Dr. Caroline Hélène Dabard
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: ++49 - 341 - 235
caroline.dabard@ufz.de
Areas of Expertise & Research
- Sustainability transformations and transitions
- Leverage points and pathways for change
- Norms and narratives of desired futures
- Transdisciplinary sustainability research
- Social-ecological systems research
Curriculum Vitae
Research Experience
since 06/2025
Helmhotz Center for Enviromental Research (UFZ), Leipzig
Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Environmental Politics
04/2024 - 06/2024
Stockholm Resilience Centre and Almería University
Visiting Researcher
10/2019 − 03/2024
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Research staff, Biosphere Reserves Institute
2015 − 2019
Several intern and research assistant positions at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) Potsdam, Meteodyn and Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Education
2020 − 03/2024
Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability
Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences on “Enhancing the transformative potential of sustainability innovations: insights from two European Biosphere Reserves”
2016 − 2019
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
M.Sc. in Global Change Management
2011 − 2015
SciencesPo Paris
B.A. in Political Science
Publications
Dabard, C.H.; Mann, C.; Martín-López, B. (2025) Enhancing the transformative potential of sustainability innovations: an application of the values-rules-knowledge framework. Ambio. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02148-2
Dabard, C.H.; Mann, C.; Martín-López, B. (2025). Biosphere Reserves as catalysts for sustainability transformations: five strategies to support place-based innovation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101508
Dabard, C.H.1; Gohr, C.1; Weiss, F.; von Wehrden, H.; Neumann, F.; Hordasevych, S.; Arieta, B.; Hammerich, J.; Meier, C.; Jargow, J.; Luthardt, V.; Ibisch, P.L.; Ferreira, A.F. (2024) Biosphere Reserves as model regions for transdisciplinarity? A literature review. Sustainability Science. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-024-01542-1
Dabard, C.H.; Mann, C.; Martín-López, B. (2024). An archetype analysis of sustainability innovations in Biosphere Reserves: insights for assessing transformative potential. Environmental Science and Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103674
Dabard, C.H.; Mann, C. (2022) Sustainability innovations. A proposal for an analytical framework and its empirical application in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. Sustainability Science. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-022-01241-9