Trust in Models – Open Letter from the Editors

Kock, Ingo; Navarro, Martin; Eckel, Jens; Hotzel, Stephan; Dietl, Carlo

doi:10.5194/sand-3-43-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-3-43-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-3-43-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3

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04 May 2026

Special issue editorial |

| 04 May 2026

Trust in Models – Open Letter from the Editors

Ingo Kock, Martin Navarro, Jens Eckel, Stephan Hotzel, and Carlo Dietl

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Short summary

In 2021, BASE headed a short workshop called “What do we need to do to trust in models?” at the first edition of the safeND symposium conference (safeND: "Safety of Nuclear Waste Diposal“; Kock et al. 2021). Because of the broad interest people showed in the topic, three consecutive workshops on the topic of “Trust in Models” (TiM) were held between 2022 and 2025. In this Open Letter, we will present the main points of discussion.