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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Bernd Kasemir
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Jill Jäger
Affiliation:
International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn
Carlo C. Jaeger
Affiliation:
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Matthew T. Gardner
Affiliation:
Biogen Inc.
William C. Clark
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Alexander Wokaun
Affiliation:
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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Summary

The second part of this book concerns procedures for citizen participation in sustainability science, and results obtained from such participatory procedures. As in Part I on Concepts and Insights, also in the research discussed in Part II, the issue of climate change and its relation to urban lifestyles is used as a case study to examine the possible roles of public participation in sustainability science. In order to allow a meaningful interaction between lay and expert perspectives in participatory procedures on this issue, these IA Focus Groups with citizens consisted of three distinct phases. Experiences with collage processes in the first phase of IA Focus Groups, allowing participants to express their spontaneous feelings on the focal topic of climate change and energy use, are discussed in Chapter 4 by Kasemir et al., and illustrated with examples of collage pictures. Findings include the fact that citizens across Europe saw a future with strongly reduced energy use rather positively, more so than might be found, for example, in a US context. In making collages, the citizens were found to be rather sophisticated in dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty. In Chapter 5, Dahinden et al. discuss the use of computer models in the second phase of IA Focus Group procedures. These models were found to be powerful tools for promoting insights about complex sustainability issues like climate change, but future models could be improved, in particular with regard to accessibility to lay audiences.

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Bernd Kasemir, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Jill Jäger, International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn, Carlo C. Jaeger, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Matthew T. Gardner, Biogen Inc.
  • Foreword by William C. Clark, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Alexander Wokaun, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
  • Book: Public Participation in Sustainability Science
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490972.008
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Bernd Kasemir, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Jill Jäger, International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn, Carlo C. Jaeger, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Matthew T. Gardner, Biogen Inc.
  • Foreword by William C. Clark, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Alexander Wokaun, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
  • Book: Public Participation in Sustainability Science
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490972.008
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by Bernd Kasemir, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Jill Jäger, International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn, Carlo C. Jaeger, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Matthew T. Gardner, Biogen Inc.
  • Foreword by William C. Clark, Harvard University, Massachusetts, Alexander Wokaun, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
  • Book: Public Participation in Sustainability Science
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490972.008
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