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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More effective natural resource management through participatory governance? Taking stock of the conceptual and empirical literature – and moving forward
Newig, J., 31.08.2012, Environmental governance: The challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness. Hogl, K., Kvarda, E., Nordbeck, R. & Pregernig, M. (eds.). Cheltenham et al.: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 46-68 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Participation in environmental governance: legitimate and effective?
Newig, J. & Kvarda, E., 2012, Environmental governance: The challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness. Hogl, K., Kvarda, E., Nordbeck, R. & Pregernig, M. (eds.). Cheltenham et al.: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 29-45 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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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
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Water, Rivers and Wetlands
Newig, J. & Challies, E., 2014, Routledge Handbook of global Environmental Politics. Harris, P. (ed.). London & New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 439-452 14 p. 34. (Routledge Handbooks).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Developmentalities and donor-NGO relations: Contesting foreign aid policies in new zealand/aotearoa
Mcgregor, A., Challies, E., Overton, J. & Sentes, L., 11.2013, In: Antipode. 45, 5, p. 1232-1253 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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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