Completed Projects
Third-party funded projects
MIASA: Interdisciplinary Fellowship Group "The Governance of Energy Transitions in the Global South"
- Project staff: PD Dr. Philipp Späth (Convenor); Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig (Principal Investigator)
- Project period: 09/2020 - 12/2020
- Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Cooperation partner: University of Ghana
- External project webpage
TransfErn - Socio-ecological transformation of the food-system: exploring environmental policy intervention possibilities on the basis of current findings of transformation research
- Project lead: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
- Project staff: Dr. Dörte Peters
- Project period: 11/2017 - 10/2019
- Funding: Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
- Cooperation partners: NAHhaft e.V., Berlin; Freie Universität Berlin
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KERNiG - Food systems of municipalities as key to integrative Sustainability Governance. Sub-project: Knowledge integration
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Dr. Benjamin Hennchen
- Project period: 10/2016 - 09/2019
- Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Cooperation partners: University of Freiburg (Chair of Environmental Governance [consortium lead], Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy), University of Kassel, Zeppelin University, NAHhaft e.V. Berlin, Stadt Leutkirch im Allgäu, Stadt Waldkirch, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL)
- Details about the overall project (in German)
KNOWING: The knowledge politics of experimenting with smart urbanism
- Project lead: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
- Project staff: Emmanuel Löffler
- Project period: 10/2016 - 03/2020
- Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Cooperation partners: Utrecht University (NL); Univ. of Sheffield / Sussex (GB); University of Toulouse (F); Humboldt University Berlin (D)
- Details
Environmental policy in the 21st century: approaches to addressing emerging challenges
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Dr. Cristina Espinosa
- Project period: 03/2015 - 05/2019
- Funding: Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
- Cooperation partners: Öko-Institut e.V. (consortium lead); Freie Universität Berlin; University of Tübingen; German Development Institute (DIE); IFOK GmbH
- Externe project webpage (in German)
Flood-Adapt - Flood protection policies and climate change adaptation in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Melani Pelaez Jara
- Project period: 08/2015 - 02/2019
- Funding: Austrian Climate and Energy Fund
- Cooperation partners: Institute of Forest, Environmental, and Natural Resource Policy (InFER) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU, consortium lead)
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Bio-economic power in global supply chains: approaches, impacts and perspectives on certification and due diligence for biogenic mass raw materials (Bio-Power)
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Lena Partzsch
- Project period: 02/2017 - 01/2019
- Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Resaerch (BMBF)
- Cooperation partners: Öko-Institut e.V.
- Details
FRIAS Projektgruppe “Interdisciplinary perspectives on environmental conflict and related migration”
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project period: 10/2017 - 09/2018
- Funding: Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
- Cooperation partners: Prof. Dr. Diana Panke (Chair for Multi-Level Governance), Prof. Dr. Tim Krieger (Chair for Constitutional Political Economy and Competition Policy)
- External project webpage
Zukunftsstadt (Future City) Freiburg 2030
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Dr. Dörte Peters
- Project period: 07/2015 - 06/2018
- Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Cooperation partners: City of Freiburg
- External project webpage (in German)
Smart Eco Cities – Eine Vergleichende Untersuchung in Europa und China
- Project lead: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
- Project staff: Robert John, Emmanuel Löffler, Vivien Riener
- Project period: 04/2015 - 03/2018
- Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Cooperation partners: University of Exeter, Westminster, Kings College London (GB); University-Nottingham-Ningbo (China); Utrecht University (NL); University of Toulouse (F)
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WiNo – Knowledge dialogue Northern Black Forest. Sub-project: Local knowledges
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Dr. Dörte Peters
- Project period: 01/2015 - 12/2017
- Funding: Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg (MWK)
- Cooperation partners: University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Forest Research Institute (FVA) Baden-Württemberg, Öko-Institut e.V., Nationalpark Schwarzwald, Naturbark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord
- External project webpage
WiNo – Knowledge dialogue Northern Black Forest. Sub-project: Transdisciplinary approaches
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Dr. Dörte Peters
- Project period: 01/2015 - 12/2017
- Funding: Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg (MWK)
- Cooperation partners: University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Forest Research Institute (FVA) Baden-Württemberg, Öko-Institut e.V., Nationalpark Schwarzwald, Naturbark Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord
- External project webpage
FRIAS Project group “A Green City Mandate?”
- Project lead: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
- Project period: 2015 - 2017
- Funding: Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
- Cooperation partners: Prof. Dr. Sabine Dabringhaus (Chair of East Asian History), Prof. Dr. Tim Freytag (Chair of Human Geography), Prof. Dr. Annika Mattissek (Chair of Economic Geography and Sustainable Development), Prof. Dr. Christoph Mauch und Dr. Simone M. Müller (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society)
- External project webpage
Role and Responsibility of External Actors in Environmental and Resource Conflicts
- Project lead: PD Dr. Lena Partzsch
- Project period: 2015 - 2016
- Funding: Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg (MWK)
- Details
Blood Consumption – Armed conflicts resulting from environmental burden shifting
- Project lead: PD Dr. Lena Partzsch
- Project period: 2014-2015
- Funding: Research Innovation Fund of the University of Freiburg
Governance of Low Carbon Socio-technical Transitions: Lessons from the Cities of Stockholm and Freiburg
- Project lead: Dr. Arian Mahzouni
- Project period: 2012-2015
- Funding: Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS)
- Cooperation partners: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm
Reshaping Science-Policy Interactions in Climate Policy: International Stock-Taking and Lessons for Austria (ReSciPI)
- Project lead: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project staff: Dr. Sabine Reinecke, Dr. Till Pistorius
- Project period: 2011-2013
- Funding: Austrian Climate and Energy Fund
- Cooperation partner: InFER – Institute of Forest, Environmental, and Natural Resource Policy, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU, consortium lead)
- External project webpage
Urban sustainability transitions in South Africa
- Project lead: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
- Project period: 02/2011 - 03/2011
- Funding: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Scientific qualification projects
PhD project Benjamin Hennchen: Local Food Systems as Fields of Practice and Knowledge: Analysis of Work in Professional Kitchens and the Organization of Urban Food Initiatives
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PhD candidate: Dr. Benjamin Hennchen
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
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Project period: 09/2016 – 01/2021
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Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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Associated to the project KERNiG
PhD project Julia Gorricho: The governance of nature conservation in the heart of violent conflict
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PhD candidate: Dr. Julia Gorricho
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
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Project period: 04/2012 – 12/2018
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Funding: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Habilitation project Philipp Späth: Environmental Governance in cities and regions: Potentials and limits to a transformation of socio-technical systems via local processes
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Habilitation candidate: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
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Project period: 01/2010 – 07/2016
PhD project Cristina Espinosa: A discourse analysis of transnational advocacy for the rights of nature
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PhD candidate: Dr. Cristina Espinosa
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
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Project period: 2012 – 2015
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Funding: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
PhD project Paul Osei-Tutu: Local forest management institutions in Ghana: interactions, legitimacy and compliance
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PhD candidate: Dr. Paul Osei-Tutu
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
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Project period: 2011 – 2015
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Funding: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
PhD project Chelsea Tschörner: Sustainable mobility in city-regions: exploring the role of discourse in institutional change
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PhD candidate: Dr. Chelsea Tschörner
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Supervisor: PD Dr. Philipp Späth
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Project period: 2012 – 2015
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Funding: Hans Böckler Stiftung
Governing at a Distance under Conditions of Climatic Change: Analysis of the Adaptation Fund’s Institutions and Practice for LDCs and SIDSs
- PhD candidate: Dr. Sabine Reinecke
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Pregernig
- Project period: 2010-2014
- Associated to the project ReSciPI