An anthropocene-framed transdisciplinary dialog at the chemistry-energy nexus
Mathieu S. Prévot, Valeria Finelli, Xavier Carrier, Gabriele Deplano, Margherita Cavallo, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Juliette Michel, Marie‐Hélène Pietraru, Clément Camp, Giulia Forghieri, Anna Gagliardi, Sebastian Seidel, Antoine Missemer, Bertrand Reuillard, Barbara Centrella, Silvia Bordiga, María Grace Salamanca González, Vincent Artero, Keanu V. A. Birkelbach, Niklas von Wolff
Abstract
, chemical research toward the energy transition. We consider that these open questions are not sufficiently addressed in the academic arena around chemical research. Nevertheless, they are relevant to our understanding of the current planetary crisis, and to our capacity to properly assess the potential and limitations of chemical research addressing it. This academic perspective was written to share this understanding with the broader academic community. This work is intended not only as a call for a larger interdisciplinary method, to develop a sounder scientific approach to broader scenarios, but also - and perhaps mostly - as a call for the development of radically transdisciplinary routes of research. As scientists with different backgrounds, specialized in different disciplines and actively involved in contributing to shape solutions by means of our research, we bear ethical responsibility for the consequences of our acts, which often lead to consequences well beyond our discipline. Do our research and the knowledge it produces respond, perpetuate or even aggravate the problems encountered by society?