Gerhard Petschel-Held
Gerhard Petschel-Held (* 1964 in Nuremberg ; † September 9, 2005 ) was a German climate researcher .
Gerhard Petschel-Held studied in Würzburg and Albany (New York). He received his doctorate in 1992 in Frankfurt am Main with a thesis on the border area between classical chaos theory and quantum mechanics.
From 1993 Petschel-Held worked at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) , where he was in charge of the project “QUESTIONS: Syndrome Dynamics of Global Change”. The aim was to use an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the human-environment changes in front of an earth system in a critical situation. In October 2002, Petschel-Held was appointed deputy head of the “Integrated System Analysis” department at PIK John Schellnhubers .
The main focus of Petschel-Held's scientific work was syndrome research , i.e. the connection between changes in social and ecosystems and research into mutual conditions. Together with Klaus Eisenack , he developed the “ Keep cool ” simulation game . The aim of the game is to make scientific findings accessible to a broad audience and to make the mechanisms of climate negotiations clear.
Publications (selection)
- Gerhard Petschel-Held, Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Thomas Bruckner, Ferenc L. Tóth, Klaus Hasselmann: The Tolerable Windows Approach: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations . In: Climatic Change . tape 41 , no. 3-4 , March 1999, pp. 303-331 , doi : 10.1023 / A: 1005487123751 .
- G. Petschel-Held, A. Block, M. Cassel-Gintz, J. Kropp, MKB Lüdeke, O. Moldenhauer, F. Reusswig, HJ Schellnhuber: Syndromes of Global Change: a qualitative modeling approach to assist global environmental management . In: Environmental Modeling & Assessment . tape 4 , no. 4 , December 1999, pp. 295-314 , doi : 10.1023 / A: 1019080704864 .
- AR4 : Climate Change 2007: Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change
- Chris Couch, Lila Leontidou, Gerhard Petschel-Held (Eds.): Urban Sprawl in Europe . Landscapes, Land-Use Change & Policy. Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4051-3917-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Petschel-Held dies PIK loses important scientist . In: Potsdam's latest news . September 28, 2005 ( pnn.de [accessed June 13, 2016]).
- ↑ a memorial for gerhard petschel-held. In: www.denkwerk-berlin.de. Retrieved June 13, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petschel-Held, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German climate researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg , Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2005 |