirazi, E.; Rösch, C.
A novel socio-techno-environmental GIS approach to assess the
contribution of ground-mounted photovoltaics to achieve climate
neutrality in Germany
2024. Renewable Energy, 120117.
doi:10.1016/j.renene.2024.120117 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120117>
Fleischer, T.; Puhe, M.; Schippl, J.
Gesellschaftliche Einstellungen zu Fragen der Mobilitätswende.
Ausgewählte Ergebnisse aus einer repräsentativen Befragung in
Deutschland
2024. Internationales Verkehrswesen, 76 (1), 17–23
mehr <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000169563>
Heil, R.; Wendt, K. von
Künstliche Intelligenz außer Kontrolle?
2024. TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie
und Praxis, 33 (1), 64–67.
doi:10.14512/tatup.33.1.64 <https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.33.1.64>
Holst, J.; Potthast, T.; Fritz, H.; Nölting, B.; Singer-Brodowski, M.;
Albiez, M.; Betz, C.; Lang, D. J.; Meyer, S.; Ober, S.; Parodi, O.;
Schaltegger, S.; Scheiding, C.; Weynand, M.
Vom Ziel zur Normalität
2024. Deutsche Universitätszeitung, (2), 20–23
mehr <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000169701>
Horcea-Milcu, A.-I.; Dorresteijn, I.; Leventon, J.; Stojanovic, M.; Lam,
D. P. M.; Lang, D. J.; Moriggi, A.; Raymond, C. M.; Stålhammar, S.;
Weiser, A.; Zimmermann, S.
Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions,
and moving forward
2024. Global Sustainability, 7.
doi:10.1017/sus.2024.12 <https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.12>
Pfendtner-Heise, J.; Ackerschott, A.; Schwenck, C.; Lang, D. J.; von
Wehrden, H.
Making mutual learning tangible: Mixed-method Delphi as a tool for
measuring the convergence of participants’ reciprocal understanding in
transdisciplinary processes
2024. Futures, 159, Art.-Nr.: 103365.
doi:10.1016/j.futures.2024.103365 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103365>
Schäpke, N.; Beecroft, R.; Wanner, M.; Wagner, F.; Rhodius, R.;
Laborgne, P.; Parodi, O.
Gaining deep leverage? Reflecting and shaping real-world lab impacts
through leverage points
2024. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33 (1),
116–124.
doi:10.14512/gaia.33.S1.17 <https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.33.S1.17>
Schäpke, N.; Wagner, F.; Beecroft, R.; Rhodius, R.; Laborgne, P.;
Wanner, M.; Parodi, O.
Impacts of real-world labs in sustainability transformations: Forms of
impacts, creation strategies, challenges, and methodological advances
2024. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33 (1),
4–9.
doi:10.14512/gaia.33.S1.2 <https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.33.S1.2>
Schmitz, M.; Meyer, F.; Oster, S.; Schmitt, T.; Rocha, C. P.; Green-Ojo,
B.; Dechent, B.; Liu, H.; Schmitt, M.; Wehrli, M.; Weighman, K.;
Eriksson, A. N. M.
Shaping the scientific future of environmental sciences in times of
multiple crises: A summary of the 12th SETAC Young Environmental
Scientists Meeting in Landau in der Pfalz 2023
2024. Environmental Sciences Europe, 36 (1), Art.-Nr.: 37.
doi:10.1186/s12302-024-00846-4 <https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-024-00846-4>
Son, J.; Saha, S.
Book review: Timon, McPhearson; Nadja, Kabisch; Niki, Frantzeskaki
(eds.) (2023): Nature-based solutions for cities
2024. TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie
und Praxis, 33 (1), 70–71.
doi:10.14512/tatup.33.1.70 <https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.33.1.70>
Trenks, H.; Bögel, P. M.
Empowering citizens for the energy transition: Facilitating role change
through real-world experiments
2024. Sustainability Science.
doi:10.1007/s11625-023-01453-7 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01453-7>
Umbrello, S.; Seskir, Z. C.; Vermaas, P. E.
Communities of quantum technologies: Stakeholder identification,
legitimation and interaction
2024. International Journal of Quantum Information.
doi:10.1142/S0219749924500126 <https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219749924500126>
Wanner, M.; Augenstein, K.; von Wirth, T.; Lang, D. J.
Impacts of urban real-world labs: Insights from a co-evaluation process
informed by structuration theory in Wuppertal-Mirke
2024. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33 (1),
102–109.
doi:10.14512/gaia.33.S1.15 <https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.33.S1.15>
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