Curriculum

• Head, Institute for Sustainability Governance (INSUGO), Leuphana University (11/2019 -)
• Professor (W3) at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2014 - )
• ERC Starting Grant holder (2011 - 2016)
• Professor (W2) at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2010 - 2014)
• Assistant professor at the Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück University (12/2001 until 05/2010)
• Habilitation on Environmental Governance in the Light of Participation and Effectiveness: Case Studies and Models, University of Osnabrück
• Temporary professorship at Leuphana University Lüneburg (10/2008 until 09/2009)
• Doctoral degree (Dr. iur.) on Environmental Law from Dresden Technical University with a scholarship of the Volkswagen Foundation (summa cum laude) (1999-2002)
• Strategic Management Consultancy, Gemini Consulting, Bad Homburg (1998)
• Diploma in geo-ecology (environmental sciences) at Bayreuth University (1998)
• Maîtrise and Ingénieur-Maître in Gestion et Génie de l’Environnement at Université Paris 7 (scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service) (1996)
• Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (1992-1998)

For details on publications, please visit http://sustainability-governance.net/jens-newig

Visit our research group's blog at http://sustainabilitygovernance.net.

Research interests

• Societal transitions to sustainability
• Environmental Politics, Policy and Governance for Sustainable Development
• Participatory Governance and collaborative decision processes
• Environmental and sustainability communication
• Effectiveness and legitimacy of governance in multi-level systems
• Evidence-based governance and public management
• Learning and networks in steering complex systems in the context of natural resource management; social network analysis
• Comparative analysis, case study meta-analysis, field experiments
• Agenda setting, issue attention cycles
• Water policy and water resources management
• Sustainable agriculture and sustainable land management
• Science communication, integration of natural and social sciences in inter- and transdisciplinary research

Teaching

• Environmental studies
• Sustainability Sciences
• College "Study Reflexion"