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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German forest management stakeholders at the science-society interface: Their views on problem definition, knowledge production and research utilization
Juerges, N. & Jahn, S., 01.02.2020, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 111, 10 p., 102076.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
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Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
604 signatories, Kehoe, L., Reis, T., Virah-Sawmy, M., Balmford, A., Kuemmerle, T., Knohl, A., Antonelli, A., Hochkirch, A., Vira, B., Massa, B., Peres, C. A., Ammer, C., Görg, C., Schneider, C., Curtis, D., de la Peña, E., Tello, E., Sperfeld, E., Corbera, E., Morelli, F., Valladares, F., Peterson, G., Hide, G., Mace, G., Kallis, G., Olsson, G. A., Brumelis, G., Alexanderson, H., Haberl, H., Nuissl, H., Kreft, H., Ghazoul, J., Piotrowski, J. A., Macdiarmid, J., Newig, J., Fischer, J., Altringham, J., Gledhill, J., Nielsen, J., Müller, J., Palmeirim, J., Barlow, J., Alonso, J. C., Asencio, J. J. P., Steinberger, J. K., Jones, J. P. G., Cotta, B., Leonhardt, S. D., Wanger, T. C. & Coenen, J., 26.04.2019, In: Science. 364, 6438, p. 341 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Seeing polycentrically: Examining governance situations using a polycentricity lens
Blomquist, W. A. & Schröder, N. J. S., 30.09.2019, Governing Complexity: Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity. Thiel, A., Blomquist, W. A. & Garrick, D. E. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 45-64 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: How important are participation, policy coherence, reflexivity, adaptation and democratic institutions?
Glass, L-M. & Newig, J., 01.04.2019, In: Earth System Governance. 2, p. 100031 14 p., 100031.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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What is governance in global telecoupling?
Newig, J., Lenschow, A., Challies, E., Cotta, B. & Schilling-Vacaflor, A., 09.2019, In: Ecology and Society. 24, 3, 5 p., 26.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Linking modes of research to their scientific and societal outcomes. Evidence from 81 sustainability-oriented research projects
Newig, J., Jahn, S. V., Lang, D. J., Kahle, J. & Bergmann, M., 01.11.2019, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 101, p. 147-155 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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IWRM through WFD implementation? Drivers for integration in polycentric water governance systems
Schröder, N., 22.05.2019, In: Water (Switzerland). 11, 5, 27 p., 1063.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Learning in participatory environmental governance – its antecedents and effects. Findings from a case survey meta-analysis
Newig, J., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E. & Challies, E., 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 21, 3, p. 213-227 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review