Prof. Doris Fuchs, PhD
Personal page at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) | at GFZ
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Career
Since 2023
Director at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) | at GFZ Helmholtz-Centre PotsdamSince 2023
Scientific Director of the University Innovation Center for Social and Ecological Sustainability in the European university network ULYSSEUS.Since 2015
Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research, University of MünsterSince 2014
Professor of International Relations and Sustainable Development, University of Münster2008–2014
Professor of International Relations and Development Policy, University of Münster2006–2008
Professor of International Relations and European Integration, University of Stuttgart2004–2006
Professor of Political Science, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management2004
Substitute Professor of International Relations and European Integration, University of Stuttgart2000–2004
Research assistant and lecturer at the Chair of International Politics, Geschwister Scholl Institute for Political Science, LMU Munich, Venia Legendi Political Science1999–2000
Research assistant in the Politics-Law-Philosophy Research Network, coordinator of the Graduate College ‘Globalization and Justice’, LMU Munich.1997–1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge1996–1997
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor1985–1988
Training as a bank clerk, Deutsche Bank AGAcademic education
1994–1997
Ph.D., Politics & Economics, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California1992–1994
M.A., International Political Economy, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California1991–1992
M.A., English, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California1990–1991
American Studies at the University of Virginia, USA1988–1990
Studied German and English, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, GermanyResearch
Research Focus
- Democracy, Power, Participation & Sustainability
- Sustainability in Consumption and Provisioning
- Sustainability, Justice, and Responsibility
- Sustainability Governance: Energy, Climate, Mobility, Agrifood
Research fields
Agrifood governance
In the field of agrifood governance, the team deals with issues of private regulation, innovative policy approaches, and the potential for a sustainable food system. Globalization and market concentration are changing regulatory processes: private actors are increasingly enforcing their own standards and CSR measures. In doing so, they influence not only political decisions but also the behavior of other actors. The research focuses on the sustainability and democratic legitimacy of these developments.
Business (Power)
The focus is on the close intertwining of economic and political power in democracies and the analysis of global financial structures at the local to international level. Forms of structural, especially ideological (discursive) power and their connection to corporate regulation are examined. Empirically, the influence of these power relations is analyzed, for example, in sustainable consumption and in the field of business and human rights. In addition, the effects of financialization on sustainability and food security are examined, as well as fundamental questions of legitimacy, effectiveness, and democracy.
Climate and energy policy
The focus is on interactions between local, national, European, and international climate and energy policy. The chair analyzes both the influence of non-state actors and citizens as well as normative issues such as justice and sustainable consumption. Another focus is on participation, control, and innovation potential in the energy transition, for example in urban areas and in cooperation with partners in the field.
Sustainable consumption
The topic of sustainable consumption addresses the question of how many resources are needed for a good life and where the ecological limits of consumption lie. Concepts such as strong sustainable consumption and consumption corridors are central to this, as is the role of global power and social structures in sustainable lifestyles. In addition, indicators for quality of life and sufficiency-oriented systems are being researched to enable a comprehensive understanding of sustainability and social change.
Participation
The team conducts research on issues of citizen participation in the context of the challenges of socio-ecological transformation. It examines processes of citizen participation, including in the areas of energy transition and bioeconomy, as well as the potential of civic engagement with regard to the creation of sustainable common good. The focus is on how broad citizen participation can succeed in an inclusive dialogue that realizes democratic principles.
Religion and sustainability
The chair's team deals with issues relating to religion and sustainability. How do religious understandings position themselves on the topic of sustainability? How can specific religious understandings contribute to sustainable development in this field? And under what conditions can religion be used as a resource for understanding in European and international climate policy? Religious actors play an important role in sustainability at various political levels by using religious understandings to promote environmental protection and drive sustainable development. Examples such as Pope Francis' encyclical show their influence on international climate policy. Their commitment presents both opportunities and risks and is crucial for understanding global sustainability strategies.
Responsibility and the environment
Responsibility is central to debates on the environment and sustainability and affects private actors, consumers, and states alike. While sustainability is perceived individually and collectively, the understanding and practice of responsibility varies depending on the context. How responsibility is understood and practiced by respective actors has a direct influence on what measures will be taken in the future to make societies more sustainable at all levels. The chair is dedicated to these and related issues in this field of research.
Research projects
Ongoing
- ULYSSEUS – Consolidation of Ulysseus: a cosmopolitan, people-oriented and entrepreneurial European university for the citizenship of the future (2023–2027)
EU project coordinated outside the University of Münster: EU Lifelong Learning Programme: Erasmus+ | Funding code: 101124733 - BIOSTORE – Biologisation of batteries and materials: developing the battery of the future (2023–2026)
Funded individual project: MKW – Funding line ‘Profiling’ | Funding code: PB22-014 - INCITE-DEM – Inclusive citizenship in a changing world: Co-design for democracy (2023–2026)
EU project coordinated outside the University of Münster: EU Horizon Europe – Research and Innovation Action | Funding code: 101094258 - EU 1.5° Lifestyles: Policies and Instruments for Mainstreaming 1.5° Lifestyles (2021–2025)
EU project coordinated at the University of Münster: EU Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Measures | Funding code: 101003880 - Religion as a Resource in European and International Climate Policy (2019–2025)
Subproject in DFG consortium coordinated at the University of Münster: DFG – Cluster of Excellence | Funding code: EXC 2060/1 - InterKI – Interdisciplinary teaching programme on machine learning and artificial intelligence (2021–2025)
Funded individual project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 16DHBKI049 -
LATERNE KIT – LATERNE: Higher Education in the Anthropocene, Lighthouse Adaptation and Transfer for Sustainable Development – Subproject B: Conceptualisation, Inventory and Transfer (2022–2025)
Participation in a BMBF consortium: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 01UN2202B -
SUNRISE LAB – Sustainable Higher Education Landscape Münster – Real-world laboratories as drivers of the transformation to sustainable universities – Subproject B: SUNLight (2022–2025)
Participation in a BMBF consortium: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 01UN2207B -
The role of faith in the localisation of environmental standards
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Indicators of environmental and quality of life
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Interests of economic actors in human rights policy
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Enough for a turnaround? Sufficiency as a normative source of change in German climate and energy model regions. A critical discourse analysis.
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The role of ‘green’ political judgement in promoting citizen participation in sustainability.
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AI and sustainability
Completed
- Cultures of compromise (2021–2025)
Participation in other joint projects: MKW – Funding line ‘Profiling’ | Funding code: PROFILNRW-2020-079-B - BIOCIVIS – Participation to ensure sustainability benefits and social participation (in) the bioeconomy (2019–2023)
Participation in a BMBF joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 031B0780 - MOVER – (Un)success factors of organised consumer participation – Subproject C (2021–2023)
Participation in other joint projects: Federal Ministry of Justice | Funding code: 28V1405C20 - Ask Sophie & Co! (2022–2022)
Funded individual project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 01WJ2211 - ENGAGE – Commitment to sustainable public welfare – Subproject: Commitment to sustainable public welfare in municipal participation processes (2019–2022)
Participation in a BMBF consortium: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 01UG1911A - RESOLVE – Reducing returns in online retail – Solutions for shaping more sustainable consumer behaviour (2021 – 2022)
Participation in a BMBF consortium: Federal Ministry of Justice | Funding code: 28V1306C20 - Implementation and execution of a tandem project to improve work-life balance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2019–2022)
Funded individual project: Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia | Funding code: 101-2019-0000379<35/2019 - Knowledge communication and knowledge transfer in digital media environments (2020–2021)
Internally funded project by the University of Münster: University of Münster internal funding – Topical Programmes - Multiscale Green Biology Münster – from molecules to ecosystems: Green knowledge for education, research and society in times of climate change (2020–2021)
Internally funded project by the University of Münster: University of Münster internal funding – Topical Programmes - Transformation corridors for sustainable consumption (2017–2019)
Self-funded project - Bachelor's and Master's degree programme (formerly double degree programme) International and European Governance in cooperation with Sciences Po Lille (2008–2019)
Funded individual project: Université franco-allemande | German-French University | Funding code: S05-010 - Religious actors in global governance (2012–2018)
Subproject in DFG network coordinated at the University of Münster: DFG - Cluster of Excellence - EXIST start-up grant: Start-up project ‘Positive Daily’ (2015–2016)
Funded individual project: BMWK - EXIST start-up grant | Funding code: 03EGSNW383 - KomMA-P – Joint project: Complementary use of different energy supply concepts as a driver of social acceptance and individual participation for the transformation of a robust energy system – Sub-project: Potentials and barriers for successful participation (2013 – 2016)
Participation in a BMBF joint project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 03EK3518C - LITRES – Joint project: Local innovation impulses for the transformation of the energy system – Sub-project 3: Embedding and diffusion (2013 – 2016)
Participation in a BMBF consortium: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 01UN1216C - Time Discourses and Time Horizons in EU Climate and Fisheries Policy (2012–2015)
Funded individual project: DFG – Research grant/individual funding | Funding code: FU 434/5-1 - Critical norms research as metatheory and political practice. New paths in German international relations (2012–2012)
Scientific event: Fritz Thyssen Foundation – Conference funding | Funding code: 30.12.0.101 - Financialisation
- Transpose: Transfer of policy instruments for electricity saving (2008–2011)
Participation in a BMBF consortium: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Funding code: 01UV0802A - Agrifood Crises in the 21st Century: The Sustainability Challenge (2009–2010)
Funded individual project: Volkswagen Foundation | Funding code: II/84 756 - Corporate power and private governance in the global agricultural and food system (2007–2008)
Funded individual project: Volkswagen Foundation - Agricultural and food corporations and global governance (2006–2008)
Funded individual project: Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
The impact of private food governance on climate policy
Project leader: Karsten Ronit, University of Copenhagen - Sustainability in the food chain (2001–2005)
Funded individual project: Other public funding bodies - Globalisation and the state (2000–2003)
Funded individual project: Volkswagen Foundation - Globalisation and sustainable consumption (2001–2002)
Funded individual project: Other funding bodies - The ecological impact of foreign investment in India (1998–1998)
Funded individual project: Other foundation - Economic growth and environmental quality (1995–1996)
Funded individual project: Other foundation
Publications
2025
Journal articles
- Laksevics, K., Brizga, J., Mamut, P., Kreinin, H., Fuchs, D. und Belousa, I., 2025. An Eco‐Social Policy Mix for 1.5°C Lifestyles: A Multi‐Country Policy Delphi Analysis: Regulation and Governance, Early View doi: 10.1111/rego.12655.
Monographs, books, book contributions
- Jaeger-Erben, M., Blättel-Mink, B., Fuchs, D., Götz, K., Langen, N., & Rau, H. (2025). Different Life Phases and the Limits of Consumption. In A. Wanka, T. Freutel-Funke, S. Andresen, & F. Oswald (Eds.), Linking ages: a dialogue between childhood and ageing research (pp. 204-214). London; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.4324/9781003429340-22.
2024
Journal articles
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Fuchs, D., Bodenheimer, M. und Dütschke, E., 2024. Radically sustainable consumption and lifestyles: Consumption and Society, 4(1), S. 3–10. doi: 10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000042.
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Mamut, P., Fuchs, D., Becker, L., Laksevics, K., Kreinin, H. und Brizga, J., 2024. From responsibility ping-pong to shared responsibility for 1.5° lifestyles? Examining European stakeholder perspectives: Consumption and Society, 4(1), S. 33–54. doi: 10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000039.
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Fuchs, D., Debourdeau, A., Dütschke, E., Fahy, F., Garzon, G., Kirchler, B., Klöckner, C.A. und Sahakian, M., 2024. Assessing the impact of structural change in sustainable consumption and lifestyles research: Consumption and Society, Early View doi: 10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000033.
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Campos, I., Fuchs, D., Repo, P., Jager, W., Klöckner, C., Wang, S., Lamas, D., Cots, F., Barchiesi, E., Löfström, E., Peniche, D., Sion, Y., Buth, V., Limão, J., Oliveira, S., Reyes Diaz, C. und Živčič, L., 2024. What roles can democracy labs play in co-creating democratic innovations for sustainability?: Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 6(4) doi: 10.1007/s42532-024-00197-7.
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Kreinin, H., Mamut, P., Fuchs und Doris, 2024. The ‘glass ceiling’ of Germany’s socio-ecological transformation: Citizen, expert, and local stakeholder perspectives on responsibility for change: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 34, S. 273–293. doi: 10.1007/s41358-024-00383-9.
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Kreinin, H., Fuchs, D., Mamut, P., Hirth, S. und Lange, S., 2024. Transforming provisioning systems to enable 1.5° lifestyles in Europe? Expert and stakeholder views on overcoming structural barriers: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 20(1), Artikel 2372120 doi: 10.1080/15487733.2024.2372120.
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Lehner, M., Luth Richter, J., Kreinin, H., Mamut, P., Vadovics, E., Henman, J., Mont, O. und Fuchs, D., 2024. Living smaller: acceptance, effects and structural factors in the EU: Buildings & Cities, 5(1), S. 215–230. doi: 10.5334/bc.438.
Monographs, books, book contributions
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Bornhorst, B., Emunds, B., Fuchs, D., Goehl, J., Hansjürgens, B., Hendricks, B., Kruip, G., Kalkuhl, M., Prinz zu Löwenstein, F., Mattauch, L., Podlinski, N., Wallacher, J., Wiemeyer, J. und Einsiedel, S., 2024. Ernährungssicherheit, Klimaschutz und Biodiversität: Ethische Perspektiven für die globale Landnutzung. Eine interdisziplinäre Studie im Rahmen des Dialogprojektes zum weltkirchlichen Beitrag der katholischen Kirche für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation im Lichte von Laudato si‘.
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Gumbert, T. und Fuchs, D., 2024. Energieverantwortung aus der Perspektive der Nachhaltigkeit. In: M. Quante, A. Kahmen, C. Loos und B. von Groote-Gotzes Hrsg. Energieverantwortung. Berlin: Springer Nature. S. 9–29. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-64989-3_2 .
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Glaab, K. und Fuchs, D., 2024. Globalisierung, Global Governance, und Internationale Politik. In: F. Sauer, L. von Lauff und C. Masala Hrsg. Handbuch Internationale Beziehungen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. S. 1319–1344. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-33953-1_42.
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Siepker, L., Wolff, F. und Fuchs, D., 2024. Nachhaltiges Gemeinwohl in Bürgerbeteiligungsprozessen verwirklichen. Ein Leitfaden. Münster: miami. doi: 10.17879/49988491135.
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Blickwedel, F.-L., Danier, U., Fuchs, D., Kenning, P., Maschke, J., Röding, T., Schramm-Klein, H., Weber, B. und Zimmermann-Janssen, V., 2024. RESOLVE. Retourensenkung im Onlinehandel. Lösungsansätze zur Gestaltung nachhaltigeren Verbraucher:innenverhaltens. In: C. Bala, A. Boden, J. Lamla, G. Stevens und W. Schuldzinski Hrsg. Professionalisierung im Verbraucherschutz. Jahrbuch Konsum & Verbraucherwissenschaften 2023/2024. Düsseldorf: Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.. S. 119–142.
Media articles, blog posts
- Fuchs, D., 2024. Nachhaltige Lebensstile ermöglichen: gemeinschaftlich und gerecht. Deutsches Klima-Konsortium - Kolumne "Zur Sache".20.08.2024.
2023
Journal articles
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Walleck, W., Hasenkamp, V., Fuchs, D. und Philipp, B., 2023. Biodialoge zu Bioökonomie und Nachhaltigkeit. Herausforderungen und Chancen eines neuen Formats der Bürger/innenbeteiligung: Ökologisches Wirtschaften, 38, S. 30–34. doi: 10.14512/OEW380230.
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Bohn, C., Hasenkamp, V., Fuchs, D. und Siepker, L., 2023. Citizens Shaping Complex Technological Issues? Participatory Processes in Bioeconomic and Biotechnological Contexts: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 2023 doi: 10.1007/s11615-023-00510-1.
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Dietz, T., Fuchs, D., Schäfer, A. und Vetterlein, A., 2023. Introduction: Mapping the Research Field on the Democracy–Sustainability Nexus: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 64, S. 695–714. doi: 10.1007/s11615-023-00511-0.
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Hirth, S., Kreinin, H., Fuchs, D., Blossey, N., Mamut, P., Philipp, J. und Radovan, I., 2023. Barriers and Enablers of 1.5° Lifestyles: Shallow and Deep Structural Factors Shaping the Potential for Sustainable Consumption: Frontiers in Sustainability, 4-2023 doi: 10.3389/frsus.2023.1014662.
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Dietz, T., Fuchs, D., Schäfer, A. und Vetterlein, A. Hrsg., 2023.Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 64. (4) doi: 10.1007/s11615-023-00511-0.
Monographs, books, book contributions
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Siepker, L. und Fuchs, D., 2023. Genderspezifische Implikationen der Nachhaltigkeits-Governance und die emanzipatorische Wirkung demokratischer Öffentlichkeiten. In: H. Bloemen, C. Bomert, S. Dziuba-Kaiser und M. Gebhardt Hrsg. Politik der Geschlechterverhältnisse, Band 63: Machtverhältnisse. Kritische Perspektiven auf Geschlecht und Gesellschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. S. 257–272.
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Fuchs, D. und Ropke, I., 2023. Consumption. In: E. Padilla Rosa und J. Ramos-Martín Hrsg. Elgar Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. S. 81–87.
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Fuchs, D., Lorek, S., Mamut, P. und Rossmoeller, A., 2023. Fifty Shades of Sufficiency. Semantic Confusion and No Policy. In: H. Jörges, C. Knill und Y. Steinebach Hrsg. Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy. London: Routledge. S. 347–357. doi: 10.4324/9781003043843-29.
2022
Journal articles
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Fuchs, D. und Lennartz, B., 2022. Business interest in human rights regulation. Shaping actors’ duties and rights: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 25 doi: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2113226 .
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Sahakian, M., Stroude, A., Godin, L., Courtin, I., Fahy, F., Fuchs, D. und Langlois, J., 2022. Reflexivity through practice-informed student journals: how “sustainable wellbeing” relates to teleoaffectivities: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 18(1), S. 247–262. doi: 10.1080/15487733.2022.2043078.
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Ernst, A. und Fuchs, D., 2022. Power dynamics, shifting roles, and learning: Exploring key actors in participation processes in the German Energy Transformation: Energy Research & Social Science, 85, Artikel 102420 doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102420.
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Gumbert, T., Mamut, P., Fuchs, D. und Welck, T., 2022. Sustainable consumption and the power of economic growth: exploring alternatives to the growth-dependency narrative: Consumption and Society, 1(2), S. 1–21. doi: 10.1332/JPPD7512.
Monographs, books, book contributions
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Gumbert, T., Bohn, C., Fuchs, D., Lennartz, B. und Müller, C.J. Hrsg., 2022. Demokratie und Nachhaltigkeit. Aktuelle Perspektiven auf ein komplexes Spannungsverhältnis. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
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Gumbert, T., Bohn, C., Fuchs, D. und Lennartz, B., 2022. Demokratische Nachhaltigkeitspolitik im Anthropozän. In: T. Gumbert, C. Bohn, D. Fuchs, B. Lennartz und C.J. Müller Hrsg. Demokratie und Nachhaltigkeit. Aktuelle Perspektiven auf ein komplexes Spannungsverhältnis. Baden-Baden: Nomos. S. 9–32.
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Fuchs, D. und Dolinga, S., 2022. Corporate power and the shaping of sustainability governance. In: B. Bornemann, H. Knappe und P. Nanz Hrsg. The Routledge Handbook of Democracy and Sustainability. London: Routledge. S. 222–236.
2021
Journal articles
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Sahakian, M., Fuchs, D., Di Giulio, A. und Lorek, S., 2021. Consumption corridors: advancing the concept and exploring its implications: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 17(1): 305-315. doi: 10.1080/15487733.2021.1919437.
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Klinkenborg, H. und Fuchs, D., 2021. Religion: A resource in European climate politics? An examination of faith-based contributions to the climate policy discourse in the EU: Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik, online doi: 10.1007/s41682-021-00082-0.
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Fuchs, D., Steinberger, J., Pirgmaier, E., Lamb, W., Brand-Correa, L. und Cullen, J., 2021. A corridors and power-oriented perspective on energy service demand and needs satisfaction: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, 17(1), S. 163–173. doi: 10.1080/15487733.2021.1912907.
Monographs, books, book contributions
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Gumbert, T.F., 2021. Moral Geographies of Responsibility in the Global Agrifood System. In: H. Hansen-Magnusson und A. Vetterlein Hrsg. The Routledge Handbook on Responsibility in International Relations. London: Routledge. S. 153–163.
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Fischer, C., Fuchs, D., Gall, A., Hanke, G., Kammler, L., Kern, F., Peuckert, J., Pollok, M., Sharp, H., Siepker, L. und Wolff, F., 2021. Trendanalyse – Engagement und Beteiligung in Deutschland. Arbeitspapier 2 des Forschungsprojekts "ENGAGE – Engagement für nachhaltiges Gemeinwohl". Münster.
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Fuchs, D., Sahakian, M., Gumbert, T., Di Giulio, A., Maniates, M., Lorek, S. und Graf, A., 2021. Consumption Corridors. Living a Good Life within Sustainable Limits. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780367748746.
Media articles, blog posts
- Conring, A., Klinkenborg, H., Siepker, L. und Fuchs, D., 2021. Im neuen Jahr Verantwortung übernehmen – wie wir mithilfe von Verantwortungszuschreibungen einen nachhaltigen Wandel unterstützen können.
2020
Journal articles
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Fuchs, D., Schlipphak, B., Treib, O., Nguyen, L.L. und Lederer, M., 2020. Which Way Forward in Measuring the Quality of Life? A Critical Analysis of Sustainability and Wellbeing Indicator Sets: Global Environmental Politics, 20(2), S. 12–36. doi: 10.1162/glep_a_00554.
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Jaeger-Erben, Melanie, Blättel-Mink, Birgit, Fuchs, Doris, Götz, Konrad, Langen, Rau, N. und Henrike, 2020. Grenzen des Konsums im Lebensverlauf: Gelegenheiten, Hürden und Gestaltungsspielräume: GAIA - Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, 29(4), S. 218 – 223. doi: 10.14512/gaia.29.4.4.
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Bohn, C., Fuchs, D., Gumbert, T., Hasenkamp, V., Heimbach-Steins, M., Kuhn, L., Salaske, S., Sarpong, L., Schrüfer, G., Schwarze, S., Siepker, L. und Steinhäuser, C., 2020. Partizipation als zentrales Thema interdisziplinärer Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: ZIN Diskussionspapiere, 2020(01), S. 1–84.
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Fuchs, D., Klinkenborg, H. und Siepker, L., 2020. Nachhaltigkeit als Verantwortungsprinzip: Diakonia, 51(4), S. 232–238.
Monographs, books, book contributions
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Fuchs, D., 2020. Living Well within Limits: the Vision of Consumption Corridors. In: A. Kalfagianni, D. Fuchs und A. Hayden Hrsg. Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance. London: Routledge. S. 296–307.
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Hayden, A., Fuchs, D. und Kalfagianni, A., 2020. Critical and Transformative Perspectives on Global Sustainability Governance. In: A. Kalfagianni, D. Fuchs und A. Hayden Hrsg. Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance. London: Routledge. S. 1–10.
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Fuchs, D., Hayden, A. und Kalfagianni, A., 2020. Global Sustainability Governance - Really? In: A. Kalfagianni, D. Fuchs und A. Hayden Hrsg. Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance. London: Routledge. S. 372–378.
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Kalfagianni, A., Fuchs, D. und Hayden, A. Hrsg., 2020. Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315170237.
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Fuchs, D. und Knebel, B., 2020. Business and Corporations. In: J.-F. Morin und A. Orsini Hrsg. Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance. 2. Aufl.. London: Routledge. S. 27–30.
working papers
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Bohn, C.F., 2020. Mehrwerte und Erfolgsbedingungen von nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Beteiligungsverfahren und von Beteiligungsverfahren zur Sicherung des (Nachhaltigkeits-)Nutzens und der demokratischen Teilhabe (in) der Bioökonomie.
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Fischer, C., Fuchs, D., Hanke, G., Kern, F., Peuckert, J., Sharp, H., Siepker, L. und Wolff, F., 2020. Engagement für Nachhaltiges Gemeinwohl – Begriffstheoretische Einordnung und Grundlagen einer Operationalisierung. Arbeitspapier 1 des Forschungsprojekts "ENGAGE – Engagement für nachhaltiges Gemeinwohl". Münster.
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Sustainable development is crucial for the future of society and is therefore at the centre of public and academic debate. The transformation required to achieve this permeates and affects all levels, systems and subsystems of society. The ecological and social sustainability of the global economic system, the formulation of sustainable development goals at the United Nations level, and the involvement of various stakeholders are just some of the current issues that science cannot ignore. The members and staff of the ZIN therefore feel called upon to contribute to the public discourse with empirical, normative and transformative research that is analytical, evaluative, integrative and, where appropriate, practical.
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Dr.‘in Rebecca Froese
Research Associate
Dr. Lars E. Berker
Research Associate
Julia Wiethuechter
Research Associate
Fynn Schmidt
Research Associate
Johannes Funk
Student Research Assistant
Dilara Evci
Student Research Assistant
Ana C. Tambyln
Student Research Assistant
Timo Daldrup
Student Research Assistant