Prof. Dr. Jens Newig

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C11.128
Fon +49.4131.677-1726, jens.newig@leuphana.de
Professor*in, Professorship of Governance and Sustainability
Assoziierte/r, Center for the Study of Democracy

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Vita

  • Head, Institute for Sustainability Governance (INSUGO), Leuphana University (11/2019 -)
  • Professor (W3) at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2014 - )
  • ERC Starting Grant holder (2011 - 2016)
  • Professor (W2) at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2010 - 2014)
  • 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, 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 (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)

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Teaching

  • Environmental studies
  • Sustainability Sciences
  • College "Study Reflexion"

Research Interests

  • Societal transitions to sustainability
  • Environmental Politics, Policy and Governance for Sustainable Development
  • Participatory Governance and collaborative decision processes
  • Environmental and sustainability communication
  • Effectiveness and legitimacy of governance in multi-level systems
  • Evidence-based governance and public management
  • 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
  • Science communication, integration of natural and social sciences in inter- and transdisciplinary research

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Cumulating evidence in environmental governance, policy and planning research: towards a research reform agenda
    Jens Newig (Author) , Michael Rose (Author) , 02.09.2020 , in: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 22, 5 , p. 667-681 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes
    Nicolas Wilhelm Jager (Author) , Jens Newig (Author) , Edward Challies (Author) , Elisa Kochskämper (Author) , 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

  3. Linking modes of research to their scientific and societal outcomes. Evidence from 81 sustainability-oriented research projects
    Jens Newig (Author) , Stephanie Verena Jahn (Author) , Daniel Johannes Lang (Author) , Judith Kahle (Author) , Matthias Bergmann (Author) , 01.11.2019 , in: Environmental Science & Policy, 101 , p. 147-155 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Sustainability through institutional failure and decline?: Archetypes of productive pathways
    Jens Newig (Author) , Pim Derwort (Author) , Nicolas Wilhelm Jager (Author) , 01.03.2019 , in: Ecology and Society, 24, 1 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Learning in participatory environmental governance – its antecedents and effects. Findings from a case survey meta-analysis
    Jens Newig (Author) , Nicolas Wilhelm Jager (Author) , Elisa Kochskämper (Author) , Edward Challies (Author) , 01.01.2019 , in: Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 21, 3 , p. 213-227 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  6. The environmental performance of participatory and collaborative governance: A framework of causal mechanisms
    Jens Newig (Author) , Edward Challies (Author) , Nicolas Wilhelm Jager (Author) , Elisa Kochskämper (Author) , Ana Adzersen (Author) , 01.05.2018 , in: Policy Studies Journal, 46, 2 , p. 269-297 , 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  7. Multi-level Governance, Policy Implementation and Participation: The EU’s Mandated Participatory Planning Approach to Implementing Environmental Policy
    Jens Newig (Author) , Tomas M. Koontz (Author) , 07.02.2014 , in: Journal of European Public Policy, 21, 2 , p. 248-267 , 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  8. Environmental governance: participatory, multi-level - and effective?
    Jens Newig (Author) , Oliver Fritsch (Author) , 01.01.2009 , in: Environmental Policy and Governance, 19, 3 , p. 197-214 , 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Prizes

  1. Research Award 2016
    Jens Newig (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses