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.
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Public participation and local environmental planning: Testing factors influencing decision quality and implementation in four case studies from Germany
Drazkiewicz, A., Challies, E. & Newig, J., 01.07.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 46, p. 211-222 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Practical critique: Bridging the gap between critical and practice oriented REDD+ research communities’
McGregor, A., Weaver, S., Challies, E., Howson, P., Astuti, R. & Haalboom, B., 01.12.2014, In: Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 55, 3, p. 277-291 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Policy implementation through multi-level governance: analysing practical implementation of EU air quality directives in Germany
Gollata, J. A. M. & Newig, J., 24.09.2017, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 24, 9, p. 1308-1327 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pathways to water sustainability? A global study assessing the benefits of integrated water resources management
Bilalova, S., Newig, J., Tremblay-Lévesque, L-C., Roux, J., Herron, C. & Crane, S., 01.10.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 343, 10 p., 118179.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes
Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Challies, E. & Kochskämper, E., 23.06.2020, In: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 30, 3, p. 383-399 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Partizipation und neue Formen der Governance
Newig, J., 2011, Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Groß, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 486-502 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Participatory governance and sustainability: Findings of a meta-analysis of stakeholder involvement in environmental decision making
Fritsch, O. & Newig, J., 2012, Reflexive governance for global public goods. Brousseau, E., Dedeurwaerdere, T. & Siebenhüner, B. (eds.). Cambridge (Mass.): The MIT Press, p. 181-203 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review