A5073883790- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Education Methods and Technologies
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Rural development and sustainability
Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
2009-2024
Technische Universität Berlin
2020
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2020
Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ
2020
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2020
University of Wuppertal
2020
Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this we used a novel futures-oriented participatory approach that asked what future envisioned systems might need look how get there. Findings suggest will be much more...
City-regions as sites of sustainability transitions have remained under-explored so far. With our comparative analysis five diverse European city-regions, we offer new insights on contemporary at the urban level. In a similar vein, pre-development and take-off phase been studied in depth while acceleration remains research gap. We address this gap by exploring how can move beyond seeding alternative experiments activation civil society initiatives. This raises question what commonalities...
At the heart of transition research lies question how to “scale up” sustainable alternatives from a protected niche creation mainstream practices.While upscaling processes are often seen as an essential element that contributes societal transformation, itself remains fuzzy concept.We argue some fundamental dilemmas can be identified, for example, different understanding concept by researchers and practitioners. The should addressed in more reflexive way those worlds science practice who...
Urban transitions and transformations research fosters a dialogue between sustainability theory an inter- transdisciplinary on urban change. As field, encompasses plural analytical conceptual perspectives. In doing so, this field opens up to new communities of practice in environments, including mayors, transnational municipal networks, international organizations.
For spatial practices such as architecture, urban design and planning, degrowth remains an abstract concept, there is no clear alignment of its principles into strategies. To bridge this gap, paper examines how can be operationalised sustainable practices. Through a review more than 200 projects across the world operating at building, neighbourhood citywide scales, shows that while majority interventions representative dominant architecture culture do not align to principles, significant...
The recent literature on intermediaries in urban sustainability transitions has studied their role as a translator between innovative niches and incumbent regimes. In transitions, from both civil society public institutions seek to bridge diverging world views communicate lessons learned back the regime. How these are embedded local governance contexts how political dynamics inherent play out remains research gap. As require consensus-building, we explore interaction Transition Town...
Conceptual and empirical work on socio-technical transitions, such as energy transition strategies, often disregard the limited planetary capacity of available land. This paper explores trade-offs between pathways land use in different geographical contexts. We draw data from three contrasting case-study countries: Vietnam, New Zealand Finland. An enhanced calculation model based Ecological Footprint method is used to assess consumption for towards a low-carbon society. More specifically,...
The European Commission's concept of Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) aims to prepare transport planners for the challenge fundamental transformations achieve climate-neutral and sustainable cities. While has been widely adopted by cities over last decade, it can be asked whether SUMP is able trigger required transformative change in mobility systems. This paper critically reflects on systematically comparing with theoretical governance framework Transition Management (TM), which...
• International summits with limited capabilities to ensure procedural justice. Summit procedure supports local knowledge mobilisation. limits information disclosure and institutional representation. favour extractive narratives over regenerative narratives. Interviews high level representatives interest groups from the summit. The ambition of UN Food Systems (FSS) 2021 was create system change towards sustainable food systems in a participatory just way. new holistic perspective opened...
Throughout Europe, planners and policymakers are trying to make use of the potentials polycentric development on a regional scale by creating metropolitan regions. Only few these regions have achieved stage implementation. The Saxon Triangle is region located in Eastern part Germany. Common governance structures as well shared decision-making already been built up since 2002. This article outlines changes that ongoing debate about city-regions Germany 1990s. Then it traces emergence...
Das Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) möchte innovationsfreundliche Rahmenbedingungen Reallabore schaffen. Im Sommer 2023 hat es dazu ein Grünbuch veröffentlicht einen Konsultationsprozess Reallabore-Gesetz eingeleitet. Netzwerk der Nachhaltigkeit begrüßt die Initiative, sieht aber zugleich erheblichen Gestaltungsbedarf. Die NaWis-Mitglieder unterstützen hier vorgestellte Position des Netzwerks.
Abstract The negative effects of climate change as well the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored fragility current global food system. To respond to such crises, European Union’s (EU) “Farm Fork” strategy strives reshape region’s system be more resilient and calls for new approaches do so. practices connected concepts both agroecology environmental stewardship are referenced their potential foster a transformation toward sustainable However, these been conducted on small scale independent from...
Urban sustainability transitions research has emerged as a prominent field of study since the late 2000s. This chapter traces historic evolution field, offering concise overview key debates. It defines terms, explores epistemological entry points and examines methodological implications studying urban transitions. The further delves into recent discussions controversies, focusing on actors, agency intermediation for change, governance transformative development capacities. Drawing “City...