How will irrigation water use and governance evolve in the future? Complexity, uncertainty, and potential conflicts will play a key role. The ZuWaKo project , Module B, has spent the last 2.5 years developing a qualitative model that allows to explore challenges, related to future irrigation needs in agriculture and for urban green as well
On February 20, Heiner Kaufmann, senior corporate developer at the Swiss Federal Railways SBB, presented the SBB scenario space 2050. This scenario approach supports the strategy development at SBB, preparing the company to plan for and to adapt to future changes in its contexts. He proposed multiple possibilities to use generative AI in the course
CIB Café #13 SBB scenario space 2050+ with generative scenario blueprinting Read More »
On 5 and 6 February 2025, a conference of the EURAC, Bolzano, took place in Val Venosta, South Tyrol, on the topic of “Rethinking water use”. The Val Venosta is one of the driest regions in the Alps and for centuries the topic of water and its distribution have played a central role. The current
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The serious game from Module A at the example of a river catchment was successfully tested with local stakeholders in a joint workshop on February 7, 2025. In this workshop, the results and information about the projects and ideas of the serious game were presented. This was followed by the actual game session and finally
Fruitful exchange about the ZuWaKo serious game in the stakeholder workshop of module A Read More »
© ZuWaKo The researchers of the Ladenburg Kollleg “Future Water Conflicts in Germany” met for the sixth time, this time at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The face-to-face meetings are an important addition to the operational working meetings, in which the members of the group exchange information online on a weekly basis. The meeting in Jülich marked the
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Dr. Geert te Boveldt and Dr. Sara Tori , both from von Mobilize at VUB, presented their new web application www.crispa-sis.eu on Dec 12, 2024. The freely availble application supports actors to design robust strategies comprising internal and external factors and to carry out multi-stakeholder assessments. While CRISPA (Cross Impact Scenario Policy Analysis) is based
In the course of its research, ZuWaKo – Module A (conflicting objectives in the catchment area) came across the DryRivers project, which turned out to be a good cooperation partner due to its similar focus: As part of ZuWaKo, water conflicts are explored with the help of a serious game that is played together in
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“A novel analytical framework for backcasting – Integrating Cross-Impact Balance Analysis with Actor Analysis to generate transformation pathways to sustainable futures” was the title of the talk by Dr. Mert Duygan from the Centre for Development and Environment CDE, University of Bern on October 10, 2024. Mert presented a new way to apply CIB to
CIB Café #11 Dr. Mert Duygan (University of BERN) Read More »
The Lausitzer Zukunftsforum Landnutzung (“Lusatian Future Forum on Land Use”) took place in Cottbus on September 26 and 27, 2024. Participants from agriculture, science, business, administration, politics and civil society were able to contribute their perspectives and exchange ideas on sustainable land use. Water availability is a particularly critical issue in Lusatia. This is why
The 7th International FreiBERGbau Symposium on “Mining in the Energy Transition” took place on October 1 and 2, 2024. Fabian Hölzlberger from the ZuWaKo team presented his approach to a decision analysis for the post-mining water balance in Lusatia for the thematic block “Environmental impacts and sustainability”. The corresponding technical paper was published in the
