@article{SchneidewindAugensteinStelzeretal.2018,
  author    = {Schneidewind, Uwe and Augenstein, Karoline and Stelzer, Franziska and Wanner, Matthias},
  title     = {Structure matters : real-world laboratories as a new type of large-scale research infrastructure ; a framework inspired by Giddens' structuration theory},
  journal   = {Gaia},
  volume    = {27},
  number    = {S1},
  doi       = {10.14512/gaia.27.S1.5},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-69689},
  pages     = {12 -- 17},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {In this paper we highlight the importance of structural dimensions of real-world laboratories (RwLs). Giddens' structuration theory provides a promising framework to better understand the interlinked abstract and physical (infra-)structural features of RwLs. We argue that research on and in RwLs needs to be sensitive to the spatial, temporal, and thematic scope of structuration processes. A systematic conceptualization of these dimensions remains an important task for future research. In order to arrive at such a more in-depth understanding and possibly an improvement in the transferability of knowledge created in RwLs, the idea proposed by the WBGU should be taken up: building RwLs for the long term and focusing more explicitly on their structural dimensions. First steps have been taken in the German city of Wuppertal where a RwL infrastructure has been built up over the course of various projects including a broad variety of resources, actors, and topics in the broader search and learning process for sustainable transitioning.},
  language  = {en}
}