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Conference air travel’s relevance and ways to reduce it

Reducing emissions from air travel has become an important goal of academic institutions and conferences are a major reason for researchers’ air travel. We conducted separate surveys with researchers at 17 academic institutions in Switzerland, Austria and Germany to examine perceptions of conference...

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Main Authors: Wenger, Ariane (Author) , Schreuer, Anna (Author) , Görlinger, Susann (Author) , Aeschbach, Nicole (Author) , Fleiß, Eva (Author) , Kreil, Agnes Sophie (Author) , Merrem, Caroline (Author) , Posch, Alfred (Author) , Stauffacher, Michael (Author) , Thaller, Annina (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: January 2025
In: Transportation research. Part D, Transport and environment
Year: 2025, Volume: 138, Pages: 1-17
ISSN:1879-2340
DOI:10.1016/j.trd.2024.104488
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104488
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920924004450
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Author Notes:Ariane Wenger, Anna Schreuer, Susann Görlinger, Nicole Aeschbach, Eva Fleiß, Agnes S. Kreil, Caroline Merrem, Alfred Posch, Michael Stauffacher, Annina Thaller
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Summary:Reducing emissions from air travel has become an important goal of academic institutions and conferences are a major reason for researchers’ air travel. We conducted separate surveys with researchers at 17 academic institutions in Switzerland, Austria and Germany to examine perceptions of conference air travel and to assess opportunities for its reduction. The results indicate that air travel is deeply embedded in academia through cognitive norms and established conference practices. Although researchers stated that conferences serve important career purposes, such as networking, they acknowledge the importance of reducing air travel. The COVID-19 pandemic served as a window of opportunity to reduce air travel by switching to virtual conferences. Researchers stated that virtual conferences come with both benefits and challenges. Using the transport cultures framework, we identify opportunities for behavioural change and provide concrete recommendations for reducing conference air travel based on long-term changes in practices, material cultures, cognitive norms and policies.
Item Description:Online veröffentlicht: 23. November 2024, Artikelversion: 23. November 2024
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ISSN:1879-2340
DOI:10.1016/j.trd.2024.104488

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