The fourth and final Steering Board Workshop took place on June 29th at TU Wien. The workshop aimed to reflect the recommendations for policy and practice, the emerging SIAMESE Hub, and ideas for the closing event to the experts and gather feedback. With the project nearing its end, the ideas …
Together with the innovation lab of the TU Vienna the SIAMESE team hosted an open workshop discussion to explore the transformative potential and the necessary framework for social-innovative climate experiments. Mainly the topic was identifying which instruments, resources and cooperatives are missing or should be strengthened to further support the …
There have been some changes in the SIAMESE team. Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Astrid Krisch, even though the reasons are pleasant. Starting in May 2023, Astrid will take up a three-year postdoctoral position at the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Oxford College in the United …
Meeting on Wednesday 19.04.23, 14-17 at TU Due to illness and absence, the third Steering Board workshop took place in a hybrid format at the main building of the TU. After an introductory round for new SIAMESE team members and Steering Board experts, all participants were brought to the same …
The press writes about SIAMESE “Hoping for people with ideas and a sense of community” – this is how the headline of Erika Pichler’s article in the weekend edition of “Die Presse” from November 26, 2022 would translate. In the article, PI Johannes Suitner (TU Wien) and co-lead Wolfgang Haider …
In their new article, “All hail the new king? Critically reflecting on urban experimentation for transformative change”, TU Wien researchers Johannes Suitner, Astrid Krisch and Anna Aigner address the gaps in the discourse on climate experimentation. The authors state that there is still too little focus on non-technological forms of …
On October 19, the SIAMESE project team met online with 16 representatives of experimental initiatives from research, administration and civil society to reflect in a workshop on barriers and must-haves for implementing climate experiments. The results of the SIAMESE online survey formed the basis for a lively discussion and mutual …
The second SIAMESE working paper is ready! It summarises the empirical steps that were carried out in connection with work packages 2.1 and 2.2. The working paper is now available in the download area.
The first SIAMESE working paper is ready! It discusses the extensive literature on urban climate and sustainability experiments and from that derives a differentiated working definition of transformative, socially innovative experiments for SIAMESE. The working paper is now available in the download area.
The Austrian newspaper Kurier and ORF.at reported on 15.04.2022 and 16.04.2022 about the climate demonstration project “Begrünte Telefonzellen” by the Agenda Neubau in Vienna and in this context also about SIAMESE. The articles can be found under the following links: https://kurier.at/chronik/wien/klimaschutzprojekt-in-neubau-telefonzellen-mit-blumendach/401958266 // https://wien.orf.at/stories/3152162/ On 25.04.2022, the radio channel Radio Wien …
