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  • Publication
    Finding and analysing energy research funding data: The EnArgus system
    ( 2021)
    Oppermann, Leif
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    Hirzel, Simon orcid-logo
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    Güldner, Alexander
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    Heiwolt, Karoline
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    Krassowski, Joachim
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    Schade, Ulrich
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    Lange, Christoph
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    Prinz, Wolfgang
    This paper presents the concept, a system-overview, and the evaluation of EnArgus, the central information system for energy research funding in Germany. Initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), EnArgus establishes a one-stop information system about all recent and ongoing energy research funding projects in Germany. Participants ranging from laypersons to experts were surveyed in three workshops to evaluate both the public and expert interfaces of the EnArgus system in comparison to peer systems. The results showed that the EnArgus system was predominantly evaluated positively by the various participants. It contributes to making the energy sector more transparent and offers clear advantages for professional use compared to similar systems. The system's semantic processing enables more precise hits and better coverage by including semantically related terms in search results; its intelligence makes it fail-safe, rendering it suitable for areas where poor results can have dire consequences. Reporting on an actual real-world system, the paper also provides a roadmap-view of how electronic filing of administrative project data can be semantically enhanced and opened-up to provide the basis for new ways into the data that are key for future breakthrough AI interfaces.
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    Forschen für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Kriterien für gesellschaftlich verantwortliche Forschungsprozesse
    ( 2016)
    Helming, Katharina
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    Ferretti, Johanna
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    Daedlow, Katrin
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    Podhora, Aranka
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    Kopfmüller, Jürgen
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    Winkelmann, Markus
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    Bertling, Jürgen orcid-logo
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    Walz, Rainer orcid-logo
    Forschung spielt eine wesentliche Rolle bei der Gestaltung nachhaltiger Entwicklung. Diese gesellschaftliche Verantwortung spiegelt sich nicht nur in Forschungsinhalten, sondern auch in der Durchführung von Forschung. Wir haben einen Reflexionsrahmen entwickelt, der acht Kriterien für gesellschaftlich verantwortliche Forschungsprozesse umfasst und damit dieses ""Wie"" der Forschung systematisiert. Er adressiert Anforderungen bezüglich gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung in Forschungsprozessen aller Forschungsfelder und erfordert eine Auseinandersetzung mit möglichen Zielkonflikten.
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    Adapting rail and road networks to weather extremes: Case studies for southern Germany and Austria
    ( 2014)
    Doll, C.
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    Trinks, C.
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    Sedlacek, N.
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    Pelikan, V.
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    Comes, T.
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    Schultmann, F.
    The assessment of the current impacts of extreme weather conditions on transport systems reveals high costs in specific locations. Prominent examples for Europe are the economic consequences of the harsh winter periods 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 and the floods in Austria, Eastern Europe, Germany and the United Kingdom in 2005 and 2007. Departing from the EC-funded project WEATHER, this paper delves into the subject of adaptation strategies by revisiting the project's general findings on adaptation strategies and by adding two specific cases: (1) advanced winter maintenance on roads in southwest Germany and (2) technical and organizational measures in Alpine rail transport. For these two cases, feasible adaptation strategies are elaborated and their potential is discussed in light of damage cost forecasts up to 2050. For the road sector, we find a high potential to mitigate weather-related costs, although damages here are expected to decline. In contrast, rail systems face strongly increasing damages and the mitigation options offered by improved information and communication systems seem to be largely exploited. Consequently, it is easier to justify expensive adaptation measures for high-cost rail infrastructures than for road transport. A generic analysis of 14 damage cases worldwide, however, revealed that generally awareness raising, cooperation and communication strategies are sufficient to mitigate the most severe damages by natural disasters.