
Dr. Peter Hocke-Bergler
- Head of research group
- Research group “Radioactive Waste Management as a Socio-Technical Project”
- Room: 426
- Phone: +49 721 608-26893
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Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Since January 2020 Head of research group “Radioactive Waste Management as a Socio-Technical Project” (EndFo)
- Since October 2019 member of the council of the BMWi research network TRANSENS (Transdisciplinary Research on the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste in Germany) and head of the transdisciplinary work package HAFF (Ability to Act and Flexibility in a Reversible Process).
- 2014 to 2017 member of the council of the BMBF research network ENTRIA (Disposal Options for Radioactive Residues: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Development of Evaluation Principles) and head of the work package “Governance between expert knowledge, public protest and governmental action”.
- Since 2006, member of the BMU expert group ESchT (“Expertengruppe Schweizer Tiefenlager”)
- Since 2014, ITAS representative at the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Endlagerforschung (DAEF)
- 2012 - 2015 German delegate at the Nuclear Development Council of the OECD-NEA, Paris
Fields of work
- Technology assessment and social science research on nuclear waste
- Mass media and nanotechnology
- Conflicts and collective action of experts
Current projects
- Transdisciplinary research on the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in Germany (TRANSENS)
Description of ITAS project in TRANSENS
Official website of TRANSENS project - Methods and measures to deal with socio-technical challenges in storage and disposal of radioactive waste (SOTEC-radio)
project description - Public participation in the siting procedure for a final repository: challenges of a cross-generational, self-reflecting and learning procedure
project description - BMBF project ENTRIA (“Disposal options for radioactive waste. Interdisciplinary analyses and development of a criteria-based preliminary evaluation of the main options”)
Description of the ITAS project in ENTRIA
Official website of the ENTRIA project (German) - Conflicts and barriers in decision-making with respect to nuclear waste management. Effects of deliberative procedures in internationally comparing perspectives
project description
Professional background
1983 - 1991 | Studies of political sciences, philosophy, and sociology at the university of Regensburg and at Freie Universität Berlin; promotion at the “Department of Political and Social Sciences”, Freie Universität Berlin |
1991 - 1996 | Member of scientific staff in the department “Öffentlichkeit und soziale Bewegungen” (public sphere and social movements) at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung |
since 2001 | Member of scientific staff at ITAS |
2006 - 2013 | Head of the editorial staff of the journal “Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis” (TATuP) |
Recent publications
2019
Book Chapters
Hocke, P.; Brunnengräber, A.
Multi-Level Governance of Nuclear Waste Disposal. Conflicts and Contradictions in the German Decision Making System.
2019. Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance. An international comparison. Vol. 3. Ed.: A. Brunnengräber, 383–401, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Multi-Level Governance of Nuclear Waste Disposal. Conflicts and Contradictions in the German Decision Making System.
2019. Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance. An international comparison. Vol. 3. Ed.: A. Brunnengräber, 383–401, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Journal Articles
Kuppler, S.; Hocke, P.
The role of long-term planning in nuclear waste governance.
2019. Journal of risk research, 22 (11), 1343–1356. doi:10.1080/13669877.2018.1459791
The role of long-term planning in nuclear waste governance.
2019. Journal of risk research, 22 (11), 1343–1356. doi:10.1080/13669877.2018.1459791
Conference Papers
Hocke, P.; Kuppler, S.
Die Beteiligung der Öffentlichkeit bei der Suche nach einem Endlager: Ein problemorientierter Blick in die Schweiz.
2019. 15. Deutsches Atomrechtssymposium. Veranstaltet vom Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit zusammen mit Martin Burgi. Hrsg.: M. Burgi, 299–309, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Die Beteiligung der Öffentlichkeit bei der Suche nach einem Endlager: Ein problemorientierter Blick in die Schweiz.
2019. 15. Deutsches Atomrechtssymposium. Veranstaltet vom Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit zusammen mit Martin Burgi. Hrsg.: M. Burgi, 299–309, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft