Institute of Sustainability Governance
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior professorship of Public Law and European Law with Focus on Sustainability
- Professorship for Energy Economics and Energy Policy
- Professorship for Governance and Sustainability
- Professorship for Public Law, in particular Energy and Environmental Law
- Professorship for Sustainability and Politics
- Professorship of Public and International Law with a Focus on Sustainability
Organisation profile
The members of the Institute of Sustainability Governance (INSUGO) focus their work on a fundamental question: Which public institutions and regulation systems are necessary to achieve the normative goal of sustainability in a complex and pluralistic society? The answer to this question is provided by a broad scientific approach which is based on research, academic teaching and knowledge transfer with practitioners on topics of public sustainability governance.
- 2025
Ergebnisse und Perspektiven aus dem Kommunalen Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer Niedersachsen
Redenius, P. (Speaker)
02.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Regionale Fallstudie: Transformation in Niedersachsen
Redenius, P. (Speaker) & Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
01.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
What Is Enough, Really? Rethinking Sustainability & Technology in Space Heating
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
26.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Transformation: Building Resilience in Sustainability Reporting for a Net-Zero Future
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
19.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental governance research - cumulative knowledge or fragmented adhocracy?
Newig, J. (Keynote Speaker) & Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)
04.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Das Losprinzip in der Demokratie – Welche Rolle können Bürgerräte für Politik und Gesetzgebung spielen?
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.02.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Thinking of Time - A Resource which Should be Allocated Equally
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
06.02.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2024
Resilient in die Zukunft? Niedersächsische Landkreise im (Klima-)Wandel
Redenius, P. (Speaker) & Bäurich, P. (Speaker)
07.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Treiber, Blockierer, Getriebene? Eine empirische Analyse zur Rolle niedersächsischer Unternehmen in der Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
25.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Praxis trifft Wissenschaft: Verstetigung kommunaler Nachhaltigkeit & Status Quo der Nachhaltigkeit in Kommunen – das Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer Niedersachsen
Redenius, P. (Speaker)
24.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Does participatory governance help address long-term environmental problems? Conceptual framework and empirical evidence from public decision-making processes in 23 democracies
Rose, M. (Speaker), Jager, N. W. (Coauthor) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
18.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
WATHLINGEN 20_50: Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Exploration Nachhaltig gut leben - Beobachtungen und Empfehlungen für die Samtgemeinde Wathlingen
Redenius, P. (Speaker) & Hoernemann, D. (Speaker)
11.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Welche Fragen stellt uns das Vertrauen? 3 x 10 Minuten mit Philipp Sandermann, Dana-Kristin Mah und Jelena Bäumler
Sandermann, P. (Speaker), Mah, D.-K. (Speaker) & Bäumler, J. (Speaker)
29.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Can we represent future generations in myopic democracies? – A comparative empirical analysis of the design, feasibility and viability of institutional guardians of future generations
Rose, M. (presenter)
14.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does participatory governance help address long-term environmental problems? Conceptual framework and empirical evidence from public decision-making processes in 23 democracies
Rose, M. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (presenter)
13.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
From the Environmental State to the Sustainability State? Conceptualization, Indicators, and Examples
Rose, M. (presenter)
13.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Eine Untersuchung organisierter Nachhaltigkeit in solidarischer Landwirtschaft
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
05.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Posterpräsentation zum Projekt StudiKommKlima
Möller, S. (Speaker) & Redenius, P. (Speaker)
19.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Teilnahme am Podium "Europa- Menschenwürde, Freiheit, Demokratie!?"
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
25.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (Journal)
Hartmann, E. (Reviewer)
22.05.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Der Blick nach vorn - Klimapolitik in der Europäischen Union
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
25.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
- 2023
Kommunikation und Narrative in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
01.12.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zukunftsgerechtigkeit als Leitprinzip kommunalen Planens und Handelns
Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)
23.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Wie kann eine gerechte und dezentrale Energiewende gelingen?
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
29.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Types of institutional proxy representatives for future generations in democracies: A comparative empirical analysis
Rose, M. (Speaker)
06.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (Journal)
Rose, M. (Editor)
07.2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues
Newig, J. (Speaker), Rose, M. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (Coauthor)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
How viable are institutional innovations for national long-term governance? Lessons from a comparative empirical analysis
Rose, M. (Speaker)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Umkämpfte Transformation
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
07.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Saretzki, T. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Moderator)
01.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
From the Environmental State to the Sustainability State? Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives
Rose, M. (Speaker)
01.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Sustainable State.
Saretzki, T. (Organiser), Bornemann, B. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Organiser), Laruffa, F. (Organiser) & Marius, C. (Organiser)
01.06.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Stellungsnahme für öffentliche Sachverständigenanhörung im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema der Weiterentwicklung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung. 39. Sitzung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Rose, M. (Reviewer)
24.05.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Sufficiency: The Missing Elephant in the EU Trade and Biodiversity Agenda?
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Roux, N. (Speaker)
05.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Perspectives on Monetary Politics in Europe
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
30.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2022
Zehnter Großer Konvent der Schader-Stiftung
Rose, M. (Coauthor)
04.11.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Speaker)
21.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance
Rose, M. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Organiser)
20.10.2022 → 24.10.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft konkret – Wege und Herausforderungen in Niedersachsen
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
18.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Conference - Equity Perspectives on Global Ocean Law and Governance
Köster, M. (Organiser), Sammler, K. (Organiser) & Schatz, V. (Organiser)
07.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The Role of Food Policy Councils in Policymaking: Advocate, Adviser or Actor in participatory governance?
Newig, J. (Speaker)
26.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental governance research: Interdisciplinary, Policy-oriented - and Cumulative?
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of social science evidence in decisions on the design of participatory governance: Tentative findings from a German mixed-methods study
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Just new democratic bells and whistles? Assessing the formal capacity of institutions for future generations to influence policy-making
Rose, M. (Speaker)
24.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Justice, Democracy and Future Generations
Rose, M. (Speaker)
27.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Representing Future Generations in Parliament
Rose, M. (Panel participant)
22.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Zeit für Gleichberechtigung – Kritische Analyse der Verteilung von Zeit durch Recht
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
07.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
4. Darmstädter Tage der Transformation - DTdT 2022
Rose, M. (Moderator)
17.03.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
European Yearbook of International Economic Law (Journal)
Bäumler, J. (Editor)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Jury-Mitglied des Klima-Innovationspreises Niedersachsen
Hartmann, E. (Consultant)
2022 → 2025Activity: Consultancy
Klima und Recht - KlimR (Journal)
Bäumler, J. (Editor)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Newig, J. (Office)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2021
Opinion on the Conformity of the European Union’s Position with the UNFSA concerning the Conservation and Management of North Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark at ICCAT
Rosello, M. (Reviewer), Schatz, V. (Reviewer) & van der Marel, E. (Reviewer)
07.11.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Die Interessen zukünftiger Generationen: neue Modelle der Repräsentation
Rose, M. (Plenary speaker)
16.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Parliaments, Climate Change, and Intergenerational Justice
Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker) & Rose, M. (Panel participant)
06.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Encounter at Dynamic Eye Level: 15 Roles Adopted by Actors in Science-Practice Collaborations
Hilger, A. (Coauthor), Rose, M. (presenter) & Rose, M. (Coauthor)
05.10.2021 → 08.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Verbraucherschutzforum: Nachhaltigkeit und Verbraucherschutz
Halfmeier, A. (Organiser), Halfmeier, A. (Speaker) & Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
01.10.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Polity for sustainability: Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions for empirical analysis
Rose, M. (Speaker), Mathis, O. L. (Coauthor), Rose, M. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Bauer, S. (Coauthor)
14.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inaugural Meeting of the Earth System Governance Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation at Earth System Governance Taskforce and Meeting Day - 2021
Newig, J. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)
10.09.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance - ESG 2021
Newig, J. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)
09.09.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Evidence orientation in Earth System Governance Research
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Rose, M. (Speaker)
09.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of a Belt and Road Project in Montenegro – National Agency and External Influences
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Meyfroidt, P. (Coauthor)
07.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor) & Bager, S. (Coauthor)
31.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung - Does the Exception Swallow the Rule?: The Compulsory Settlementof EEZ Fisheries Disputes under Part XV of UNCLOS
Schatz, V. (Organiser)
26.08.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
(How) Do National Sustainability Institutions Shape Climate Governance?
Mathis, O. L. (Coauthor), Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rethinking Fragmentation within the Biodiversity Regime: Compliance in a post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Sarno, J. (Speaker)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why and how do civil servants (not) use social science evidence to decide on participatory governance processes? A mixed-methods study on evidence-informed participatory governance in German states, counties and municipalities
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Managing interactions within the Biodiversity regime: Whither compliance for a post-2020 biodiversity framework
Sarno, J. (Speaker)
29.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zeit als Ressource im Recht
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
17.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Policy Briefing 4
Glover, D. (Consultant), Friedrich, B. (Consultant), Ely , A. (Consultant), Noland, A. (Consultant) & Lidstone, A. (Consultant)
03.2021Activity: Consultancy
Basic Rights in the Basic Law
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Earth System Governance Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation (External organisation)
Newig, J. (Office)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Gutachten zur Feststellung des energiepolitischen und energiewirtschaftlichen Bedarfs für den Tagebau Garzweiler II nach § 48 Kohleverstromungsbeendigungsgesetz (KVBG)
Schomerus, T. (Reviewer)
2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Utrecht University
Newig, J. (Visiting researcher)
2021Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2020
Prozesse der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung Moderation
Friedrich, B. (Speaker)
13.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transformative Indikatoren: Wirkungsabschätzungen in Reallaboren
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Schleicher, K. (Speaker)
07.10.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
P029-G0. Product, Process and Programme Revisited: Genome Editing and the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Agricultural ‘Natures’
Ely , A. (Coauthor), Fischer, K. (Coauthor), Friedrich, B. (Coauthor), Glover, D. (presenter), Schnurr, M. (Coauthor) & Stone, G. D. (Coauthor)
22.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Democracy and Intergenerational Justice: Overcoming Harmful Short-termism Through New Institutions?
Hoffmann, J. M. (Organiser), Leung, G.-K. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)
08.09.2020 → 09.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Policy Brief Series
Glover, D. (Consultant), Friedrich, B. (Consultant) & Ely , A. (Consultant)
09.2020Activity: Consultancy
How Do Civil Servants Use Social Science Evidence for Designing Participatory Governance Processes?
Rose, M. (Speaker)
27.08.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Case Study from Montenegro
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
24.08.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
National Sustainability Institutions as Levers for Climate Performance? A Research Proposal
Rose, M. (Speaker)
26.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Two degrees and the SDGs: A network analysis of interlinkages between transnational climate actions and the SDGs
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Glass, L.-M. (Speaker)
10.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Recht auf Ineffizienz – Eine Untersuchung des Verhältnisses von Grundrechten zur Effizienz
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
07.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jahrestagung: Junges Forum Rechtsphilosophie - JFR 2020
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Möglichkeiten der Ausgestaltung des Verwaltungsverfahrens im Rahmen der nach § 16 Abs. 5 und § 17 Abs. 6 des Hamburgischen Klimaschutzgesetzes zu erlassenden Rechtsverordnungen
Schomerus, C.-T. (Reviewer)
2020Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
- 2019
Catholic University of Louvain
Coenen, J. (Visiting researcher)
11.2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
German Committee Future Earth (External organisation)
Jochum, G. (Member), Barth, T. (Member), Brandl, S. (Member), Cárdenas Tomazic, A. (Member), Hofmeister, S. (Member), Littig, B. (Member), Matuschek, I. (Member), Ulrich, S. (Member) & Warsewa, G. (Member)
11.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Die politische Repräsentation zukünftiger Generationen in der heutigen Demokratie - Ausgewählte Herausforderungen
Rose, M. (Speaker)
26.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Which Research Approach Should I Employ In My Research Project? Developing Criteria-Based Guidance on Choosing the Most Appropriate Research Approach Among TD Case Study, Living Lab, Action Research, Urban Transition Lab, Real-World Lab, Applied Disciplinary Research, and others
Rose, M. (Speaker), Hilger, A. (Speaker), Wanner, M. (Speaker) & Dedeurwaerdere, T. (Speaker)
10.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor), Bager, S. (Coauthor) & Meyfroidt, P. (Coauthor)
05.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
General Conference - ECPR 2019
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
04.09.2019 → 07.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme - OSM 2019
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
24.04.2019 → 26.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Governance induces telecoupling: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
24.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)
Newig, J. (Chair)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Intergenerational Justice Review (Journal)
Rose, M. (Editor)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2018
Klimaschutz und die rechtliche Zulässigkeit der Stilllegung von Braun- und Steinkohlekraftwerken
Schomerus, C.-T. (Reviewer) & Franßen, G. (Reviewer)
13.12.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gerechtigkeit und Transformation. Eine Tagung in Tutzing
Baier, A. (Coauthor), Biesecker, A. (Speaker) & Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research