{"id":48,"date":"2026-11-06T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8881\/einblicke\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:15:00","slug":"einblicke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beconpe.de\/en\/einblicke\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Insights<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Selected work: projects, articles and talks that show what I work on and how I think.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Science slam \u00b7 Marine Environment Symposium \u00b7 Hamburg 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every goal is legitimate. That\u2019s the problem.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Where better to show conflicting goals than at sea? Offshore wind, shipping, nature conservation and resource extraction all have legitimate claims to the same limited space. But not every goal can be met at once, let alone in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Marine Environment Symposium of Germany\u2019s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency<\/a> (BSH), I tried to bring this dilemma into a format that was new to me: a science slam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its core is an uncomfortable question: does more and more data actually help us decide? Or does our constant call for even more knowledge contribute to decisions not being made at all? At some point, we also have to talk about priorities, societal values and institutional processes. And about how public institutions can keep their capacity to act under these conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Commentary \u00b7 SedNet \u00b7 Madrid 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Future of Sediments: Complexity, Competing Demands, and the Emerging Decision Challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 SedNet conference in Madrid, and above all the conversations with experts on the sidelines, made one development very clear: the demands on our rivers and coasts are growing, while it is becoming ever harder to reconcile different interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commentary that grew out of this takes these observations as a reason to step back and look at the bigger picture. At its centre is a challenge that reaches beyond the technical questions of sediment management: how do institutions and societies remain able to decide and act when competing claims, political dynamics and growing complexity collide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commentary is meant as an invitation to discuss, and to disagree. The questions it raises, and possible ways forward, continue to occupy me, well beyond the sediment field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commentary (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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