PN 9: Foundations for the integrative reflection and evaluation of simulations

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h.c. Ortwin Renn
Research Areas: G
Number of projects: 9  

The Project Network 9 was established within the SimTech Cluster of Excellence as an integrative platform of research in order to reflect and systematize the results of the other project networks in SimTech – and simulation technology in general – from a philosophical and sociological perspective. The proposed orientation in the field of simulation technology with the use of a threefold distinction between virtual reality, virtual actuality and real world systems design and control has proven to be a successful starting point for the development of vertical (System-Interaction-User) and horizontal (Virtuality-Interaction-Reality) integration strategies of research in simulation technology.

All projects of Project Network 9 at a glance:

9-1
Acquiring knowledge in an uncertain world: towards a modal methodology
Project Coordinator: JP Dr. phil. Gregor Betz
Research Associate: Dr. phil. Eckhart Arnold
Institute of Philosophy

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9-2
Analysing social context complexity of environmental simulations
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h.c. Ortwin Renn, Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle
Research Associate: Dipl.-Soz.Wiss. Hannah Kosow
Institute for Social Science

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9-3
Communication about prospects and limitations of simulation results for policy makers
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h. c. Ortwin Renn, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Helmig, Dr.-Ing. Holger Class
Research Associate: Dirk Scheer, M. A.
Institute for Social Science, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering

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9-4
Epistemological Status of Simulations I: Theory (EPITHEO)
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. phil. Niels Gottschalk-Mazouz, Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Hubig
Institute of Philosophy

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9-5
Epistemological Status of Simulations II: Pragmatics (EPIPRAG)
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. phil. Niels Gottschalk-Mazouz, Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Hubig
Research Associate: Lic. Juan M. Durán
Institute of Philosophy

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9-6
Innovation processes in the field of renewable energies: a multi agent simulation
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h. c. Ortwin Renn
Research Associate: Barbara Teutsch, M. A.
Institute for Social Science

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9-7
Mixed realities and mixed virtualities - ways of modelling virtual actualities
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Hubig, Prof. Dr. phil. Niels Gottschalk-Mazouz
Research Associate: Marianne Richter, M. A.
Institute of Philosophy

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9-8
The evaluation of the consequences of system behaviour, system management, optimisation and control
Project Coordinators: Prof. Dr. phil. Christoph Hubig, Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h. c. Ortwin Renn
Institute of Philosophy, Institute for Social Science

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9-9
The history of simulation c. 1940-2000
Project Coordinator: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Klaus Hentschel
Research Associate: Christiane Spath, M. A.
Institute of History, Institute of Philosophy

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