Thomas
Franssen
Science in the Anthropocene
Publications
Bernstein, M., Franssen, T., Smith, R. & De Wilde, M. (2022). The European Commission’s Green Deal is an opportunity to rethink harmful practices of research and innovation policy. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01802-3
Franssen, T. & De Wilde. (2021). A clean energy future isn’t set in stone. Nature Geoscience
14(9): 636-637. [PDF]
I'm exploring various ways in which science and the science system are changing in the Anthropocene. With Mandy de Wilde I explored the role of the imaginary of a clean energy economy in geoscientific research into resource extraction.
With Michael Bernstein, Rob Smith and Mandy de Wilde I unpacked the new 'Do No Significant Harm'-principle that was introduced in the European Commission's Green Deal and is also part of Horizon Europe. We propose a different approach to harm that would allow researchers to 'stay with the harm'.