Professorship for Governance and Sustainability

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Organisation profile

The focus of our work is on participatory, cooperative and network-like communication and decision-making processes in the context of sustainable development. Problem-oriented, inter- and transdisciplinary research investigates structures, processes, context and results of governance. Our activities contribute to current conceptual debates and develop new methods of empirical research with a focus on the integration of knowledge through comparative and meta-analytical methods.

Topics

  • The effectiveness of participation in environmental decision-making processes
  • Collective leraning and social network analysis
  • Environmental and sustainability conflicts: mediation and consensus building
  • Issues of complexity and uncertainty os sustainability
  • Environmental information: monitoring and evaluation
  • Global and multi-level governance and institutional scaling processes
  • Public discourse and the role of the media
  • Transformation and decay of social-ecological systems
  • water resources management, coastal protection and management, land use and reuse of brownfield sites.
  1. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Paired case research design and mixed-methods approach

    Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E. & Newig, J., 2018, Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation. Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 28-36 9 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management).

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  3. Published

    Participation and Effective Environmental Governance: Causal mechanisms and beyond

    Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W., Newig, J. & Challies, E., 2018, Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation. Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 149-159 11 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management).

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  4. Published

    Partizipation und Kooperation zur Effektivitätssteigerung in Politik und Governance?

    Newig, J., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 65-79 15 p.

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  5. Published

    Partizipation und neue Formen der Governance

    Newig, J., 2011, Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Groß, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 486-502 17 p.

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  6. Published

    Proxy-Repräsentation: Die institutionelle politische Repräsentation der Stimmlosen am Beispiel zukünftiger Generationen

    Rose, M., 2021, Im Namen des Volkes: Zur Kritik politischer Repräsentation. Neubauer, M., Stange, M., Reske, C. & Doktor, F. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, p. 275-302 28 p. (POLITIKA; vol. 21).

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  7. Published

    Researching participation in environmental governance through the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E. & Jager, N. W., 2018, Participation and Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from Implementing the European Water Framework Directive. Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 3-10 8 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management).

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  8. Published

    Stakeholder and citizen involvement for Water Framework Directive implementation in Spain: Three case studies from Andalusia, Cantabria and Catalonia

    Kochskämper, E., Schütze, N. & Ballester, A., 2018, Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation. Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 64-89 26 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management).

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  9. Published

    Stakeholder engagement in Water Framework Directive planning in the United Kingdom: Two case studies from Northern Ireland and Scotland

    Challies, E., 2018, Participation and Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from Implementing the European Water Framework Directive. Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 90-113 24 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management).

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  10. Published

    Stakeholder involvement for Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany: Three case studies from Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein

    Schütze, N. & Kochskämper, E., 2018, Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation. Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 39-63 25 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management).

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  11. Published

    Steuerung nachhaltiger Entwicklung

    Newig, J. & Voß, J-P., 2010, Nachhaltigkeit regieren: Eine Bilanz zu Governance-Prinzipien und -Praktiken. Steurer, R. & Trattnigg, R. (eds.). Müchen: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 239-257 19 p.

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  12. Published

    Symbolische Gesetzgebung zwischen Machtausübung und gesellschaftlicher Selbsttäuschung

    Newig, J., 2010, Wie wirkt Recht?: ausgewählte Beiträge zum Ersten Gemeinsamen Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Rechtssoziologie-Vereinigungen Luzern, 4. - 6. September 2008. Cottier, M., Estermann, J. & Wrase, M. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 301-322 22 p. (Recht und Gesellschaft (Law and Society); vol. 1).

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  13. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › Peer-reviewed
  14. Published

    All-affected, Non-identity and the Political Representation of Future Generations: Linking Intergenerational Justice with Democracy

    Rose, M., 19.03.2019, Intergenerational Equity: Environmental and Cultural Concerns. Cottier, T., Lalani, S. & Siziba, C. (eds.). Leiden, Boston: Brill Nijhoff Verlag, p. 32-51 20 p. (World Trade Institute Advanced Studies; vol. 4).

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  15. Published

    Climate change as an element of sustainability communication

    Newig, J., 2011, Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer Netherlands, p. 119-128 12 p.

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  16. Published

    Einleitung: Nachhaltige Gesellschaft – Gestaltung durch Partizipation und Kooperation?

    Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft : Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 11-14 4 p.

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  17. Published

    Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit durch zivilgesellschaftliche Partizipation? Zum Stand der Debatte in der internationalen Literatur

    Newig, J. & Fritsch, O., 2011, Zukunft der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung: Chancen. Grenzen. Herausforderungen.. Handler, M. & Trattnigg, R. (eds.). Wien: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Lebensmittelministerium), p. 55-64 10 p.

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  18. Published

    Produktive Funktionen von Kollaps und Zerstörung für gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit

    Newig, J. & Balsam, R., 29.04.2013, Soziale Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven sozialen Wandels. Rückert-John, J. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 133-149 17 p. (Innovation und Gesellschaft).

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  19. Published

    Water Policy and Governance in Transition: The EU Water Framework Directive

    Kochskämper, E. & Newig, J., 2021, Water Resilience: Management and Governance in Times of Change. Baird, J. & Plummer, R. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 23-40 18 p. (Water Resilience).

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  20. Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › Not peer-reviewed
  21. Published

    Kommunikation, Partizipation und digitale Medien: Partizipation

    Newig, J., 03.2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 381-397 17 p.

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  22. Published

    Sustainability Communication

    Fischer, D., Lüdecke, G., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G., Newig, J., Rieckmann, M. & Schulz, D., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 139-148 10 p.

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  23. Published

    Wasser

    Evers, M. & Newig, J., 03.2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 475-500 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

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