Prof. Dr. Jens Newig

Chair of Governance and Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Jens Newig
Scharnhorststr. 1, C11.105
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-1726
Fax +49.4131.677-2819
newig@uni.leuphana.de

Head, research group Governance, Participation and Sustainability

Since June 2010 Professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg
Assistant professor at the Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück University (12/2001 until 05/2010)
Habilitation on Environmental Governance in the Light of Participation and Effectiveness: Case Studies and Models, Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück
Temporary professorship at Leuphana University Lüneburg (10/2008 until 09/2009)
Doctoral degree (Dr. iur.) on Environmental Law from Dresden Technical University with a scholarship of the Volkswagen Foundation (summa cum laude) (1999-2002)
Strategic Management Consultancy, Gemini Consulting, Bad Homburg: Re-orientation of a logistics service provider (1998)
Diploma in geo-ecology (environmental sciences) at Bayreuth University (1998)
Maîtrise and Ingénieur-Maître in Gestion et Génie de l’Environnement at Université Paris 7 (scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service) (1996)
Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (1992-1998)

Environmental Politics, Policy and Governance for Sustainable Development
Participatory Governance and collaborative decision processes
Actor analysis
Effectiveness and legitimacy of governance in multi-level systems
Learning and networks in steering complex systems in the context of natural resource management; social network analysis
Comparative analysis, case study meta-analysis, field experiments
Agenda setting, issue attention cycles
Water policy and water resources management
Sustainable agriculture and sustainable land management
Interfaces between and integration of natural and social sciences in inter- and transdisciplinary research

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