Tentative Theses on Transformative Research in Real-World Laboratories: First Insights from the Accompanying Research ForReal
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in: Technikfolgenabschätzung, Jahrgang 25, Nr. 3, 01.11.2016, S. 45-51.
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T1 - Tentative Theses on Transformative Research in Real-World Laboratories
T2 - First Insights from the Accompanying Research ForReal
AU - Schäpke, Niko
AU - Stelzer, Franziska
AU - Bergmann, Matthias
AU - Lang, Daniel Johannes
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Real-world laboratories are growing in popularity promising a contribution to both: the understanding and facilitation of societal transformation towards sustainability. Baden-Württemberg substantially funds real-world labs as part of the initiative “science for sustainability”. To facilitate learning with and from these so-called BaWü-Labs, they are supported by accompanying research conducted by two teams. This article presents first insights and theses on real-world labs as a research format, based in particular on the work of the accompanying research team ForReal. The team supports the labs in their realization and in providing general insights, e.g. by learning from related international research approaches and dialog with international experts, and analyzes suitable quality features and methods (the latter together with the University of Basel team). The theses presented here put up for discussion first insights on real-world labs as a transformative research approach and reflect on them from a theoretical perspective. They illustrate the relevance of a goal-oriented use of methods and present learning processes as core characteristics of real-world labs. The theses were formulated based on discussions with the BaWü-Labs, exchange in international contexts as well as a thematic literature review.
AB - Real-world laboratories are growing in popularity promising a contribution to both: the understanding and facilitation of societal transformation towards sustainability. Baden-Württemberg substantially funds real-world labs as part of the initiative “science for sustainability”. To facilitate learning with and from these so-called BaWü-Labs, they are supported by accompanying research conducted by two teams. This article presents first insights and theses on real-world labs as a research format, based in particular on the work of the accompanying research team ForReal. The team supports the labs in their realization and in providing general insights, e.g. by learning from related international research approaches and dialog with international experts, and analyzes suitable quality features and methods (the latter together with the University of Basel team). The theses presented here put up for discussion first insights on real-world labs as a transformative research approach and reflect on them from a theoretical perspective. They illustrate the relevance of a goal-oriented use of methods and present learning processes as core characteristics of real-world labs. The theses were formulated based on discussions with the BaWü-Labs, exchange in international contexts as well as a thematic literature review.
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Reallabore
KW - real-world labs
KW - sustainabiltiy transitions
KW - sustainability
KW - Transdisciplinarity
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/a9a65f71-8015-35f3-a6b2-2616f0922514/
U2 - 10.14512/tatup.25.3.45
DO - 10.14512/tatup.25.3.45
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 25
SP - 45
EP - 51
JO - Technikfolgenabschätzung
JF - Technikfolgenabschätzung
SN - 1619-7623
IS - 3
ER -