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 Hydraulic and Foundation Engineering
- 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
Das Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO) betreibt wissenschaftliche Forschung, akademische Lehre und Praxistransfer zu Themen der öffentlichen Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung.
Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage: Durch welche öffentlichen Institutionen und Regelungssysteme kann das normative Ziel der Nachhaltigkeit in einer komplexen und pluralen Gesellschaft erreicht werden?
Die Mitglieder des Instituts stützen sich dabei auf Konzepte und Methoden der Fachgebiete Nachhaltige Landschaftsentwicklung, Nachhaltigkeitsökonomie, Nachhaltigkeitspolitik, Umweltrecht sowie Umweltplanung.
Topics
Nachhaltigkeit und Geschlechterverhältnisse, nachhaltige Raumentwicklung, soziale Ökologie, Ressourceneffizienz, Erneuerbare Energien, Abfallvermeidung, Klimaschutz, Öko-Design
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A holistic approach to studying social-ecological systems and its application to Southern Transylvania
Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Milcu, A. I., Mikulcak, F., Dorresteijn, I., Loos, J., von Wehrden, H., Kuemmerle, T., Abson, D., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Báldi, A. & Fischer, J., 18.11.2014, In: Ecology and Society. 19, 4, 27 p., 32.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Alternative discourses around the governance of food security: A case study from Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Bergsten, A., Manlosa, A., Jager, N., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2020, In: Global Food Security. 24, 11 p., 100338.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An analysis of the requirements for DSS on integrated river basin management
Evers, M., 2008, In: Management of Environmental Quality : an International Journal. 19, 1, p. 37-53 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A nemzedékek közötti igazságosság jogfilozófliai alapjai
Sanden, J., 2012, In: Pro futuro. 1, p. 8-22 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A new approach to semantic sustainability assessment: text mining via network analysis revealing transition patterns in German municipal climate action plans
Bickel, M. W., 01.12.2017, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 7, 1, 25 p., 22.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Angebot an und Nachfrage nach Umweltleistungen in einem marktanalogen Agrarumweltprogramm - Ergebnisse einer Projektstudie
Groth, M. & Bertke, E., 2009, In: Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung. 19, p. 160-172 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania
Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 43, 2, p. 248-258 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Are the Rural Electrification Efforts in the Ecuadorian Amazon Sustainable?
Feron, S., Heinrichs, H. & Cordero, R., 05.05.2016, In: Sustainability. 8, 5, p. 1-22 22 p., 443.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Artful and sensory sustainability science: Exploring novel methodological perspectives
Heinrichs, H. & Kagan, S., 30.09.2019, In: Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainability. 8, 3, p. 431-442 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Artful sustainability governance—Foundational considerations on sensory-informed policymaking for sustainable development
Heinrichs, H., 01.07.2020, In: Sustainable Development. 28, 4, p. 791-799 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A social-ecological typology of rangelands based on rainfall variability and farming type
Engler, J-O., Abson, D. J., Feller, R., Hanspach, J. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2018, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 148, p. 65 - 73 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing Collaborative Conservation: A Case Survey of Output, Outcome, and Impact Measures Used in the Empirical Literature
Koontz, T. M., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 02.04.2020, In: Society and Natural Resources. 33, 4, p. 442-461 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing Drifting Fish Aggregating Device (dFAD) Abandonment under International Marine Pollution Law
Schatz, V., 02.05.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transnational Environmental Law. 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing Online Consultation in Participatory Governance: Conceptual Framework and a Case Study of a National Sustainability-related Consultation Platform in Germany
Schulz, D. & Newig, J., 01.01.2015, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 25, 1, p. 55-69 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing participatory practices in community-based natural resource management: Experiences in community engagement from southern Africa
Dyer, J., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J., Leventon, J., Nshimbi, M., Chama, F., Kafwifwi, A., Muledi, J. I., Kaumbu, J. M. K., Falcao, M., Muhorro, S., Munyemba, F., Kalaba, G. M. & Syampungani, S., 01.05.2014, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 137, p. 137-145 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia on risk, sustainability and management
Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 2012, In: Journal of Contextual Economics (JCE) - Schmollers Jahrbuch. 132, 3, p. 463-471 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A typology of actors and their strategies in multi-scale governance of wind turbine conflict within forests
Jürges, N., Leahy, J. & Newig, J., 07.2020, In: Land Use Policy. 96, p. 1-9 9 p., 104691.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Beyond carbon, more than forest? REDD plus governmentality in Indonesia
McGregor, A., Challies, E., Howson, P., Astuti, R., Dixon, R., Haalboom, B., Gavin, M., Tacconi, L. & Afiff, S., 2015, In: Environment and Planning A. 47, 1, p. 138-155 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Beyond practitioner and researcher: 15 roles adopted by actors in transdisciplinary and transformative research processes
Hilger, A., Rose, M. & Keil, A., 01.11.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 6, p. 2049-2068 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Blinder Fleck im deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs ? Interkulturalität
Katz, C. & Kontzi, K., 2009, In: Politische Ökologie. 115-116, Ressourcen, p. 86-87 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bright Spots for Local WFD Implementation Through Collaboration with Nature Conservation Authorities?
Schröder, N., Newig, J. & Watson, N., 01.10.2020, In: Water Alternatives. 13, 3, p. 582-617 36 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Building a Coalition with Depoliticized Sustainability Discourse: The Case of a Transdisciplinary Transition Management Arena in Peru
Noboa, E., Upham, P. J. & Heinrichs, H., 31.01.2019, In: Journal of Sustainable Development. 12, 1, p. 84-107 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bush encroachment control and risk management in semi-arid rangelands
Lukomska, N., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.12.2014, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 145, p. 24-34 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas
Brink, E., Aalders, T., Ádám, D., Feller, R., Henselek, Y., Hoffmann, A., Ibe, K., Matthey-Doret, A., Meyer, M., Negrut, N. L., Rau, A. L., Riewerts, B., von Schuckmann, L., Törnros, S., von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J. & Wamsler, C., 01.01.2016, In: Global Environmental Change : Human and Policy Dimensions. 36, p. 111-123 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Case study meta-analysis in the social sciences. Insights on data quality and reliability from a large-N case survey
Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Challies, E., Kochskämper, E. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2022, In: Research Synthesis Methods. 13, 1, p. 12-27 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Centralized and decentral approaches to succeed the 100% energiewende in Germany in the European context – A model-based analysis of generation, network, and storage investments
Kendziorski, M., Göke, L., Hirschhausen, C. V., Kemfert, C. & Zozmann, E., 08.2022, In: Energy Policy. 167, 9 p., 113039.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Chancen för erneuerbare Energien in Wärmenetzen: Bericht vom Leuphana Energieforum 2017
Bickel, M. W., Soetebeer, I. & Neidig, P., 2018, In: GAIA. 27, 1, p. 190-192 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Climate Change Litigation: German Family Farmers and Urgenda - Similar Cases, Differing Judgments
Schomerus, T., 10.07.2020, In: Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law. 17, 3, p. 322-332 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Clusters of water governance problems and their effects on policy delivery
Kirschke, S., Franke, C., Newig, J. & Borchardt, D., 03.04.2019, In: Policy and Society. 38, 2, p. 255-277 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Coherence in European Environmental Law with particular regard to the industrial emissions directive
Sanden, J., 2012, In: European Energy and Environmental Law Review. 21, 5, p. 220-238 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative energy visioning under conditions of illiberal democracy: Results and recommendations from Ecuador
Noboa, E., Upham, P. J. & Heinrichs, H., 08.10.2018, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 8, 1, 17 p., 31.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative governance or state regulation? Endless efforts but little capacity for sustainability transformation of the German textile sector
Beyers, F., Leventon, J. & Heinrichs, H., 02.2023, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 33, 1, p. 56-77 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative governance towards cities sustainability transition
Conti, D. D. M., de Hoyos Guevara, A. J., Heinrichs, H., da Silva, L. F., Quaresma, C. C. & Bete, T. D. S., 01.01.2019, In: URBE - Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana. 11, 19 p., e20190046.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative modelling for active involvement of stakeholders in urban flood risk management
Evers, M., Jonoski, A., Maksimovič, C. T., Lange, L., Ochoa Rodriguez, S., Teklesadik, A., Cortes Arevalo, J., Almoradie, A., Simões, N. E., Wang, L. & Makropoulos, C., 12.09.2012, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences . 12, 9, p. 2821-2842 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Communication Regarding Sustainability: Conceptual Perspectives and Exploration of Societal Subsystems
Newig, J., Schulz, D., Fischer, D., Hetze, K., Laws, N., Lüdecke, G. & Rieckmann, M., 09.07.2013, In: Sustainability. 5, 7, p. 2976-2990 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparative studies of water governance: A systematic review
Özerol, G., Vinke-De Kruijf, J., Brisbois, M. C., Flores, C. C., Deekshit, P., Girard, C., Knieper, C., Mirnezami, S. J., Ortega-Reig, M., Ranjan, P., Schröder, N. & Schröter, B., 01.12.2018, In: Ecology and Society. 23, 4, 28 p., 43.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Complementarity, impatience, and the resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies
Quaas, M. F., van Soest, D. P. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.07.2013, In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 66, 1, p. 15-32 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conceptualizing community in energy systems: A systematic review of 183 definitions
Bauwens, T., Schraven, D., Drewing, E., Radtke, J., Holstenkamp, L., Gotchev, B. & Yildiz, Ö., 01.03.2022, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 156, 16 p., 111999.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conflicts over GMOs and their Contribution to Food Democracy
Friedrich, B., Hackfort, S. K., Boyer, M. & Gottschlich, D., 28.10.2019, In: Politics and Governance. 7, 4, p. 165-177 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Consumer preferences determine resilience of ecological-economic systems
Baumgärtner, S., Derissen, S., Quaas, M. F. & Strunz, S., 01.01.2011, In: Ecology and Society. 16, 4, 12 p., 9.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Contextualizing certification and auditing: Soy certification and access of local communities to land and water in Brazil
Schilling-Vacaflor, A., Lenschow, A., Challies, E., Cotta, B. & Newig, J., 01.04.2021, In: World Development. 140, 12 p., 105281.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cost-effective Biodiversity Conservation: Procurement Auctions and Payment-by-Results
Groth, M., 04.08.2011, In: EuroChoices. 10, 2, p. 32-37 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Countering Hybrid Eco-threats to Global Security Under International Law: The Need for an Comprehensive Legal Approach
Sanden, J. & Bachmann, S. D., 2013, In: Liverpool Law Review. 34, 3, p. 261-289 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Critical reflection on knowledge and narratives of conservation agriculture
Whitfield, S., Dougill, A. J., Dyer, J., Kalaba, F. K., Leventon, J. & Stringer, L. C., 01.03.2015, In: Geoforum. 60, 3, p. 133-142 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cross-level Information and Influence in Mandated Participatory Planning: Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Water Management in Germany’s Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive
Koontz, T. M. & Newig, J., 05.2014, In: Land Use Policy. 38, p. 594–604 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cultural ecosystem services: A literature review and prospects for future research
Milcu, A. I., Hanspach, J., Abson, D. & Fischer, J., 01.09.2013, In: Ecology and Society. 18, 3, 34 p., 44.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cumulating evidence in environmental governance, policy and planning research: towards a research reform agenda
Newig, J. & Rose, M., 02.09.2020, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 22, 5, p. 667-681 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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DECODING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO PROBLEMATIZE COMPLEX CONCEPTS
Fischer, M., 26.10.2018, In: RISUS-JOURNAL ON INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. 9, 3, p. 149-159 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Delivering community benefits through REDD plus : Lessons from Joint Forest Management in Zambia
Leventon, J., Kalaba, F. K., Dyer, J. C., Stringer, L. C. & Dougill, A. J., 07.2014, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 44, p. 10-17 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review