Dr. Torsten Grothmann
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Email: Grothmann@pik-potsdam.de Phone: +49 (0) 331 288 2536
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Dr. Torsten Grothmann is a senior scientist in Research Domain II "Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities" and leads several projects in the Research Field "North-South". These projects assess climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation options in developed and developing countries. He also works at the University of Oldenburg, mainly in the project nordwest2050 that analyses the vulnerability of northwestern Germany and develops a long-term climate adaptation strategy with the time frame of 2050. Furthermore, he consults the German government in advancing its national adaptation strategy.
From 2006 to 2008 Torsten Grothmann coordinated the project “ErKlim – Success factors for climate change mitigation and adaptation” at the University of Oldenburg where he developed communication and participation strategies to encourage mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. From 2001 to 2005 he wrote his dissertation on determinants of private households' behavior to prevent damage from climate change and weather extremes and led the adaptation part of the to-date most comprehensive study on Germany's vulnerability to climate change. Torsten Grothmann studied psychology, philosophy and business administration at the University of Bielefeld, the Free University of Berlin and the University of California, Irvine.
Torsten Grothmann's research focuses on social vulnerability and strategies for adapting to climate change (in cities, regions and at national levels), participatory governance and social learning, risk communication (e.g. for fostering disaster mitigation), and specific research questions from environmental and social psychology (risk perception, control beliefs, decision making under uncertainty, behavioral change, cross-cultural differences).
