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Unveiling assumptions through interdisciplinary scrutiny: Observations from the German Priority Program on Climate Engineering (SPP 1689)

Kreuter, Judith ; Matzner, Nils ; Baatz, Christian ; Keller, David P. ; Markus, Till ; Wittstock, Felix ; Bernitt, Ulrike ; Mengis, Nadine (2024)
Unveiling assumptions through interdisciplinary scrutiny: Observations from the German Priority Program on Climate Engineering (SPP 1689).
In: Climatic Change : An Interdisciplinary, International Journal Devoted to the Description, Causes and Implications of Climatic Change, 2020, 162 (1)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00023924
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The interdisciplinary exchange in climate engineering research offers a unique opportunity to make assumptions more explicit for such research projects. While making assumptions explicit is the standard in all disciplinary sciences, some assumptions in the context of societal challenges can only be usefully unveiled, discussed, and verified from the perspective of other research disciplines. Results from successful interdisciplinary collaborations are then more accessible and more generalizable to actors beyond the confines of the academic community. We aim to illustrate how interdisciplinary exchange helps to unveil assumptions in research endeavors and why this is important for successful interdisciplinary collaborations. We therefore follow different stages of the German Priority Program on Climate Engineering (SPP 1689), which we use as an example case of a successful interdisciplinary project. SPP 1689 focused on risks, challenges, and opportunities of Climate Engineering from the perspectives of numerous disciplines. Major results were that the initial assessments of technologies had to be sobered, the consideration of trade-offs is crucial for the potential assessment, and governance issues appeared larger than previously considered. From the reflections of SPP 1689, we conclude with three lessons learned: (1) The project profited from egalitarian organizational structures and communicative practices, preventing the predominance from single disciplines. (2) Within the project continuous efforts were undertaken to foster interdisciplinary understanding. In addition, the flexible project structure allowed for the accommodation of research needs arising as a result of these exchanges. (3) SPP 1689 offered early career researchers a platform for professional exchange on common challenges and best practices of being a part of an interdisciplinary research project.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2024
Autor(en): Kreuter, Judith ; Matzner, Nils ; Baatz, Christian ; Keller, David P. ; Markus, Till ; Wittstock, Felix ; Bernitt, Ulrike ; Mengis, Nadine
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Unveiling assumptions through interdisciplinary scrutiny: Observations from the German Priority Program on Climate Engineering (SPP 1689)
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 18 Dezember 2024
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: September 2020
Ort der Erstveröffentlichung: Dordrecht
Verlag: Springer Science
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Climatic Change : An Interdisciplinary, International Journal Devoted to the Description, Causes and Implications of Climatic Change
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 162
(Heft-)Nummer: 1
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00023924
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/23924
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

The interdisciplinary exchange in climate engineering research offers a unique opportunity to make assumptions more explicit for such research projects. While making assumptions explicit is the standard in all disciplinary sciences, some assumptions in the context of societal challenges can only be usefully unveiled, discussed, and verified from the perspective of other research disciplines. Results from successful interdisciplinary collaborations are then more accessible and more generalizable to actors beyond the confines of the academic community. We aim to illustrate how interdisciplinary exchange helps to unveil assumptions in research endeavors and why this is important for successful interdisciplinary collaborations. We therefore follow different stages of the German Priority Program on Climate Engineering (SPP 1689), which we use as an example case of a successful interdisciplinary project. SPP 1689 focused on risks, challenges, and opportunities of Climate Engineering from the perspectives of numerous disciplines. Major results were that the initial assessments of technologies had to be sobered, the consideration of trade-offs is crucial for the potential assessment, and governance issues appeared larger than previously considered. From the reflections of SPP 1689, we conclude with three lessons learned: (1) The project profited from egalitarian organizational structures and communicative practices, preventing the predominance from single disciplines. (2) Within the project continuous efforts were undertaken to foster interdisciplinary understanding. In addition, the flexible project structure allowed for the accommodation of research needs arising as a result of these exchanges. (3) SPP 1689 offered early career researchers a platform for professional exchange on common challenges and best practices of being a part of an interdisciplinary research project.

Freie Schlagworte: Climate engineering, Interdisciplinarity, Assumptions, Communication, Carbon dioxide removal, Radiation management
Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-239244
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 320 Politik
300 Sozialwissenschaften > 333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft
02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft > Internationale Beziehungen
Hinterlegungsdatum: 18 Dez 2024 12:36
Letzte Änderung: 21 Dez 2024 15:59
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