Jens Newig
Prof. Dr.
- Sustainability Governance
- Politics - Governance
- Sustainability Science - Governance
- Environmental planning
- Environmental Governance
Research areas
- 2025
Environmental governance research - cumulative knowledge or fragmented adhocracy?
Newig, J. (Keynote Speaker) & Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)
04.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Das Losprinzip in der Demokratie – Welche Rolle können Bürgerräte für Politik und Gesetzgebung spielen?
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.02.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
- 2024
Does participatory governance help address long-term environmental problems? Conceptual framework and empirical evidence from public decision-making processes in 23 democracies
Rose, M. (Speaker), Jager, N. W. (Coauthor) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
18.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does participatory governance help address long-term environmental problems? Conceptual framework and empirical evidence from public decision-making processes in 23 democracies
Rose, M. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (presenter)
13.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2023
Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues
Newig, J. (Speaker), Rose, M. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (Coauthor)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Sustainable State.
Saretzki, T. (Organiser), Bornemann, B. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Organiser), Laruffa, F. (Organiser) & Marius, C. (Organiser)
01.06.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2022
Assessing knowledge cumulation in earth system governance research: An analysis of 100 published ESG papers
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Speaker)
21.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance
Rose, M. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Organiser)
20.10.2022 → 24.10.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Role of Food Policy Councils in Policymaking: Advocate, Adviser or Actor in participatory governance?
Newig, J. (Speaker)
26.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental governance research: Interdisciplinary, Policy-oriented - and Cumulative?
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of social science evidence in decisions on the design of participatory governance: Tentative findings from a German mixed-methods study
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Newig, J. (Office)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2021
Polity for sustainability: Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions for empirical analysis
Rose, M. (Speaker), Mathis, O. L. (Coauthor), Rose, M. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Bauer, S. (Coauthor)
14.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inaugural Meeting of the Earth System Governance Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation at Earth System Governance Taskforce and Meeting Day - 2021
Newig, J. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)
10.09.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance - ESG 2021
Newig, J. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)
09.09.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Evidence orientation in Earth System Governance Research
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Rose, M. (Speaker)
09.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of a Belt and Road Project in Montenegro – National Agency and External Influences
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Meyfroidt, P. (Coauthor)
07.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor) & Bager, S. (Coauthor)
31.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
(How) Do National Sustainability Institutions Shape Climate Governance?
Mathis, O. L. (Coauthor), Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why and how do civil servants (not) use social science evidence to decide on participatory governance processes? A mixed-methods study on evidence-informed participatory governance in German states, counties and municipalities
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Earth System Governance Taskforce on Knowledge Cumulation (External organisation)
Newig, J. (Office)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Utrecht University
Newig, J. (Visiting researcher)
2021Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2020
Environmental Governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Case Study from Montenegro
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
24.08.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2019
Environmental Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor), Bager, S. (Coauthor) & Meyfroidt, P. (Coauthor)
05.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)
Newig, J. (Chair)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2018
2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Expert workshop ‘Sustainability: platforms to facilitate deliberative policy learning’, MCC Berlin
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2018
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Potentials, limits and context factors of participation for achieving environmental sustainability
Newig, J. (Speaker)
31.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2017
Does transdisciplinarity improve academic and societal research outcomes? Empirical results from a large-N empirical study
Jahn, S. V. (Speaker), Kahle, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Panel participant), Bergmann, M. (Panel participant) & Lang, D. J. (Panel participant)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie wirkt Transdisziplinarität? Abschlusssymposium des Forschungsprojekts MONA - Modi nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Forschung im Vergleich
Jahn, S. V. (Speaker), Kahle, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Speaker), Bergmann, M. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Governance challenges in telecoupled systems (with Andrea Lenschow and Edward Challies)
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Telecoupling. A current challenge to global environmental governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
- 2016
Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
28.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
The Water Framework Directive: Policy Implementation Through Multi-Level Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Leverage points for sustainability transformation in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus – Institutional perspectives
Newig, J. (Speaker)
16.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2015
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Newig, J. (Speaker), Bergmann, M. (Coauthor), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Kahle, J. (Coauthor) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)
08.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Evidence-based governance or governance learning? How policy-makers design participation processes for EU Floods Directive implementation
Newig, J. (Speaker)
01.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Policy learning and evidence-based governance in mandated participatory planning
Newig, J. (Speaker)
27.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2014
Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach
Newig, J. (Speaker)
19.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014
Kahle, J. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Bergmann, M. (Coauthor)
28.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
How effective is participation in public environmental decision-making? Early findings from a meta analysis of 250 case studies
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.08.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
German National Academic Foundation (External organisation)
Newig, J. (Office)
2014 → 2022Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
- 2013
Governance und Transformation: Ein konzeptioneller Rahmen
Newig, J. (Speaker)
14.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013
Newig, J. (Speaker), Challies, E. (Speaker) & Kochskämper, E. (Speaker)
27.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Koontz, T. M. (Speaker)
27.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013
Newig, J. (Speaker), Jager, N. W. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)
27.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The influence of polycentricity on collaborative environmental management – the case of EU Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany
Newig, J. (Oral presentation)
27.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Demokratiequalität im Policy-Prozess und ihre Auswirkung auf die Policy-Performanz
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions - ECPR 2013
Newig, J. (Speaker)
13.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The importance of scales for legitimate and effective participatory environmental governance. Findings from a multi-level comparative case study of implementing the Water Framework Directive (with D. Schulz)
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)
08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2012
Demokratiekonferenz „Gegenseitige Blicke über die Grenze: Bürgerbeteiligung und direkte Demokratie in Deutschland und der Schweiz“ 2012
Newig, J. (Speaker)
21.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2. Hofgeismarer Forum für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik 2012
Newig, J. (Speaker)
09.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2011
3rd EU-China River Basin Governance Research Network Workshop - RiBaGo 2011
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2010
E-learning module on “Participation” in the context of IWRM – “Social Science” Part
Newig, J. (Speaker)
01.12.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
2nd European-Chinese RiBaGo (River Basin Governance) Workshop
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
ISA Word Congress of Sociology 2010
Newig, J. (Speaker)
11.07.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Winterschool „Public Participation and Climate Protection“
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.03.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
- 2009
Conference „Earth System Governance: People, Places, and the Planet“, Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Newig, J. (Speaker)
02.12.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)
Newig, J. (Speaker)
03.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR), 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM09)
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.06.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Conference “Governing good and governing well”: The first global dialogue on ethical and effective governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
28.05.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
IHDP Open Meeting
Newig, J. (Speaker)
29.04.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2008
5th Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (JAGFOS) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Newig, J. (Speaker)
01.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
1. Gemeinsame Kongress der deutschsprachigen Rechtssoziologie-Vereinigungen - 2008
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop “Governance für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Prinzipien und praktische Relevanz”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
16.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: “Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
23.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2007
NSSI Factory, IED
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association: ‘Conflict, Citzenship and Civil Society’, Network: Environment & Society,
Newig, J. (Speaker)
03.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change “Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
24.05.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2006
International Workshop “Global Change – a Challenge to Environmental Sociology The case of Spain and Germany”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
14.12.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
IDGEC Synthesis Conference - 2006
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.12.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
WZB-Kongress „Bürgergesellschaft – Wunsch und Wirklichkeit“ - 2006
Newig, J. (Speaker)
19.10.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Lüneburg Workshop on Environmental and Sustainability Communication - 2006
Newig, J. (Speaker)
22.06.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology - PATH 2006
Newig, J. (Speaker)
04.06.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
2006 ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop ‘Efficiency versus Democracy? Towards New Syntheses’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.04.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop “Governance for Sustainable Development – Steering in Contexts of Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Distributed Control” - 2006
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.02.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- 2005
Workshop on German-Dutch-Perspectives on Current Issues of Environmental Social Sciences
Newig, J. (Speaker)
17.11.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Community - IHDP 2005
Newig, J. (Speaker)
09.10.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
conference of the International Sociological Association, RC 24 Environment and Society, “Double Standards and Simulation: Symbolism, Rhetoric and Irony in Eco-Politics”,
Newig, J. (Speaker)
02.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2004
Herbsttagung „Partizipation und Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung“ des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2004
Newig, J. (Speaker)
22.10.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Environmental Modelling and Software Society Conference “Complexity and Integrated Resources Management” - IEMSS 2004
Newig, J. (Speaker)
14.06.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Symposium “Uncertainty and Precaution in Environmental Management (UPEM)”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
07.06.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
- 2003
12. Workshop „Umweltrecht“ der Lehrstühle Schulte (TU Dresden) und Oebbecke (Univ. Münster) 2003
Newig, J. (Speaker)
03.09.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung "Ungleichheit und Umverteilung" des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2003
Newig, J. (Speaker)
09.05.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research