Connecting the methods of psychology and philosophy: Applying Cognitive-Affective Maps (CAMs) to identify ethical principles underlying the evaluation of bioinspired technologies

Höfele, Philipp; Reuter, Lisa; Estadieu, Louisa; Livanec, Sabrina; Stumpf, M.; Kiesel, Andrea

doi:10.1080/09515089.2022.2113770

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“…CAMs have also been applied to identify ethical values [cf. 104,105] and were proposed in the context of the theory of "ethical coherence" [106]. As an exploratory method, CAMs offer added value compared to a survey, as the latter can only consider pre-identified potential factors influencing SAI acceptability [cf.…”

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Identifying key-psychological factors influencing the acceptance of yet emerging technologies–A multi-method-approach to inform climate policy

Fenn,

Helm,

Höfele

et al. 2023

PLOS Clim

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The best combination of possible climate policy options (mitigation, adaptation and different climate engineering technologies) to tackle climate change is unknown. Climate policy is facing a hard decision in answering the question whether climate engineering technologies should be researched, limitedly deployed or even deployed at global scale. Such technologies bear large epistemic and ethical uncertainties and their use as well as non-use might have severe consequences. To deal with such uncertainties, the (ethical) assessment of climate engineering technologies should include the perspectives of various stakeholders including laypersons to inform climate policy. To facilitate (ethical) technology assessment, we propose a novel 2-step methodology to collect and analyze data on ethical concerns and the acceptability of climate engineering technologies. Thereby we focus on Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI) as an use case. We propose an innovative combination of newly developed methods consisting of two data collection tools (Cognitive-Affective Mapping and large-scale survey) and two types of data analyses (using graph theory and factor analysis). Applying this multi-method approach we were able to identify (1) central ethical and governance related concerns regarding SAI (by Cognitive-Affective Maps) and (2) to estimate the relative importance of core constructs (positive and negative affect, risk and benefit perception, trust) on the acceptability of SAI (by large-scale survey).

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Identifying key-psychological factors influencing the acceptance of yet emerging technologies–A multi-method-approach to inform climate policy

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Höfele

et al. 2023

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Tiered Approach for Prospective Sustainability Assessment of New Technologies to Assess Benefits and Challenges (TAPAS)

Möller,

Speck,

Speck

2024

Zukunftstechnologien Für Den Multifunktionalen Leichtbau

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When assessing the sustainability of novel technologies and materials systems, the question arises as to how a robust sustainability assessment for technology and material developments with a low readiness level is nevertheless possible and how the necessary data can be collected for this purpose. Based on this research question, TAPAS as a new, tiered methodological framework for a prospective assessment of the sustainability aspects of novel technologies and materials systems is presented.Within the conceptual development of TAPAS, important groundwork for the new methodological framework was devoted to the methodological interface between biomimetics and sustainability research. We selected the plant growth form liana as an example; biological concepts were used to sharpen the sustainability strategies of efficiency, consistency, and sufficiency and to derive practical design principles for more sustainable products in the technosphere.On this basis, we developed guiding principles for TAPAS and defined a total of five stages of analysis, allowing self-reflection to be integrated into the research and innovation process. In some cases, established instruments were adopted or refined, such as those used in the prospective screening of chemicals and in life cycle assessment studies. In addition, new methodological ground has been broken to meet the demand for an integrated and normatively based assessment that covers both benefit and risk aspects. This applies in particular to the domain of an in-depth benefit analysis and, for the first time, a set of 30 indicators has been developed that establish a direct link to the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.We conducted two case studies to test the practical applicability of TAPAS. They showed that the developed tools are in principle suitable for basic research projects. Concrete recommendations for more sustainable design options (e.g., substitution of toxicologically problematic solvents) were provided.

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Sustainability in street food: Elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and image theory perspective

Bayraktar

2024

International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science

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Connecting the methods of psychology and philosophy: Applying Cognitive-Affective Maps (CAMs) to identify ethical principles underlying the evaluation of bioinspired technologies

Cited by 5 publications

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Identifying key-psychological factors influencing the acceptance of yet emerging technologies–A multi-method-approach to inform climate policy

Identifying key-psychological factors influencing the acceptance of yet emerging technologies–A multi-method-approach to inform climate policy

Tiered Approach for Prospective Sustainability Assessment of New Technologies to Assess Benefits and Challenges (TAPAS)

Sustainability in street food: Elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and image theory perspective

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