Stephanie Jahn

Jahn, Stephanie

Stephanie hold a doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) from the School of Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg since August 2023.

She was research associate within the research group’s MONA project from September 2013. Today, she works at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental research UFZ (Stephanie’s UFZ profile).

Referring to the MONA research approach and database, in her PhD thesis she assessed transdisciplinary research in sustainability science.

Her wider field of interest: Theory and philosophy of science, empirical science studies, inter- and transdisciplinary research, meta analysis, environmental sociology and sustainability research.

Stephanie is experienced in quantitative empirical methods and secondary data analysis.

Vita:

2023: Dr. rer. pol. (equivalent to PhD) at the School of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg

Since 01/2022: Scientific coordinator of the REWILD_DE project at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig

01/2021 – 12/2021: Training in project management

10/2019 – 02/2020: PhD scholarship with the Graduate School of Leuphana University Lüneburg

09/2013 – 08/2019: Research Associate in the project „Modes of sustainability-oriented research in comparison – MONA“ (Prof. Dr. Jens Newig & Prof. Dr. Daniel Lang, Leuphana University Lüneburg), funded by the German Research Foundation

04/2017 – 10/2018: Research Associate in the project Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: develop – network – report (HOCH-N)“ (Prof. Dr. Alexander Bassen, University of Hamburg), Subproject „Research“ (Prof. Dr. Daniel J. Lang, Leuphana University Lüneburg & Prof. Dr. Markus Vogt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research

05/2018 – 09/2018: Research Associate in the project „SynSICRIS – Synergies for Societal Impact in Current Research Information Systems“ (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heß & Birge Wolf, University of Kassel), funded by the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

2013: Master´s degree in Sociology at University of Leipzig.

2009/2010: Student research assistant at the Institute for Urban Management (ISB), University of Leipzig.

2009: Bachelor´s degree in Social Sciences and Philosophy at University of Leipzig.

2008/2009: Internship at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig (UFZ) within the international research project “Risk Habitat Megacities”.

Publications

2021

Jahn, S., Newig, J., Lang, D. J., Kahle, J. & Bergmann, M. (2021). Demarcating transdisciplinary research in sustainability science—Five clusters of research modes based on evidence from 59 research projects. Sustainable Development, 30(2), 343–357. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2278

2020

Juerges, N., & Jahn, S. (2020). German forest management stakeholders at the science-society interface: Their views on problem definition, knowledge production and research utilization. Forest Policy and Economics, 111, 102076.

2019

Newig, J., Jahn, S., Lang, D. J., Kahle, J., & Bergmann, M. (2019). Linking modes of research to their scientific and societal outcomes. Evidence from 81 sustainability-oriented research projects. Environmental Science and Policy, 101, 147-155 [free open access content].

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