Institute of Sustainability Governance
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior professorship of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law, in particular Environmental Law and the Law of the Sea
- 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.
MONA: Modes of sustainability-related research in comparison (MONA): Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes - a comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Newig, J. (Partner), Jahn, S. (Project staff) & Kahle, J. (Project staff)
30.08.13 → 08.09.21
Project: Research
Monitoring gentechnisch veränderter Organismen. Supranationale und deutsche Rechtsfragen des Monitorings transgener Pflanzen zur Erforschung hypothetischer Risiken
Regenbrecht, G. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
25.04.04 → 17.01.05
Project: Dissertation project
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 13: Nachhaltige Beschaffung - Herausforderungen und Gestaltungsoptionen KMUs, Stadtverwaltung und Kammern
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Sühlsen, K. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.05.13 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Nachhaltige Nutzung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen unter Unsicherheit. Ökologisch-ökonomische Modellierung und Evaluierung volkswirtschaftlicher Politikoptionen
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Quaas, M. F. (Project manager, academic), Olbrich, R. (Project staff), Derissen, S. (Project staff), Jakoby, O. (Project staff) & Groth, M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.02.07 → 31.07.10
Project: Research
Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen von Führungspersonen in Kommunalverwaltungen
Plawitzki, J. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → 31.03.18
Project: Dissertation project
Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie Niedersachsen
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Hartmann, E. (Project staff) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.22 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
NEWAVE: Next Water Governance
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Bilalova, S. (Project staff)
01.11.19 → 30.04.24
Project: Research
Novellierungsbedürftigkeit und -fähigkeit des Entsorgungsfachbetriebes nach §§ 56, 57 KrWG im Systemvergleich mit den Umweltmanagamentsystemen ISO 14001, EMAS und der österreichischen RAEF
Strohmeyer, A. C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
08.12.15 → 08.12.19
Project: Dissertation project
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in Bezug auf Wasserwirtschaft und Gewässerentwicklung in Rheinland-Pfalz
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic)
08.06.10 → 31.03.12
Project: Research
Ökologische Ökonomik Modellierung und konzeptionelle Fundierung am Beispiel von Beweidung in semi-ariden Gebieten
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Frank, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.04 → 30.09.07
Project: Research
ECCUITY: "Ökonomie des Klimawandels - Verbundvorhaben: Verteilung, Effizienz und Politik unter Unsicherheit - Distribution, Efficiency and Policy under Uncertainty (ECCUITY) - Teilvorhaben 1: Risikoexternalitäten, externes moralisches Risiko und Versicherung - WP2"
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.12 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Ölpflanzen als Zwischenfrüchte; Teilvorhaben 1: Analyse der Stakeholder-Akzeptanz und politische Rahmenbedingungen
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Noboa, E. (Project staff) & Laws, N. (Project staff)
01.07.15 → 01.01.17
Project: Research
COUPLED: Operationalising telecouplings for solving sustainability challenges related to land use
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Coenen, J. (Project staff) & Challies, E. (Project staff)
01.01.18 → 30.06.22
Project: Research
Participation Case Scout
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Rose, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.19 → 31.03.22
Project: Other
Pflichten Privater im Informationsfreiheitsrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Richtlinie 2003/4/EG und ihre Umsetzung in Deutschland
Elfeld, F. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.06 → 15.05.13
Project: Dissertation project
Planerische, technische und ökologische Anforderungen an das Freileitungsrecht
Lauer, J. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
02.11.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, X. (Project staff)
01.06.23 → 01.06.26
Project: Research
PLUS Change: PLUS Change - Participatory Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a Changing world.
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.23 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
Political Leadership as a Key Driver towards Sustainability.
von Stauffenberg, A.-K. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.19 → 12.12.23
Project: Dissertation project
Politikberatung in der Wissensgesellschaft: Eine Analyse umweltpolitischer Beratungssysteme
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.98 → 31.05.01
Project: Research