WISSEN
| Project name: | WISSEN - Transition to smart living - Potentials in Styria from the perspective of the social and economic sciences |
| Project leader: | Karl Steininger |
| Project team: | Karl Steininger (Senior Postdoc: project lead and project management), Sebastian Seebauer (Postdoc: development analysis of mobility, transition conditions for smart mobility), Wolf-Dieter Grossmann (Senior Postdoc: development analysis of additive manufacturing technologies), Thomas Berger (PhD Student: development analysis of additive manufacturing technologies, project management) |
| Partners: | Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, ISIS (UNI Graz), Alfred Posch, Kathrin Reinsberger; Inter-University Research Centre for Technology (IFZ), Jürgen Suschek-Berger, Wibke Tritthart; FH Joanneum, Alexandra Würz-Stalder, Otto Bodi, Katja Helms; Joanneum Research, Franz Prettenthaler, Dominik Kortschak, Nikola Rogler |
Sponsor: | Land Steiermark, A8 - Wissenschaft und Gesundheit |
| Duration: | Feb. 2013 - Nov. 2014 |
Abstract:
The Climate Change Collaboratory aims to strengthen the relations between Austrian scientists, policy makers, educators, environmental NGOs, news media and corporations - stakeholders who recognize the need for adaptation and mitigation, but differ in worldviews, goals and agendas. The collaboratory manages expert knowledge and provides a platform for effective communication and collaboration. It assists networking with leading international organizations, bridges the science-policy gap and promotes rich, selfsustaining community interaction to translate knowledge into coordinated action. Innovative survey instruments in the tradition of “games with a purpose” will create shared meaning through collaborative ontology building and leverage social networking platforms to capture indicators of environmental attitudes, lifestyles and behaviors.
