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
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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
At the 14th Water Research Horizon Conference, water researchers, practitioners, and policymakers gathered in Leipzig (26.-27.09.2024) to exchange ideas on key issues in water research. A central focus was how to translate water research into actionable insights that help society address both current and future water crises. Hannah Kosow presented the ZuWaKo context scenarios, offering
At the 16th ESA Conference (ESA 2024), held from 27 to 30 August in Porto, Portugal, the project and, in particular, the systematic investigation of water conflicts were presented. The talk by Simon Brauner, entitled ‘Water conflicts: More than conflicts over distribution?‘, addressed the social aspects of conflicts against the backdrop of the sociological focus
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On July 25, 2024, Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle presented and launched the new online version of the CIB software ScenarioWizard. The ScenarioWizard is the free software for easy use of the qualitative system and scenario method CIB (Cross-Impact Balance Analysis). CIB was developed about 20 years ago by Dr. Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle. The new web application provides an
ZuWaKo CIB CAfe #10: Launch of the Online Scenario-Wizard by Dr. Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle Read More »
During the EASST-4S 2024, a conference of EASST and 4S, from 16 to 19 July in Amsterdam, Netherlands, ZuWaKo was able to reveal the latest results. Simon Brauner, who presented a paper by the doctoral group (Janina Moschner, Fabian Hölzlberger and himself), represented the project. The presentation entitled ‘Upcoming water conflicts in Germany? – Creating
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The ZuWaKo project partners met at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Saxony from July 9-10, 2024. We discussed the status and next steps of the PhD projects and made progress with the joint simulation game and the “Futurescape Navigator” web application. Many good ideas were developed in a constructive exchange. We also had the very
On July 4, 2024, Dr. Norman M. Kearney Dr. Norman Kearney from the Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern was our guest at the ZuWaKo CIB-Café #9. He presented his work around „Nature based solutions for sustainable food systems: agroforestry in Peru“. Norman has developed an application (Prophesy) that advances options to carry
