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 …
This year’s Austrian Climate Day will take place in Vienna on 21 and 22 April 2022 under the motto “Pushing boundaries: science, art, climate”. As part of the quality assurance for the Austrian Climate Research Programme (ACRP), the SIAMESE project will be presented there on 21 April as one of …
What are transformative experiments and what do they have to do with urban climate change adaptation? These are the questions addressed in the article “Towards Transformative Change. Exploring the key elements of experimental approaches in urban climate change adaptation” by Johannes Suitner. In it, the author describes the importance that …
