Michael Stauffacher

In my research I balance scientific excellence with societal relevance. My research has always a problem-focus, that means I start from a real-world problem, trying to disentangle its complexities by an integrative approach linking different disciplinary perspectives. Close interaction with societal actors is thereby of key importance, both in co-designing the research and co-producing knowledge throughout the whole process – an approach we denote as transdisciplinary research and that I develop further by conceptual and methodological contributions. My core problem fields are at the moment contested infrastructures like for instance, projects on deep geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage, and the nexus energy-climate change from the perspectives of urban development.