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He examined, among other topics, the role of social sciences with regard to environmental challenges, namely the [[ozone depletion]] problem and [[climate change]]. He has provided contributions about transnational policy networks and the role of science activists and under the [[Post-politics]] inspired title "what may the sheep safely know?" refered to aspects of [[knowledge policy]] and democracy. He often cooperates with [[Nico Stehr]]. They both asked for a sort of cautious revival of [[Werner Sombart]].<ref>‘Why is Werner Sombart not part of the core of classical sociologists? From fame to (near) oblivion’ Journal of Classical Sociology 1 (2): 257–287 Grundmann and Nico Stehr).</ref> He examined transnational discourses about the balkan wars based on a press review.<ref>(2000a) ‘National elites and transnational discourses in the Balkan war: a comparison between the French, German and British establishment press’ European Journal of Communication 15 (3): 299-320 (with Sue Wright and Dennis Smith).</ref>
Grundmanns believes in an important role of scientists in [[Post-normal science]]
His position have been discussed on the theoretical level in a controversy with Klaus Peter Japp about [[Niklas Luhmann]]s [[system theory]] and [[Ulrich Beck]]s [[risk society|risk sociology]] and the role of more or less activist or "happy scientists" (as in Nietzsches [[The Gay Science]]) in there.<ref>[http://www.zfs-online.org/index.php/zfs/article/viewFile/3009/2546 ZfS, Jg. 28, Heft 1 (1999) Wo steht die Risikosoziologie?] [ZfS, Jg. 28, Heft 4 (1999) [Wer hat Angst vor F. Nietzsche? Replik on Klaus-Peter Japp answer] </ref> Grundmann asks sociologists more to take actual actors in regulation processes into account.
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