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.
- Scientific review articles › Research
- Accepted/In press
The importance of understanding the multiple dimensions of power in stakeholder participation for effective biodiversity conservation
Lécuyer, L., Balian, E. V., Butler, J. R. A., Barnaud, C., Calla, S., Locatelli, B., Newig, J., Pettit, J., Pound, D., Quétier, F. F., Salvatori, V., Von Korff, Y. & Young, J. C., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: People and Nature. 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- Published
The knowledge transfer potential of online data pools on nature-based solutions
Schröter, B., Zingraff-Hamed, A., Ott, E., Huang, J., Hüesker, F., Nicolas, C. & Schröder, N. J. S., 25.03.2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 762, 11 p., 143074.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- Published
Towards productive functions? A systematic review of institutional failure, its causes and consequences
Derwort, P., Jager, N. & Newig, J., 15.06.2019, In: Policy Sciences. 52, 2, p. 281-298 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- Published
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
- Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- Published
Editorial
Rose, M. & Hoffmann, J. M., 2019, In: Intergenerational Justice Review. 5, 2, p. 47 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- Published
Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung und EU Hochwasserrisikomanagement-Richtlinie
Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W. & Kochskämper, E., 2014, In: Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. 58, 6, p. 339-340 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
Actor perceptions of polycentricity in wind power governance
Juerges, N., Leahy, J. & Newig, J., 01.11.2018, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 28, 6, p. 383-394 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Addressing Complexity in Environmental Management and Governance
Kirschke, S. & Newig, J., 07.06.2017, In: Sustainability. 9, 6, 18 p., 983.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Advancing climate compatible development: Lessons from southern Africa
Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J., Dyer, J. C., Vincent, K., Fritzsche, F., Leventon, J., Falcão, M. P., Manyakaidze, P., Syampungani, S., Powell, P. & Kalaba, G., 04.2014, In: Regional Environmental Change. 14, 2, p. 713-725 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Alternative discourses around the governance of food security: A case study from Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Bergsten, A., Manlosa, A., Jager, N., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2020, In: Global Food Security. 24, 11 p., 100338.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review