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.
- 2016
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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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Transboundary Cooperation in European Water Governance - A set-theoretic analysis of International River Basins
Jager, N. W., 01.07.2016, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 26, 4, p. 278–291 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Importance of actors and agency in sustainability transitions: A systematic exploration of the literature
Fischer, L. B. & Newig, J., 13.05.2016, In: Sustainability. 8, 5, 21 p., 476.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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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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Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States
Jager, N. W., Challies, E., Kochskämper, E., Newig, J., Benson, D., Blackstock, K., Collins, K., Ernst, A., Evers, M., Feichtinger, J., Fritsch, O., Gooch, G., Grund, W., Hedelin, B., Hernández-Mora, N., Frank, H., Huitema, D., Irvine, K., Klinke, A., Lange, L., Loupsans, D., Lubell, M., Maganda, C., Matczak, P., Parés, M., Saarikoski, H., Slavíková, L., van der Arend, S. & von Korff, Y., 19.04.2016, In: Water. 8, 4, 22 p., 156.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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Globalization’s limits to the environmental state? Integrating telecoupling into global environmental governance
Lenschow, A., Newig, J. & Challies, E., 02.01.2016, In: Environmental Politics. 25, 1, p. 136-159 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exploring governance learning: How policymakers draw on evidence, experience and intuition in designing participatory flood risk planning
Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E. & Jager, N. W., 01.01.2016, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 55, p. 353-360 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands
de Vente, J., Reed, M. S., Stringer, L. C., Valente, S. & Newig, J., 01.01.2016, In: Ecology and Society. 21, 2, 24 p., 24.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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The role of scenarios in fostering collective action for sustainable development: Lessons from central Romania
Nieto-Romero, M., Milcu, A., Leventon, J., Mikulcak, F. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2016, In: Land Use Policy. 50, p. 156-168 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration for a more sustainable agriculture – when does it work?
Velten, S., 2016, Social and technological transformation of farming systems: Diverging and converging pathways: Proceedings of the 12th European IFSA Symposium12th - 15th July 2016 at Harper Adams University, United Kingdom. Wilcox, A. & Mills, K. (eds.). Harper Adams University, Vol. 1. p. 779-800 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Governance approaches to address scale issues in biodiversity management – current situation and ways forward
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schaal, T. & Velten, S., 2016, Lund: Lund University, 4 p. (MULTAGRI Policy Brief; no. 3/2016).Research output: Working paper › Research communication reports › Transfer
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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.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
- 2015
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What role for frames in scalar conflicts?
Jürges, N. & Newig, J., 01.12.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 49, p. 426-434 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Explaining implementation deficits through multi-level governance in the EU's new member states: EU limits for arsenic in drinking water in Hungary
Leventon, J., 03.07.2015, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 58, 7, p. 1137-1153 17 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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What is sustainable agriculture? A systematic review
Velten, S., Leventon, J., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 18.06.2015, In: Sustainability. 7, 6, p. 7833-7865 33 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Making REDD+ pay: Shifting rationales and tactics of private finance and the governance of avoided deforestation in Indonesia’
Dixon, R. & Challies, E., 01.04.2015, In: Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 56, 1, p. 6-20 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Critical reflection on knowledge and narratives of conservation agriculture
Whitfield, S., Dougill, A. J., Dyer, J., Kalaba, F. K., Leventon, J. & Stringer, L. C., 01.03.2015, In: Geoforum. 60, 3, p. 133-142 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review