Professorship for Governance and Sustainability
Organisational unit: Section
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.
- Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Multi-level Governance, Policy Implementation and Participation: The EU’s Mandated Participatory Planning Approach to Implementing Environmental Policy
Newig, J. & Koontz, T. M., 07.02.2014, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 21, 2, p. 248-267 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Operationalizing ecosystem services for the mitigation of soil threats: A proposed framework
Schwilch, G., Bernet, L., Fleskens, L., Giannakis, E., Leventon, J., Marañón, T., Mills, J., Short, C., Stolte, J., Van Delden, H. & Verzandvoort, S., 01.08.2016, In: Ecological Indicators. 67, p. 586-597 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participation for effective environmental governance? Evidence from Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom
Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Newig, J. & Jager, N. W., 01.10.2016, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 181, p. 737-748 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participation in multi-level policy implementation: exploring the influence of governance culture
Gollata, J. A. M., Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 06.12.2021, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 64, 14, p. 2593-2617 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes
Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J., 15.06.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117593.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status?
Rimmert, M., Baudoin, L., Cotta, B., Kochskämper, E. & Newig, J., 01.10.2020, In: Water Alternatives. 13, 3, p. 484-512 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Participatory and collaborative governance for sustainable flood risk management: An emerging research agenda
Challies, E., Newig, J., Thaler, T., Kochskämper, E. & Levin-Keitel, M., 01.01.2016, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 55, 2, p. 275-280 6 p.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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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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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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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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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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Putting adaptive planning into practice: A meta-analysis of current applications
Malekpour, S. & Newig, J., 11.2020, In: Cities. 106, 12 p., 102866.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rethinking biodiversity governance in European agricultural landscapes: Acceptability of alternative governance scenarios
Velten, S., Schaal, T., Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Hanspach, J., Fischer, J. & Newig, J., 09.2018, In: Land Use Policy. 77, p. 84-93 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reviving wood-pastures for biodiversity and people: A case study from western Estonia
Roellig, M., Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Sammul, M., von Wehrden, H., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2016, In: Ambio. 45, 2, p. 185-195 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Scale in environmental governance: moving from concepts and cases to consolidation
Newig, J. & Moss, T., 06.11.2017, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 19, 5, p. 473-479 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Setting the agenda for climate assemblies. Trade-offs and guiding principles
Pfeffer, J., 06.2024, In: Climate Policy. 24, 6, p. 843-858 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Social factors mediating human–carnivore coexistence: Understanding thematic strands influencing coexistence in Central Romania
Dorresteijn, I., Milcu, A. I., Leventon, J., Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J., 01.05.2016, In: Ambio. 45, 4, p. 490-500 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Success of collaboration for sustainable agriculture: a case study meta-analysis
Velten, S., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 10.2021, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 23, 10, p. 14619–14641 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability through institutional failure and decline? Archetypes of productive pathways
Newig, J., Derwort, P. & Jager, N. W., 03.2019, In: Ecology and Society. 24, 1, 14 p., 18.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review