Participatory multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) is increasingly used for the integrated
assessment of future scenarios. Determining weights of the different criteria constitutes one
of the biggest challenges of MCE. This paper investigates the influence of weights on the
ranking of scenarios and reflects critically on the use of weights as representations of social
preferences in participatory MCE. Conceptually, this exercise builds on the literature on
integrated assessment and decision making under uncertainty; empirically, insights are …