Chapter 9

Digital tools in stakeholder participation for the German Energy Transition. Can digital tools improve participation and its outcome?*

Anna Deckert1, Fabian Dembski2, Frank Ulmer1, Michael Ruddat3 and Uwe Wössner2,    1Dialogik Non-profit Institute for Communication and cooperation research, Stuttgart, Germany,    2High Performance Computing Center, Stuttgart, Germany,    3Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS), Stuttgart, Germany

Abstract

Stakeholder participation is particularly important for the German energy transition (Energiewende). While there is consensus about its necessity, politicians, administrations, and citizens have to deal with the effects of infrastructure construction on a local level. The ...

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