An critical approach on transdisciplinary knowledge generation and knowledge transfer in spatial planning – an approach in reference to the climate change discourse

This research project deals with knowledge generation and knowledge transfer in the context of spatial planning. Knowledge generation and knowledge transfer in networks play an essential and emerging role in the knowledge society. Questions arise from these terms: How do knowledge generation and knowledge transfer proceed and what effect do both have?

In addition, what makes knowledge generation and knowledge transfer visible and analysable? What kind of channels of transfer are important and are in use and which paths are additively possible? Are there differences in knowledge exchange, between what is gained from meetings and from the time outside get-togethers? These questions are formed with the growing priority of science-practice-connections, in the light of an increasing weight of expectations of the society that science is confronted with. The main research question is: How are co-productive knowledge generation and knowledge transfer verified empirically?

Transfer channels and paths vary individually and are linked to the knowledge carrier like knowledge itself. By the help of a social network analysis, this research project will make knowledge generation and transfer more visible. The following up qualitative analysis gets into more detail and helps to find the behaviour and how knowledge generation and knowledge transfer is dealt with on an individual level. Even different forms of knowledge generation and knowledge transfer can be identified.

Publications

• Wiegand, T.; Küpper, P.; Levin-Keitel, M.; Maus, F.; Müller, P.; Reimann, S.; Sondermann, M.; Stock, K. (2014): Raumentwicklung 3.0 – Thesen zur Zukunft der räumlichen Planung. ARL – Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (Hrsg.): Hannover. Positionspapier aus der ARL 95.
• Küpper, P.; Levin-Keitel, M.; Maus, F.; Müller, P.; Reimann, S.; Sondermann, M.; Stock, K.; Wiegand, T. (Hrsg.) (2014): Raumentwicklung 3.0 – Gemeinsam die Zukunft der räumlichen Planung gestalten. Hannover. Arbeitsberichte der ARL 8.
• Ebert, S.; Ehm, D.; Wiegand, T. (2011): Pathfinding through Climate Change. Policy makers can learn more about how to put into action mitigation and adaptation policies – visit the new BalticClimate Toolkit! In: The Parliament Magazine´s Regional Review. Europe´s Cities and Regions (23), 26.

Presentations to Scientific Audiences

• Wiegand, T.: Wissensgenerierung und Wissenstransfer in der räumlichen Planung – eine Untersuchung anhand des Klimawandeldiskurses. Kolloquium der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH, 11. Juni 2014.
• Wiegand, T.: Wissensgenerierung und Wissenstransfer in der räumlichen Planung. Symposium der Volkswagenstiftung „Revival of Places - Routinen und Orte in vorübergehender räumlicher Nähe für die Wissensgenerierung“ im Schloss Herrenhausen. Hannover, 4. April 2014.
• Wiegand, T.: Räumliche Implikationen der Wissensgesellschaft in Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Zwischenbericht aus der Arbeitsgruppe der LAG Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern am 25. Oktober 2013 im Rahmen der Herbsttagung der LAG Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern der ARL in Bollewick.
• Wiegand, T.: Erfassbarkeit von Wissen und Wissenstransfer. Workshop „Kriterien für den Wissenstransfer der ARL“ am 8. Oktober 2012 in der Geschäftsstelle der ARL in Hannover