Matthias Gross Holger Hoffmann-Riem Institute for Science and Technology Studies (IWT) Bielefeld University PO Box 100131 33501 Bielefeld, Germany

Real-world experiments are attempts to solve socially relevant environmental problems under uncontrolled conditions. In real-world experiments (German: Realexperimente) the idea of experiment is beginning to be understood as a process of self-experimentation comprised of mutual action and reaction between different parts of nature. It is an experiment in and with the non-human environment. These experiments are associated with recursive learning processes that result in better understanding and increased control of environmental and social systems.

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