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• Senior Researcher Communication - Information, Dialogue, Participation of DIALOGIK gGmbH Stuttgart
• PhD student at the University of Stuttgart and University of Marburg, former scholarship holder Alliance ENERGY-TRANS of the Helmholtz Association, ZIRIUS, University of Stuttgart, PhD thesis on “Acceptance of deep geothermal energy”

• Real-world lab and transformation research:
  Researching and designing real environments in order to actively shape change and initiate sustainable transformations.
• Conception and planning of conflict resolution and participation processes:
  Developing customized solutions for conflicts and participation to promote dialogue and bring about sustainable decisions.
• Moderation and mediation of participation processes:
  Professional moderation and mediation in complex participation processes to strengthen cooperation and consensus.
• Risk governance and risk management in various subject areas:
  Strategic management and communication of risks in areas such as chemicals, nanotechnology, geothermal energy, energy, food, mining, the environment and radioactivity.
• Development of dialog and communication structures as well as participation processes:
  Development and implementation of structures and processes that promote dialog between interest groups and enable participation.
• Systemic organizational consulting:
  Holistic consulting for organizations to accompany change systemically and create sustainable structures.

• Basis Project Sustainability
• Strengthening integrative and effective sustainability research at Baden-Württemberg universities (SiNfo)
• Socially responsible research – design, impact analysis, quality assurance (LeNa Shape)
• DESIRA - Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas
• Use of geothermal energy for climate-neutral heat supply at KIT (Campus North) – inter- and transdisciplinary co-design of an implementation concept (GECKO)
• Perception and acceptance of geothermal energy projects from different stakeholder perspectives
• NETZlabor (GRIDlab) Hydrogen-Island
• NANOtechnology RIsk GOvernance

Kopfmüller, J.; Walz, R.; authors, F.; 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. (2024)
Excellent research with societal responsibility Position paper of the LeNa Shape project consortium. doi:10.5445/IR/1000170387

Benighaus, C.; Bleicher, A. (2019)
Neither risky technology nor renewable electricity: Contested frames in the development of geothermal energy in Germany. Energy Research and Social Science. Elsevier Ltd. Vol 47, pp 46-55. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2018.08.022

Porcari, A.; Borsella, E.; Benighaus, C. et al. (2019)
From risk perception to risk governance in nanotechnology: a multi-stakeholder study. J Nanopart Res 21: 245. doi: 10.1007/s11051-019-4689-9

Meller, C.; Schill, E.; Bremer, J.; Kolditz, O.; Bleicher, A.; Benighaus, C.; Chavot, P.; Gross, M.; Pellizzone, A.; Renn, O.; Schilling, F.; Kohl, T. (2017)
Acceptability of geothermal installations. A geoethical concept for GeoLaB, Geothermic (online). doi: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.07.008

Benighaus, C.; Wachinger, G.; Renn, O. (2016)
Bürgerbeteiligung Konzepte und Lösungswege für die Praxis, Frankfurt a. Main: Metzner