Former Team Members
Prof. Dr. Christoph Görg
· Head of the Department of Environmental Politics
· Prof. for Environmental Governance, Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Kassel
Division of Social Sciences
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Governance & Institutions
Working Group Nature Conservation & Biodiversity
Working Group Climate Change
Environmental Governance, University of Kassel
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

Areas of Expertise & Research
- Global Environmental Governance and the Transformation of the State
- Multi-Level Biodiversity Governance; Science-Policy Interfaces
- Societal Relationships with Nature; inter- and transdisciplinary research
Curriculum Vitae
Professional experiences
2010 - 2015
Head of the Department of Environmental Politics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ
since 01/2008
Professor for Environmental Governance at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel
2004 - 2009
Senior Researcher at the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
2004
Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Frankfurt/M.
2001 - 2003
Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Kassel
1993 - 2001
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences at the University of Frankfurt/M.
1993
Fellow at Sigmund-Freud-Institute in Frankfurt/M.
Academic Education
2001
Habilitation in Sociology at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Frankfurt
1990
Ph.D. thesis about: "New Social Movements and Critical Theory"
1986
Diplom in Sociology
1978 - 1986
studying Sociology, Political Sciences and Philosophy at Frankfurt University
Current Projects
Completed Projects
Further Projects
- Staatstheorie und Regulationstheorie (1990 - 1992)
- Nichtregierungsorganisationen in der internationalen Umweltpolitik − das Feld der biologischen Vielfalt (1996 - 1998)
- Sondierungsstudie: "Sozial-ökologischer Forschungsbedarf im Bereich der Biodiversitätsforschung" im Auftrag des BMBF (2000 - 2001)
- Globales Management genetischer Ressourcen (2000 - 2003)
Memberships
- Sektion Ökologie und Soziologie und Sektion Soziologische Theorien der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- Editorial Board der Zeitschrift International Journal of Global Environmental Issues
- Deutsche Vereinigung für politische Wissenschaften (DVPW)