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Dipl. phys., Dr. rer nat
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1976-84 Study of Physics and Synergetics at the University of Stuttgart. 1984-90 Research assistant to Hermann Haken, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Synergetics of the University of Stuttgart. Working on the behaviour of complex dynamic and self-organizing systems. 1990-92 Engineering and consultancy enterprise Fichtner, working on safety analysis and accident impacts. 1992-2003 Project manager at the Center of Technology Assessment, responsible for projects in the field of energy consumption, energy supply, climate change, energy policy, climate policy, scenario analysis and mathematical modelling. Since 1998 deputy director of the department technology, functionality, quality of life. Since 2004 Senior research fellow at the University of Stuttgart, department of social sciences and vice-director of ZIRN (Interdisciplinary research unit on risk governance and sustainable technology development). |
Main research interests
Cross-impact analysis
Systems analysis and scenario analysis using structural analysis and cross-impact balance analysis. Contributions to cross-impact research, particularly the development of Cross-Impact Balance Analysis (CIB). Experience in numerous cross-impact application projects.
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Energy and sustainability
Energy systems, energy consumption, energy supply, and the interdependence with society and sustainability. Energy scenarios. Social acceptance of energy systems. Social sustainability indicators of energy systems.
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The Helmholtz Alliance "ENERGY-TRANS" studies the interplay between technological and societal aspects of the energy transition in Germany. ZIRN develops societal scenarios using the CIB method... More |
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In a project dealing with the conditions of sustainable heat consumption the interdependence of structural conditions, actor behaviour and consumer behaviour is analysed using the CIB method... More |
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A project of the Stuttgart Cluster of Excellence "SimTech" uses CIB as a method to integrate political, social and economical contexts into environmental simulations... More |
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In a project about obesity prevention the obesity risks of socially disadvantaged children and adolescents will be analysed using the CIB method... More |
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The German-Peruvian project LiWa aims at strategies to cope with the threats of climate change to the water supply of Lima. The project's integrative scenarios are developed using the CIB method... More |
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Version 3.42 of the free CIB software ScenarioWizard Basic is available now... More |
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The archive offers a compilation of older CIB notes on projects and publications... More |