On the Organisation of Translation—An Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approach to Developing Design Options for CO 2 Storage Monitoring Systems

ORCID
0000-0001-6045-5531
Affiliation
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Otto, Danny;
Affiliation
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research—TNO, 1043 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sprenkeling, Marit;
Affiliation
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research—TNO, 1043 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peuchen, Ruben;
ORCID
0000-0002-5604-979X
Affiliation
Norwegian Research Centre—NORCE, N-5008 Bergen, Norway
Nordø, Åsta Dyrnes;
ORCID
0000-0002-2986-3585
Affiliation
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving—CRES, 19009 Pikermi, Greece
Mendrinos, Dimitrios;
ORCID
0000-0002-6015-1949
Affiliation
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving—CRES, 19009 Pikermi, Greece
Karytsas, Spyridon;
Affiliation
Norwegian Research Centre—NORCE, N-5008 Bergen, Norway
Veland, Siri;
Affiliation
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving—CRES, 19009 Pikermi, Greece
Polyzou, Olympia;
Affiliation
Octio Gravitude AS, N-5068 Bergen, Norway
Lien, Martha;
ORCID
0000-0002-4754-5724
Affiliation
Norwegian Research Centre—NORCE, N-5008 Bergen, Norway
Heggelund, Yngve;
GND
122454693
ORCID
0000-0002-3716-7512
Affiliation
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Gross, Matthias;
Affiliation
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research—TNO, 1043 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Piek, Pim;
Affiliation
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research—TNO, 1043 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Puts, Hanneke

Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration has become a common practice in technology development projects. Rarely, however, the integration (and translation) of knowledge from different disciplines and different societal contexts is reported in detail. In this article, we address this gap and present the inter- and transdisciplinary technology development in the international research project “DigiMon—Digital Monitoring of CO 2 Storage Projects” that aims to develop a human-centered monitoring system. Based on interviews, surveys and stakeholder workshops in Norway, Greece, Germany and The Netherlands, we identify characteristics of CO 2 storage monitoring systems that reflect the concerns and expectations of publics and stakeholders. We document the translation of social scientific findings into technical expertise for the design of a monitoring system. We discuss how the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary process has affected the technology development. In outlining how this process was set up, carried out and validated, we are able to show a viable route for the meaningful incorporation of heterogeneous knowledge in complex energy infrastructures. Furthermore, we discuss the features of the project organization that made this comprehensive process possible. Thus, our results contribute to inter- and transdisciplinary research organization in general and to the development of methods for monitoring CO 2 storage in particular.

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