Dr. Maren Wesselow
Vita
Dr. Maren Wesselow studied Social Management (B.A.) as well as Sustainability Geography and Regional Development (M.Sc.). After gaining initial professional experience in a fair-trade startup, she worked as a research associate at the University of Greifswald in a project on land use in Madagascar. She then continued her academic career at the University of Oldenburg, conducting research on urban agriculture in Tanzania and South Africa as well as on sustainable mobility in Dar es Salaam. In addition, she was involved in the development of a smart, energy-efficient residential district in Oldenburg. Following a position at the Geesthacht Innovation and Technology Center, she has been engaged since July 2025 in a project on citizen energy innovations at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
Projects
Publications
Journal contributions
- Opening up and closing down citizen participation in the development of a sustainable neighborhood energy system
Maren Wesselow (Author) , Torsten Grothmann (Author) , Bernd Siebenhüner (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Energy, Sustainability and Society, 15, 1 , 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Green means go: The effect of a visualization tool towards increased use of renewable energy in households
Maren Wesselow (Author) , Mathias Lanezki (Author) , Antonieta Alcorta de Bronstein (Author) , Ernst Schäfer (Author) , Frédéric Urbschat (Author) , Julia Ingensiep (Author) , Jessica Foppe (Author) , Jan-Hendrik Bruhn (Author) , Mathias Lanezki (Author) , Maren Wesselow (Author) , Antonieta Alcorta de Bronstein (Author) , Ernst Schäfer (Author) , Frederic Urbschat (Author) , Julia Ingensiep (Author) , Jessica Foppe (Author) , Jan Henrik Bruhn (Author) , 01.12.2024 , in: Energy Research and Social Science, 118, 118 , 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Not All Social Capital Is Equal: Conceptualizing Social Capital Differences in Cities.
Maren Wesselow (Author) , 01.06.2023 , in: Urban Science, 7, 2 , 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Integrating knowledge within and between knowledge types in transdisciplinary sustainability research: Seven case studies and an indicator framework
Maren Wesselow (Author) , Leena Karrasch (Author) , Torsten Grothmann (Author) , T. A. Michel (Author) , Henner Wolter (Author) , Alexandra Unger (Author) , Alkje Wegner (Author) , Diana Giebels (Author) , Bernd Siebenhüner (Author) , 01.05.2022 , in: Environmental Science and Policy, 131 , p. 14-25 , 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- “Who needs money if you got hands, if you got plants” Forming community resilience in two urban gardening networks in South Africa
Maren Wesselow (Author) , N'wa Jama Mashele (Author) , 01.12.2019 , in: Human Ecology, 47, 6 , p. 855-864 , 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
- The Role of Citizen Participation in Developing a New Energetically Efficient Quarter – Limitations and Success Factors
Maren Wesselow (Author) , Torsten Grothmann (Author) , Bernd Siebenhüner (Author) , Ulrich Scheele (Author) , Ernst Schäfer (Author) , 31.12.2023 , p. 91 – 107 , 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review
- Urban Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Water Management and Planning
Maren Wesselow (Author) , Christina Kifunda (Author) , Raymond Auerbach (Author) , Bernd Siebenhüner (Author) , 26.12.2019 , p. 327-336 , 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer