Scheer Dirk
Scientist
Department of Technology
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis
Germany
Biography
Studies of political science and roman literature at Universities of Heidelberg and Universities of Seville (Spain) with a degree of M.A. in 2000. PhD within the Graduate school Simtech at University of Stuttgart (2013) on perception and use of computer simulation knowledge among political decision makers. since 2017: Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) Senior Researcher since 2011: Dialogik non-profit institute for communication and cooperation research, Stuttgart Section Head:“Technology Impacts” (until 2017), Senior Researcher in an academic management position 2008 – 2017: Stuttgart Research Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS) at University Stuttgart, StuttgartSenior Researcher in an academic management position 2001 – 2008: Institute for Economic Environmental Research (IÖW) gGmbH, Berlin / HeidelbergSenior Researcher 2000 – 2001: German Center for Research on Aging, University of HeidelbergGraduate Student Assistant
Research Interest
Social-science based energy research Technology acceptance research Knowledge transfer and management at the science-policy interface Participation and risk research Future knowledge
Publications
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Scheer, D., Konrad, W., Kissinger, A., Class, H., Noack, V., Knopf, S. (2015)Expert involvement in science development: (re-)evaluation of an early screening tool for carbon storage site characterization, in: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 37, p. 228–236
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Scheer, D., Konrad, W., Wassermann, S. (2017)The good, the bad, and the ambivalent: A qualitative study of public perceptions towards energy technologies and portfolios in Germany, Energy Policy. Energy Policy 100, p. 89–100
