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.
International Workshop “Global Change – a Challenge to Environmental Sociology The case of Spain and Germany”
Jens Newig (Speaker)
14.12.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
ISA Word Congress of Sociology 2010
Jens Newig (Speaker)
11.07.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (Journal)
Michael Rose (Editor)
07.2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Justice, Democracy and Future Generations
Michael Rose (Speaker)
27.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Just new democratic bells and whistles? Assessing the formal capacity of institutions for future generations to influence policy-making
Michael Rose (Speaker)
24.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Just why, how and when should more participation lead to better environmental policy outcomes? A causal framework for analysis
Ed Challies (Speaker)
03.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Komplexe Systeme transformieren II - Kooperation mit der Praxis (Nachhaltiger Konsum)
Matthias Bergmann (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Judith Kahle (Speaker)
23.05.2016 → 31.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Komplexe Systeme transformieren I - Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit (Nachhaltiger Konsum)
Matthias Bergmann (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Judith Kahle (Speaker)
04.04.2016 → 20.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
KUNTIKUM-Abschlusskonferenz - 2009
Daniel Schulz (Speaker)
21.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Energieforum 2012
Lisa-Britt Fischer (Participant)
17.09.2012 → 18.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leverage points for sustainability transformation in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus – Institutional perspectives
Jens Newig (Speaker)
16.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Linking modes of governance and social-ecological outcomes in environmental evaluation
Nicolas Wilhelm Jager (Speaker) & Ed Challies (Speaker)
09.02.2012 → 10.02.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Linking stakeholder participation and environmental outcomes: In search of evidence
Ed Challies (presenter)
21.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Lüneburg Workshop on Environmental and Sustainability Communication - 2006
Jens Newig (Speaker)
22.06.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Malta Legal Forum - MLF 2018
Pim Derwort (Participant) & Claus-Thomas Schomerus (Participant)
10.05.2018 → 11.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Mapping participation in public environmental decision-making processes: An international database on published case studies
Ed Challies (Speaker)
05.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Media and Climate-friendly Behavior – Do Media have an Impact on Individual Action for Climate Protection?
Gesa Lüdecke (Speaker)
30.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Media Impact on Climate Protection
Gesa Lüdecke (presenter)
30.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’
Jens Newig (Speaker)
28.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Methods workshop: A social science perspective on coastal issues
Gesa Lüdecke (Speaker)
24.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Mitigating Democratic Myopia as a Means to Mitigate Climate Change: On Institutional Innovations, their Impact Potential, and the Challenges of their Institutionalization
Michael Rose (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Modes and impacts of sustainability research. Introducing ‘MONA: Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes – A comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects’
Jens Newig (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
National Sustainability Institutions as Levers for Climate Performance? A Research Proposal
Michael Rose (Speaker)
26.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Networking workshop Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht -HHG 2013
Gesa Lüdecke (Speaker)
07.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
NSSI Factory, IED
Jens Newig (Speaker)
30.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Parliaments, Climate Change, and Intergenerational Justice
Michael Rose (Keynote Speaker) & Michael Rose (Panel participant)
06.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Policy learning and evidence-based governance in mandated participatory planning
Jens Newig (Speaker)
27.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Polity for sustainability: Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions for empirical analysis
Michael Rose (Speaker), Okka Lou Mathis (Coauthor), Michael Rose (Coauthor), Jens Newig (Coauthor) & Steffen Bauer (Coauthor)
14.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Potentials, limits and context factors of participation for achieving environmental sustainability
Jens Newig (Speaker)
31.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach
Jens Newig (Speaker)
19.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
‚Proxy-Repräsentation‘ als demokratische Innovation: Wie zukünftige Generationen politisch repräsentiert werden können
Michael Rose (Speaker)
19.09.2013 → 21.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Public Participation and River Basin Management in the WFD - Taking Stock and Looking Forwards - 2010
Mariele Evers (Organiser) & Leonie Lange (Organiser)
01.09.2010 → 03.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Qualitätskritieren und Wirkungen von nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Forschung
Daniel J. Lang (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker), Judith Kahle (Speaker) & David Lam (Speaker)
07.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a tool to integrate Multiple Values into Decision-Making – a Case Study from Germany
Gesa Lüdecke (Speaker)
09.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a Tool to Integrate Multiple Values of Scientists and Stakeholders
Anke Schmidt (Speaker)
18.03.2013 → 20.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexive Multikriterielle Evaluation – Ein Instrument zur antizipativen Konfliktminderung bei Strategieentscheidungen im Küstenschutz
Anke Schmidt (presenter)
04.03.2013 → 06.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Representing Future Generations in Parliament
Michael Rose (Panel participant)
22.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Representing Future Generations Today
Michael Rose (Speaker)
29.07.2013 → 10.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Responsible Supply Chains and Networks: Challenges for Governance and Sustainability 2012
Ed Challies (presenter)
24.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Jens Newig (Office)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Social Media, Partizipation und Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Daniel Schulz (presenter)
17.09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Stellungsnahme für öffentliche Sachverständigenanhörung im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema der Weiterentwicklung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung. 39. Sitzung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Michael Rose (Reviewer)
24.05.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Sufficiency: The Missing Elephant in the EU Trade and Biodiversity Agenda?
Johanna Coenen (Speaker) & Nicolas Roux (Speaker)
05.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Solutions Initiative - From Knowledge to Action
Gesa Lüdecke (Speaker)
18.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions
Pim Derwort (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014
Judith Kahle (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Coauthor), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor) & Matthias Bergmann (Coauthor)
28.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Telecoupling. A current challenge to global environmental governance
Jens Newig (Speaker)
30.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts
Johanna Coenen (Speaker), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Edward Challies (Coauthor) & Simon Bager (Coauthor)
31.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Impact of Television Program on Individual Action for Climate Protection regarding Adolescents in Germany
Gesa Lüdecke (Speaker)
11.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer