Personal profile
Curriculum
Research Interests
- Sustainability
- Political Science
- Policy analysis & evaluation
- Social-Ecological & Socio-technical transitions
- Qualitative Research
With a BA in European Studies and MSc in Sustainable Development, my professional interest strongly lies in policy-making and policy-analysis.
As a scientific researcher and PhD-candidate in Political Science at Leuphana University, I am currently looking at the institutional dynamics in sustainability transformations from a policy and governance perspective.
Current Research
My current research focuses on processes of institutional and societal transformations, particularly in relation to energy systems. Central to my research is the productive potential of failure and decline, or the ways in which failure may serve to advance the effectiveness and efficacy of public polcy and the wider political system, opening a 'window of opportunity' for institutional change.
My work is embedded within the transdisciplinary Leverage Points project at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany.
Education/Academic qualification
Sustainable Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2013 → 2015
Award Date: 06.06.2015
International Development, University of Manchester
2009 → 2010
Award Date: 01.10.2010
European Studies, Maastricht University
2006 → 2009
Award Date: 30.09.2009
Keywords
- Politics
- Political Science
- Governance
- Institutional change
- Sustainability Science
- Socio-technical transitions
- Sustainability transformation
- Energy research
- Energy Transition
- energy systems
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation: Institutions, People and Knowledge
Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Sieveking, A. (Project staff), Klaniecki, K. T. (Project staff), Dorninger, C. (Project staff), Clarke, E. A. (Project staff), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Project staff), Lam, D. (Project staff), Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff), Jager, N. W. (Project staff), Derwort, P. (Project staff), Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff), Apetrei, C.-I. (Project staff), Freeth, R. C. (Project staff), Engbers, M. (Project staff), Peukert, D. (Project staff), Berkau, A. J. (Project staff), Lutz, L. M. (Coordination), Leventon, J. (Project manager, academic) & Abson, D. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony in Germany
01.04.15 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
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How to Explain Major Policy Change Towards Sustainability? Bringing Together the Multiple Streams Framework and the Multilevel Perspective on Socio-Technical Transitions to Explore the German “Energiewende”
Derwort, P., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 01.08.2022, In: Policy Studies Journal. 50, 3, p. 671-699 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access37 Citations (Scopus) -
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and practice: Balancing expectations of the 'old' academy with the future model of universities as 'problem solvers'
Fam, D., Clarke, E., Freeth, R., Derwort, P., Klaniecki, K. T., Kater-Wettstädt, L., Juarez Bourke, S., Hilser, S., Peukert, D., Meyer, E. M. & Horcea-Milcu, A. I., 01.01.2020, In: Higher Education Quaterly. 74, 1, p. 19-34 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
51 Citations (Scopus) -
Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems
Dorninger, C., Abson, D. J., Apetrei, C. I., Derwort, P., Ives, C. D., Klaniecki, K., Lam, D., Langsenlehner, M., Riechers, M., Spittler, N. & von Wehrden, H., 01.05.2020, In: Ecological Economics. 171, 9 p., 106570.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
Open Access148 Citations (Scopus) -
Sustainability through institutional failure and decline? Archetypes of productive pathways
Newig, J., Derwort, P. & Jager, N. W., 03.2019, In: Ecology and Society. 24, 1, 14 p., 18.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Towards productive functions? A systematic review of institutional failure, its causes and consequences
Derwort, P., Jager, N. & Newig, J., 15.06.2019, In: Policy Sciences. 52, 2, p. 281-298 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
21 Citations (Scopus)
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Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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25th World Congress of the International Political Science Association - IPSA 2018
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
21.07.2018 → 25.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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UNLEASH 2018
Derwort, P. (Participant)
30.05.2018 → 06.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
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Malta Legal Forum - MLF 2018
Derwort, P. (Participant) & Schomerus, C.-T. (Participant)
10.05.2018 → 11.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
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6th Workshop on Unintended Consequences
Derwort, P. (Participant)
07.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
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