Dipl.-Geogr. Christina Benighaus
- Scientific staff
- Research group “Designing Real-World Laboratory Research”
- Room: 215
- Phone: +49 721 608-23575
- christina benighaus ∂ kit edu
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Senior Researcher and head of section Communication - Information, Dialogue, Participation of DIALOGIK gGmbH Stuttgart
- PhD student at the University of Stuttgart and University of Marburg, former scholarship holder Alliance ENERGY-TRANS of the Helmholtz Association, ZIRIUS, University of Stuttgart, PhD thesis on “Acceptance of deep geothermal energy”
Fields of work
- Planning of alternative conflict resolution and stakeholder engagement
- Risk Governance, Management and Communication of risks of different themes, chemicals, geothermal, energy, nutrition, mining, environment, radiation protection
- Development of dialogue and communication structures
- Facilitation and mediation of public participation and stakeholder processes
Current projects
- Strengthening integrative and effective sustainability research at Baden-Württemberg universities (SiNfo)
- Socially responsible research – design, impact analysis, quality assurance (LeNa Shape)
- DESIRA - Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas
- Use of geothermal energy for climate-neutral heat supply at KIT (Campus North) – inter- and transdisciplinary co-design of an implementation concept (GECKO)
- Perception and acceptance of geothermal energy projects from different stakeholder perspectives
- NETZlabor (GRIDlab) Hydrogen-Island
- NANOtechnology RIsk GOvernance
Professional background
1989 - 1997 | Diploma in Geography, Meteorology, Soil Science and Chemistry at the University of Bonn |
1997 | Research associate at the University of Halle / Saale |
1998 - 1999 | Research associate at the TU Chemnitz, Department of Social and Economic Geography |
1999 - 2002 | Consultant at the Institute for Organizational Communication GmbH (IFOK) |
2002 - 2003 | Senior researcher at the Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg, discourse unit |
2004 - 2005 | Senior researcher at the Department of Technological and Environmental Sociology at the University of Stuttgart |
since 2004 | Senior researcher at DIALOGIK gGmbH Stuttgart |
2009 - 2016 | Senior researcher at the Department of Technological and Environmental Sociology at the University of Stuttgart |
2016 - 2017 | Visiting researcher at the Geothermal Institute, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, NZ |
since 2020 | Senior researcher at ITAS |
Selected publications
Benighaus, C.; Bleicher, A. (2019)
Neither risky technology nor renewable electricity: Contested frames in the development of geothermal energy in Germany. Energy Research and Social Science. Elsevier Ltd. Vol 47, pp 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.08.022
Porcari, A.; Borsella, E.; Benighaus, C. et al. (2019)
From risk perception to risk governance in nanotechnology: a multi-stakeholder study. J Nanopart Res (2019) 21: 245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-019-4689-9
Meller, C.; Schill, E.; Bremer, J.; Kolditz, O.; Bleicher, A.; Benighaus, C.; Chavot, P.; Gross, M.; Pellizzone, A.; Renn, O.; Schilling, F.; Kohl, T. (2017)
Acceptability of geothermal installations. A geoethical concept for GeoLaB, Geothermic (2017 online). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.07.008
Benighaus, C.; Wachinger, G.; Renn, O. (2016)
Bürgerbeteiligung Konzepte und Lösungswege für die Praxis, Frankfurt a. Main: Metzner, 2016
Schweizer, P. J.; Renn, O.; Köck, W.; Bovet, J.; Benighaus, C.; Scheel, O.; Schröter R. (2014)
Public participation for infrastructure planning in the context of the German “Energiewende”, Utilities Policy (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2014.07.005
Publications
Excellent research with societal responsibility Position paper of the LeNa Shape project consortium
2024. doi:10.5445/IR/1000170387
Exzellent forschen in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung : Positionspapier des Projektkonsortiums LeNa Shape
2024. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000170107
Risk communication and public acceptance of hydrogen
2024. New Zealand Hydrogen Symposium 2024: Risk communication and public acceptance of hydrogen (NZHS 2024), Wellington, New Zealand, January 31–February 2, 2024
Das Mobile Partizipationslabor "MobiLab": Welche Rahmung dient transdisziplinäre und transformativen Methoden (Workshop)
2022. Nachhaltig wirken: Reallabore in der Transformation (2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, June 2–3, 2022
Saurer Apfel oder Sahnehäubchen? Digitalisierung im Obstbau
2022. KIT im Rathaus "Wandel gestalten" (2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, July 18, 2022
Das mobile Partizipationslabor: Ein Tiny House als transdisziplinäre und transformative Forschungsinfrastruktur
2022. Nachhaltig wirken: Reallabore in der Transformation (2022), Karlsruhe, Germany, June 2–3, 2022
International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2021 - Creating spaces and cultivating mindsets for learning and experimentation
2021. Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 30 (3), 82–83. doi:10.14512/tatup.30.3.82
Interaktion mit der Öffentlichkeit und gemeinsame Entwicklung von erneuerbaren Energieprojekten
2021. GeoTHERM - expo & congress (2021), Offenburg, Germany, June 24–25, 2021
Co-production of knowledge: towards a co-design of geothermal heat utilization
2021. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2021), Online, April 19–30, 2021
Co-design of an implementation concept for a deep geothermal energy project at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2020. 8th European Geothermal Workshop (EGW 2020), Online, October 7–8, 2020
Reallabore als Rahmen transformativer und transdisziplinärer Forschung: Ziele und Designprinzipien
2018. Transdisziplinär und transformativ forschen : Eine Methodensammlung. Hrsg.: R. Defila, 75–100, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-21530-9_4