Brainstorming: motivation for scientific question/topic selection in reality


·        Personal interest

·        Interest of the funding body

·        Inspiration by a gap in the existing literature

·        Need for specific knowledge in a given application area/industry/NGO/…

·        Inspiration by a scientific fashion

·        Personal connections to researchers in the area

·        Assigned by the boss

·        Funding

·        To be part a team

·        Promise of fame (big unsolved problems)

·        Utility for society

·        Emerges from discussion (i.e. interdisciplinary)

·        Utilizing my own skills




Question/topics – list in round 1 of selection (votes)


·        Time perspectives <-> proenv. Behavior 1

·        Env-friendly fashion process 1

·        Modelling <-> consumption 2

·        Pace synchrony <-> agreement 3

·        KES study <-> prof. choice

·        Teacher -> LOC 3

·        SS250 long-term effects

·        Meat-eating motivation 4

·        Media image of vegeterians/ farmhouse animals 0

·        Enviro-attitude of enviros 5

·        Natural sciences and enviros 0

·        Meat and enviro combo 1