Projects of the Department of Environmental Politics
Current Projects
Interfaces between Research and Governance
Nested Networks: Novel Forms of Governance by Nested Networks (NESNET)
Financed by the BMBF's funding initiative 
"Research on the relationship between science, politics and society"
Duration: April 2010 – March 2013
Contact: 
Dr. Silke Beck
Homepage: 
www.ufz.de/index.php?en=19865
KNEU: Developing a knowledge network for European expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform policy making economic sectors
Duration: November 2010 – April 2013
Coordination: Dr. Carsten Neßhöver
Contact: Prof. Dr. Christoph Görg, Dr. Heidi Wittmer,Dr. Felix Rauschmayer
Homepage: www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20873
BASE − Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies for Europe
Duration: 2012 − 2016
Contact: Dr. Silke Beck
Homepage: www.base-adaptation.eu
Scoping Study on the Concept and Implementation of a National Ecosystem Assessment for Germany (NEA-DE)
Contact: Dr. Christian Albert
Homepage: www.ufz.de/index.php?en=31427
Conceptualisation of sustainable development
InContext – Individuals in Context: Supportive Environments for Sustainable Living
Duration: 2011 – 2014
Coordination: Dr. Felix Rauschmayer
Homepage: www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20815
GeNECA – Fair sustainable development based on the capability approach
German research project within the "Economics for sustainability" funding program of the German research ministry
Duration: April 2010 – March 2013 (depending on the final agreement of the ministry)
Coordination: Dr. Felix Rauschmayer
Homepage: www.geneca.ufz.de/index.php?en=19797
A book published with Routledge (October 2010):
Sustainable Development: Capabilities, Needs, and Well-Being, edited by Rauschmayer, F., Omann, I. and Frühmann, J., London: Routledge
Consumer-oriented policy research
Shrinking city, increasing traffic – Effects of pre-move soft policy interventions and the impact of urban development on travel mode choice
Doctoral project funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Final Report (in German): 
Leipziger Mobilitätspaket
Duration: November 2007 – October 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvia Harms
Contact: Ines Thronicker
The influence of key events on the acceptance of integrated mobility service packages as an alternative to car ownership
Doctoral project funded by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation
Fact Sheet: Exposé Schuppan
Duration: April 2009 – April 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvia Harms
Contact: Julia Schuppan
Elektromobile als Wegbereiter für eine multimodale Verkehrszukunft? – Entwicklung eines Kommunikationsinstrumentes zur Erhöhung der Akzeptanz multimodaler Verkehrsformen
Doctoral project funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Fact Sheet (in German): Exposé Dombrowski
Duration: December 2010 – November 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvia Harms
Contact: Franziska Dombrowski
Governance of global environmental change
Klimawandel zukunftsfähig gestalten – KLIMZUG-Nordhessen
Funded by the BMBF
Duration: August 2008 – July 2013
Contact: Prof. Dr. Christoph Görg
Homepage: www.ufz.de/index.php?de=17224
LEGATO: Land-use intensity and Ecological Engineering – Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems
Funded by the BMBF
Contact: Prof. Dr. Christoph Görg
Homepage: www.legato-project.net
Operationalisation of Natural Capital and EcoSystem Services: From Concepts to Real-world Applications (OpenNESS)
Contact: Prof. Dr. Christoph Görg
Flyer: OpenNESS flyer.pdf (590 KB)
Completed Projects
Interfaces between Research and Governance
PEER Project: Climate Policy Integration, Coherence and Governance
INVASION − Evolutionary, ecological and social consequences of biological invasions
PATH − Participatory Approaches in Science and Technology
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and its relevance for Germany
IBEFish: Interaction between Environment and Fisheries − a Challenge to Management
Consumer-oriented policy research
Parkraumprobleme in wachsenden Stadtteilen: Evaluation freiwilliger Veränderungsmaßnahmen am Beispiel Leipzig-Schleußig
Partly funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Article about the project (in German): Projekt Schleussig.pdf
Press reports (in German): Pressemitteilungen_Schleussig.pdf
Duration: January 2008 – April 2010
From University to working life: Impact on travel mode choice
Fact Sheet: Life events (174.8 KB)
Duration: April 2005 – March 2008
Impact of residential relocations on travel mode choices: A qualitative analysis
Fact Sheet: Relocations qual (110.8 KB)
Duration: July 2005 – June 2008
Sustainable urban transport – changing travel mode choice by push- and pull-measures
Fact Sheet: policy measueres (63.9 KB)
Duration: March 2005 – December 2006
Overcoming routine behaviour: Context changes as facilitators for the adoption of transport innovations
Fact Sheet: innovations (66.2 KB)
Duration: till June 2007
Governance of global environmental change
GoverNat – Multi-level Governance of Natural Resources: Tools and Processes for Biodiversity and Water Governance in Europe
Marie-Curie Research and Training Project of the European Commission
Duration: October 2006 − September 2010
Coordination: Dr. Felix Rauschmayer
Homepage: www.governat.eu
Synergien und Konflikte von Anpassungsstrategien und -maßnahmen (SynKon)
(FZK 3709 41 126) for the Federal Environment Agency
Duration: November 2009 – December 2010
Contact: Dr. Silke Beck, Dr. Jana Bovet
Homepage: www.ufz.de/index.php?de=19460