Jens Newig is professor (full) of Governance and Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg. He is heading the Institute of Sustainability Governance of Leuphana’s Faculty of Sustainability, and is member of the Centre for the Study of Democracy. A geo-ecologist by training with a doctoral degree in Law and a Habilitation in political science and systems science, Jens is now engaging in inter- and transdisdisciplinary governance research. He has been leading an ERC project on the link between participatory governance and environmental outcomes, and is PI on several other research projects.

Vita:

• Since April 2022 Vice-dean of Research, School of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• Since December 2019  Head, Institute of Sustainability Governance (INSUGO) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
• Since April 2014  Professor (W3) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
• June 2010 – April 2014  Professor (W2) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 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)

Curriculum vitae (July 2023)

Jens Newig’s homepage at Leuphana University

Profile at ResearchGate.

Publications

2024

Rose, M., & Newig, J. (2024). Umwelt-Governance und Partizipation. In: Sonnberger, M., Bleicher, A., Groß, M. (Eds.), Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. (pp 759–774). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. [free open access content].

2023

Bilalova, S., Newig, J., Tremblay-Lévesque, L., Roux, J., Herron, C. & Crane, S. (2023). Pathways to water sustainability? A global study assessing the benefits of integrated water resources management. Journal of Environmental Management, 343, 118179. [free open access content]

Coenen, J., Sonderegger, G., Newig, J., Meyfroidt, P., Challies, E., Bager, S., Busck-Lumholt, L., Corbera, E., Friis, C., Pedersen, A. F., Laroche, P., Paitan, C. P., Qin, S., Roux, N. & Zaehringer, J. (2023). Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows. Ecology and Society, 28(2). [free open access content]

Glass, L., Newig, J. & Ruf, S. (2023). MSPs for the SDGs – Assessing the collaborative governance architecture of multi-stakeholder partnerships for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Earth system governance, 17, 100182. [free open access content]

Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J. (2023). Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes. Journal of Environmental Management, 336, 117593.

Newig, J., Jager, N. W., Challies, E. & Kochskämper, E. (2023). Does stakeholder participation improve environmental governance? Evidence from a meta-analysis of 305 case studies. Global Environmental Change, 82. [free open access content]

Newig, J., Rose, M., Aksoy, Z., Beaudoin, S., Bolognesi, T., Fritsch, O., Hegger, D. L., Hofmann, B., Jager, N., Kellner, E., Leipold, S., Persson, Å., Runhaar, H. A. & Webb, B. (2023). To Assess Progress in the Social Sciences, We Should Study Knowledge Cumulation, not Disruptiveness. Social Science Research Network. [free open access content]

2022

Cotta, B., Coenen, J., Challies, E., Newig, J., Lenschow, A., & Schilling-Vacaflor, A. (2022). Environmental governance in globally telecoupled systems: Mapping the terrain towards an integrated research agenda. Earth System Governance, 13, 100142 [free open access content].

Coenen, J., Newig, J., Meyfroidt, P. (2022). Environmental governance of a Belt and Road project in Montenegro – National agency and external influences. Land Use Policy, 119, 106136 [free open access content].

Derwort, P., Jager, N. and Newig, J. (2022). 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”. Policy Stud J, 50: 671-699 [free open access content].

Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Challies, E., Kochskämper, E., & von Wehrden, H. (2022). Case study meta-analysis in the social sciences. Insights on data quality and reliability from a large-N case survey. Research Synthesis Methods, 13(1), 12-27 [free open access content].

Mathis, O. L., Rose, M., Newig, J., & Bauer, S. (2022). Toward the sustainability state? Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions and their impact on policy-making. Environmental Policy and Governance, 1– 12 [free open access content].

Newig, J. (2022). Water, rivers and wetlands. In Harris, P.G (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.

2021

Challies, E., Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., & Preuss, M (2021). From Collaboration to Policymaking: How Collaborative and Participatory Decisions Actually Change Policy (or not). ConstDelib Working Paper Series, no. 10, pp. 1-20 [free open access content].

Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Challies, E., & Kochskämper, E. (2021). Corrigendum to: Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 31(3), 616 [free open access content].

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 [free open access content].

Schilling-Vacaflor, A., Lenschow, A., Challies, E., Cotta, B., & Newig, J. (2021). Contextualizing certification and auditing: Soy certification and access of local communities to land and water in Brazil. World Development, 140, 105281 [free open access content].

Kirschke, S., & Newig, J. (2021). Complexity in Water Management and Governance. In J. J. Bogardi, J. Gupta, K. D. W. Nandalal, L. Salamé, R. R. P. van Nooijen, N. Kumar, T. Tingsanchali, A. Bhaduri, & A. G. Kolechkina (Eds.), Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples (pp. 801-810). Cham: Springer.

Coenen, J., Bager, S., Meyfroidt, P., Newig, J., & Challies, E. (2021). Environmental Governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Environmental Policy and Governance, 31(1), 3-17 [free open access content].

Velten, S., Jager, N. W., & Newig, J. (2021). Success of collaboration for sustainable agriculture: a case study meta-analysis. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23, 14619-14641 [free open access content].

Kochskämper, E., Koontz, T. M., & Newig, J. (2021). Systematic learning in water governance: insights from five local adaptive management projects for water quality innovation. Ecology and Society, 26(1), 22 [free open access content].

Gollata, J. A. M., Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W., & Newig, J. (2021). Participation in multi-level policy implementation: exploring the influence of governance culture. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 64(14), 2593-2617.

Melchior, I. C., & Newig, J. (2021). Governing Transitions towards Sustainable Agriculture – Taking Stock of an Emerging Field of Research. Sustainability, 13, 528 [free open access content].

Kochskämper, E., & Newig, J. (2021). Water Policy and Governance in Transition: The EU Water Framework Directive. In J. Baird & R. Plummer (Eds.), Water Resilience: Management and Governance in Times of Change (pp. 23-40). Cham: Springer [free open access content].

2020

Newig, J., Challies, E., Cotta, B., Lenschow, A., & Schilling-Vacaflor, A. (2020). Governing global telecoupling toward environmental sustainability. Ecology and Society, 25(4), 19 [free open access content].

Schröder, N. J. S., Newig, J., & Watson, N. (2020). Bright Spots for Local WFD Implementation Through Collaboration with Nature Conservation Authorities? Water Alternatives, 13(3), 582-617 [free open access content].

Rimmert, M., Baudoin, L., Cotta, B., Kochskämper, E., & Newig, J. (2020). Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status? Water Alternatives, 13(3), 484-512 [Free Open Access Content].

Malekpour, S., & Newig, J. (2020). Putting adaptive planning into practice: A meta-analysis of current applications. Cities, 106, 102866.

Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Challies, E., & Kochskämper, E. (2020). Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 30(3), 383-399 [Free Open Access Content.

Gerlak, A. K., Heikkila, T., & Newig, J. (2020). Learning in environmental governance: opportunities for translating theory to practice. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 22(5), 653-666.

Ulibarri, N., Emerson, K., Imperial, M. T., Jager, N. W., Newig, J., & Weber, E. (2020). How does collaborative governance evolve? Insights from a medium-n case comparison. Policy and Society, 39(4), 617-637 [free open access content].

Newig, J., & Rose, M. (2020). Cumulating evidence in environmental governance, policy and planning research: towards a research reform agenda. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 22(5), 667-681 [free open access content].

Juerges, N., Leahy, J., & Newig, J. (2020). A typology of actors and their strategies in multi-scale governance of wind turbine conflict within forests. Land Use Policy, 96, 104691.

Koontz, T. M., Jager, N. W., & Newig, J. (2020). Assessing Collaborative Conservation: A Case Survey of Output, Outcome, and Impact Measures Used in the Empirical Literature. Society & Natural Resources, 33(4), 442-461.

2019

Newig, J., Challies, E., & Jager, N. W. (2019). Democratic innovation and environmental governance. In S. Elstub & O. Escobar (Eds.), Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance (pp. 324-338). Cheltenham, UK & Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Glass, L.-M., & Newig, J. (2019). Governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: How important are participation, policy coherence, reflexivity, adaptation and democratic institutions? Earth System Governance, 2, 100031 [free open access content].

Newig, J., Lenschow, A., Challies, E., Cotta, B., & Schilling-Vacaflor, A. (2019). What is governance in global telecoupling? Ecology and Society, 24(3), 26 [Free Open Access Content].

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].

Newig, J., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E., & Challies, E. (2019). Learning in participatory environmental governance – its antecedents and effects. Findings from a case survey meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 21(3), 213-227 [Free Open Access Content].

Derwort, P., Jager, N., & Newig, J. (2019). Towards productive functions? A systematic review of institutional failure, its causes and consequences. Policy Sciences, 52(2), 281–298.

Challies, E., Newig, J., & Lenschow, A. (2019). Governance for Sustainability in Telecoupled Systems. In C. Friis & J. Ø. Nielsen (Eds.), Telecoupling. Exploring Land-Use Change in a Globalised World (pp. 177-197). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

Kirschke, S., Franke, C., Newig, J., & Borchardt, D. (2019). Clusters of water governance problems and their effects on policy delivery. Policy and Society, 38(2), 255-277 [Free Open Access Content].

Newig, J., Derwort, P., & Jager, N. W. (2019). Sustainability through institutional failure and decline? Archetypes of productive pathways. Ecology and Society, 24(1), 18 [Free Open Access Content].

Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Loos, J., Fischer, J., & Newig, J. (2019). Landscape-scale biodiversity governance: Scenarios for reshaping spaces of governance. Environmental Policy and Governance, 29(3), 170-184.

2018

Juerges, N., Leahy, J., & Newig, J. (2018). Actor perceptions of polycentricity in wind power governance. Environmental Policy and Governance, 28(6), 383-394. doi: 10.1002/eet.1830 [Free Open Access Content].

Velten, S., Schaal, T., Leventon, J., Hanspach, J., Fischer, J., & Newig, J. (2018). Rethinking biodiversity governance in European agricultural landscapes: Acceptability of alternative governance scenarios. Land Use Policy, 77, 84-93.

Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E., & Adzersen, A. (2018). The Environmental Performance of Participatory and Collaborative Governance: A Framework of Causal Mechanisms. Policy Studies Journal, 46(2), 269-297 [Free Open Access Content].

Juerges, N., Weber, A., Leahy, J., & Newig, J. (2018). The Role of Trust in Natural Resource Management Conflicts: A Forestry Case Study from Germany. Forest Science, 64(3), 330-339.

Liu, J., Dou, Y., Batistella, M., Challies, E., Connor, T., Friis, C., Millington, J. D. A., Parish, E., Romulo, C. L., Silva, R. F. B., Triezenberg, H., Yang, H., Zhao, Z., Zimmerer, K. S., Huettmann, F., Treglia, M. L., Basher, Z., Chung, M. G., Herzberger, A., Lenschow, A., Mechiche-Alami, A., Newig, J., Roche, R., & Sun, J. (2018). Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 33, 58-69.

Lührs, N., Jager, N. W., Challies, E., & Newig, J. (2018). How Participatory Should Environmental Governance Be? Testing the Applicability of the Vroom-Yetton-Jago Model in Public Environmental Decision-Making. Environmental Management, 61(2), 249-262.

Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., & Newig, J. (2018). Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation. Oxon [u.a.]: Routledge.

Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., & Jager, N. W. (2018). Researching participation in environmental governance through the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. In E. Kochskämper, E. Challies, N. W. Jager, & J. Newig (Eds.), Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation (pp. 3-10). Oxon [u.a.]: Routledge.

Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., & Kochskämper, E. (2018). Concepts: How participation leads to effective environmental governance. In E. Kochskämper, E. Challies, N. W. Jager, & J. Newig (Eds.), Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation (pp. 11-27). Oxon [u.a.]: Routledge.

Jager, N. W., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., & Newig, J. (2018). Paired case research design and mixed-methods approach. In E. Kochskämper, E. Challies, N. W. Jager, & J. Newig (Eds.), Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation (pp. 28-36). Oxon [u.a.]: Routledge.

Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W., Newig, J., & Challies, E. (2018). Impact of participation on sustainable water management planning: Comparative analysis of eight cases. In E. Kochskämper, E. Challies, N. W. Jager, & J. Newig (Eds.), Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation (pp. 117-148). Oxon [u.a.]: Routledge.

Kochskämper, E., Jager, N. W., Newig, J., & Challies, E. (2018). Participation and Effective Environmental Governance: Causal mechanisms, and beyond. In E. Kochskämper, E. Challies, N. W. Jager, & J. Newig (Eds.), Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation (pp. 149-159). Oxon [u.a.]: Routledge.

2017

Newig, J., & Moss, T. (2017). Scale in environmental governance: moving from concepts and cases to consolidation. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 19(5), 473-479 [Free Open Access Content].

Kirschke, S., Borchardt, D., & Newig, J. (2017). Mapping Complexity in Environmental Governance: A comparative analysis of 37 priority issues in German water management. Environmental Policy and Governance, 27(6), 534-559 [Free Open Access Content].

Kirschke, S., & Newig, J. (2017). Addressing Complexity in Environmental Management and Governance. Sustainability 2017, 9(6), 983. [Free Open Access Content].

Challies, E., Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., & Jager, N. W. (2017). Governance change and governance learning in Europe: stakeholder participation in environmental policy implementation. Policy and Society, 36(2), 288-303 [Free Open Access Content].

Kirschke, S., Newig, J., Völker, J., & Borchardt, D. (2017). Does problem complexity matter for environmental policy delivery? How public authorities address problems of water governance. Journal of Environmental Management, 196, 1-7.

Lutz, L. M., Fischer, L.-B., Newig, J., & Lang, D. J. (2017). Driving factors for the regional implementation of renewable energy – A multiple case study on the German energy transition. Energy Policy, 105, 136-147.

Abson, D. J., Fischer, J., Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schomerus, T., Vilsmaier, U., von Wehrden, H., Abernethy, P., Ives, C. D., Jager, N. W. & Lang, D. J. (2017). Leverage points for sustainability transformation. Ambio, 46(1), 30-39.

Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson D.J., & Newig, J. (2017). Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy. Land Use Policy, 64, 1-12.

Kivimaa, P., Hildén, M., Huitema, D., Jordan, A., & Newig, J. (2017). Experiments in climate governance – a systematic review of research on energy and built environment transitions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 169, 17-29 [Free Open Access Content].

2016

Newig, J., Schulz, D., & Jager, N. (2016). Disentangling Puzzles of Spatial Scales and Participation in Environmental Governance – The Case of Governance Re-scaling Through the European Water Framework Directive. Environmental Management, 58(6): 998-1014. [Free Open Access Content]

Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schaal, T., & Velten, S. (2016). Governance approaches to address scale issues in biodiversity management – current situation and ways forward. MultAgri Policy Brief. MULTAGRI. 03/2016.

Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., Newig, J., & Jager, N. W. (2016). Participation for effective environmental governance? Evidence from Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Journal of Environmental Management, 181, 737-748.

de Vente, J., Reed, M.S., Stringer, L.S., Valente, S., & Newig, J. (2016). How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands. Ecology and Society, 21(2), 24.

Fischer, L.-B. & Newig, J. (2016). Importance of Actors and Agency in Sustainability Transitions: A Systematic Exploration of the Literature. Sustainability 8(5): 476 [Free Open Access Content].

Abson, D. J., Fischer, J., Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schomerus, T., Vilsmaier, U., von Wehrden, H., Abernethy, P., Ives, C. D., Jager, N. W., & Lang, D. J. (2016). Leverage points for sustainability transformation. Ambio [Free Open Access Content].

Jager, N. W., Challies, E., Kochskämper, E., Newig, J., Benson, D. Blackstock, K., Collins, K., Ernst, A., Evers, M., Feichtinger, J., Fritsch, O., Gooch, G., Grund, W., Hedelin, B., Hernández-Mora, N., Hüesker, F., Huitema, D., Irvine, K., Klinke, A., Lange, L., Loupsans, D., Lubell, M., Maganda, C., Matczak, P., Parés, M., Saarikoski, H., Slavíková, L., van der Arend, S., & von Korff, Y. (2016). Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States. Water, 8 (156).

Newig, J., Kochskämper, E., Challies, E., & Jager, N. W. (2016). Exploring governance learning: How policymakers draw on evidence, experience and intuition in designing participatory flood risk planning. Environmental Science & Policy, 55, 353-360. [Free Open Access Content]

Lenschow, A., Newig, J., & Challies, E. (2016). Globalization’s limits to the environmental state? Integrating telecoupling into global environmental governance. Environmental Politics, 25(1), 136-159. [Free Open Access Content]

Challies, E., Newig, J., Thaler, T., Kochskämper, E., & Levin-Keitel, M. (2016). Participatory and collaborative governance for sustainable flood risk management: An emerging research agenda. Environmental Science & Policy, 55(2), 275-280.

Fischer, D., Lüdecke, G., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G., Newig, J., Rieckmann, M., & Schulz, D. (2016). Sustainability Communication. In H. Heinrichs, P. Martens, G. Michelsen & A. Wiek (Eds.): Sustainability Science. An Introduction. Dordrecht: Springer. (S. 139–148).

Ekroos, J., Leventon, J., Fischer, J., Newig, J., & Smith, H. G. (2016). Embedding evidence on conservation interventions within a context of multi‐level governance. Conservation Letters 10(1): 139-145. [Free Open Access Content] 

2015

Jürges, N., & Newig, J. (2015) What role for frames in scalar conflicts? Land Use Policy 49, 426-434.

Velten S., Leventon J., Jager N., & Newig J. (2015). What Is Sustainable Agriculture? A Systematic Review. Sustainability, 7, 7833–7865. [Free Open Access Content]

Drazkiewicz, A., Challies, E., & Newig, J. (2015). Public participation and local environmental planning: Testing factors influencing decision quality and implementation in four case studies from Germany. Land Use Policy, 46, 211-222.

Röllig, M., Sutcliffe, L.M.E., Sammuk, M., v. Wehrden, H., Newig, J., & Fischer, J. (2015). Reviving wood-pastures for biodiversity and people: A case study from western Estonia. Ambio, 45, 185–195.

Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J., & Fischer, J. (2015). Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania. Land Use Policy, 43, 248-258.

Jürges, N., & Newig, J. (2015). How interest groups adapt to the changing forest governance landscape in the EU: A case study from Germany. Forest Policy and Economics, 50, 228-235.

Balsam, R., Herzog, C., Newig, J., Seifert, A., & Stegert, A. (2015). Die Studienreflexion an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. Zeitschrift für Beratung und Studium, 10, 20-24.

Schulz, D., & Newig, J. (2015). Assessing Online Consultation in Participatory Governance: A Conceptual Framework and Case Study of a National Sustainability-related Consultation Platform in Germany. Environmental Policy and Governance 25(1), 55-69.

Kivimaa, P., Hildén, M., Huitema D., Jordan, A., & Newig, J. (2015). Experiments in Climate Governance. Lessons from a Systematic Review of Case Studies in Transition Research. SPRU Working Paper Series 2015-36.

2014

Koontz, T. M., & Newig, J. (2014). From Planning to Implementation: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches for Collaborative Watershed Management. Policy Studies Journal, 42(3), 416-442.

Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., & Kochskämper, E. (2014). What Role for Public Participation in Implementing the EU Floods Directive? A comparison with the Water Framework Directive, early evidence from Germany, and a research agenda. Environmental Policy and Governance, 24(4), 275–288.

Koontz, T. M., & Newig, J. (2014). Cross-level Information and Influence in Mandated Participatory Planning: Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Water Management in Germany’s Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. Land Use Policy, 38, 594–604.

Newig, J. (2014). Kommunikation, Partizipation und digitale Medien: Partizipation. In H. Heinrichs, & G. Michelsen (Hrsg.), Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. (S. 381-397). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum.

Evers, M., & Newig, J. (2014). Wasser. In H. Heinrichs, & G. Michelsen (Hrsg.), Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. (S. 475-500). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Balsam, R., Newig, J., & Seifert, A. (2014). The Three-Tiered Leuphana Model of Student Support. 14 S. (INFU – Diskussionsbeiträge; Nr. 39/14), (INFU Discussion Paper; Nr. 39/14). Lüneburg: Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication (INFU).

Newig, J., & Koontz, T. M. (2014). Multi-level Governance, Policy Implementation and Participation: The EU’s Mandated Participatory Planning Approach to Implementing Environmental Policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 21(2), 248-267.

Newig, J., Challies, E., Jager, N. W., & Kochskämper, E. (2014). Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung und EU Hochwasserrisikomanagement-Richtlinie. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung, 58(6), 339-340.

Newig, J., & Challies, E. (2014). Water, Rivers and Wetlands. In Harris, P. (Hrsg.), Routledge Handbook of global Environmental Politics, 439-452. [34] (Routledge Handbooks). London & New York: Routledge.

Challies, E., Newig, J., & Lenschow, A. (2014). What role for social-ecological systems research in governing global teleconnections? Global Environmental Change : Human and Policy Dimensions, 27, 32-40.

2013

Newig, J., & Balsam, R. (2013). Produktive Funktionen von Kollaps und Zerstörung für gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit. In J. Rückert-John (Hrsg.), Soziale Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven sozialen Wandels. (S. 133-149). (Innovation und Gesellschaft). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Newig, J., Adzersen, A., Challies, E., Fritsch, O., & Jager, N. W. (2013). Comparative analysis of public environmental decision-making processes: A variable-based analytical scheme. 65 S. (INFU Discussion Paper; Nr. 37). Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg.

Brandt, P., Ernst, A., Gralla, F., Lüderitz, C., Lang, D., Newig, J., Reinert, F., Abson, D. J., & von Wehrden, H. (2013). A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science. Ecological Economics, 92(August), 1-15.

Newig, J., Schulz, D., Fischer, D., Hetze, K., Laws, N., Lüdecke, G., & Rieckmann, M. (2013). Communication Regarding Sustainability: Conceptual Perspectives and Exploration of Societal Subsystems. Sustainability, 5(7), 2976-2990.

Mikulcak, F., Newig, J., Milcu, A. I., Hartel, T., & Fischer, J. (2013). Integrating rural development and biodiversity conservation in Central Romania. Environmental Conservation, 40(2), 129-137.

2012

Newig, J., Jager, N. W., & Challies, E. (2012). Führt Bürgerbeteiligung in umweltpolitischen Entscheidungsprozessen zu mehr Effektivität und Legitimität?. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 22(4), 527-564.

Newig, J. (2012). More effective natural resource management through participatory governance? Taking stock of the conceptual and empirical literature – and moving forward. In K. Hogl, E. Kvarda, R. Nordbeck, & M. Pregernig (Hrsg.), Environmental governance: The challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness. (S. 46-68). Cheltenham et al.: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Newig, J., & Kvarda, E. (2012). Participation in environmental governance: legitimate and effective?. In K. Hogl, E. Kvarda, R. Nordbeck, & M. Pregernig (Hrsg.), Environmental governance: The challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness. (S. 29-45). Cheltenham et al.: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Fritsch, O., & Newig, J. (2012). Participatory governance and sustainability: Findings of a meta-analysis of stakeholder involvement in environmental decision-making. In E. Brousseau,T. Dedeurwaerdere, & B. Siebenhüner (Hrsg.), Reflexive governance for global public goods. (S. 181-204). Cambridge (Mass.): The MIT Press.

2011

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2011). Anspruch und Wirklichkeit: Befördert Partizipation umweltpolitisch „gute“ Entscheidungen?. In Demokratie und Umweltkrise: Brauchen wir mehr Mitbestimmung?. (S. 206-211). (Wissenschaft und Umwelt Interdisziplinär; Band 14). München: oekom.

Newig, J. (2011). Climate change as an element of sustainability communication. in J. Godemann, & G. Michelsen (Hrsg.), Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations, 119-128. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer Netherland.

Heinrichs, H., Fischedick, M., Lechtenböhmer, S., Newig, J., Roßnagel, A., Ruck, W., Schomerus, T., & Thomas, S. (2011). Die Energiewende als transdisziplinäre Herausforderung. Gaia, 20(3), 202-204.

Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K., & Newig, J. (2011). Einleitung: Nachhaltige Gesellschaft – Gestaltung durch Partizipation und Kooperation? In H. Heinrichs, K. Kuhn, & J. Newig (Hrsg.), Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation? (S. 11-14). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Newig, J., Kuhn, K., & Heinrichs, H. (2011). Nachhaltige Entwicklung durch gesellschaftliche Partizipation und Kooperation? – eine kritische Revision zentraler Theorien und Konzepte. In H. Heinrichs, K. Kuhn, & J. Newig (Hrsg.), Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation? (S. 27-45). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K., & Newig, J. (Hrsg.) (2011). Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation? VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2011). Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit durch zivilgesellschaftliche Partizipation? Zum Stand der Debatte in der internationalen Literatur. In M. Handler, & R. Trattnigg (Hrsg.), Zukunft der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung: Chancen. Grenzen. Herausforderungen (S. 55-64). Wien: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Lebensmittelministerium).

Newig, J. (2011). Partizipation und Kooperation zur Effektivitätssteigerung in Politik und Governance?. In H. Heinrichs, K. Kuhn, & J. Newig (Hrsg.), Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. (S. 65-79). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Newig, J. (2011). Partizipation und neue Formen der Governance. In M. Groß (Hrsg.), Handbuch Umweltsoziologie (S. 485-502). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

2010

Newig, J., & Moss, T. (Hrsg.) (2010). Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale. (Environmental Management; Band 46, Nr. 1). Springer-Verlag.

Moss, T., & Newig, J. (2010). Multilevel Water Governance and Problems of Scale: Setting the Stage for a Broader Debate. Environmental Management, 46(1), 1-6.

Newig, J., & Voß, J-P. (2010). Steuerung nachhaltiger Entwicklung. in R. Steurer, & R. Trattnigg (Hrsg.), Nachhaltigkeit regieren: Eine Bilanz zu Governance-Prinzipien und -Praktiken. (S. 239-257). München: oekom.

Newig, J. (2010). Symbolische Gesetzgebung zwischen Machtausübung und gesellschaftlicher Selbsttäuschung. In M. Cottier, J. Estermann, & M. Wrase (Hrsg.), Wie wirkt Recht?. (S. 301-322). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

Newig, J., Guenther, D., & Pahl-Wostl, C. (2010). Synapses in the Network: Learning in Governance Networks in the Context of Environmental Management. Ecology and Society, 15(4).

Reed, M. S., Evely, A. C., Cundill, G., Fazey, I., Glass, J., Laing, A., Newig, J., Parrish, B., Prell, C., Raymond, C., & Stringer, L. (2010). What is Social Learning? Ecology and Society, 15(4): r1.

2009

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2009). Der Beitrag zivilgesellschaftlicher Partizipation zur Effektivitätssteigerung von Governance: eine Analyse umweltpolitischer Beteiligungsverfahren im transatlantischen Vergleich. In I. Bode, A. Evers, & A. Klein (Hrsg.): Bürgergesellschaft als Projekt: Eine Bestandsaufnahme zu Entwicklung und Förderung zivilgesellschaftlicher Potenziale in Deutschland (S. 214-239). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2009). Environmental governance: participatory, multi-level – and effective?. Environmental Policy and Governance, 19(3), 197-214.

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2009). More input – better output: Does citizen involvement improve environmental governance?. In I. Blühdorn (Hrsg.), In search of legitimacy. (S. 205-224). Opladen [u.a.]: Budrich.

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2009). The case survey method and applications in political science. APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper.

2008

Newig, J., Haberl, H., Pahl-Wostl, C., & Rothman, D. S. (2008). Formalised and Non-Formalised Methods in Resource Management-Knowledge and Social Learning in Participatory Processes: An Introduction. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 21(6), 381-387.

Newig, J., Gaube, V., Berkhoff, K., Kaldrack, K., Kastens, B., Lutz, J., Schlußmeier, B., Andensam, H., & Haberl, H. (2008). The Role of Formalisation, Participation and Context in the Success of Public Involvement Mechanisms in Resource Management. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 21(6), 423-441.

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2008) Environmental Governance: Participatory, Multi-level – and Effective? UFZ-Discussion Paper 15/2008 – GoverNat 8. Leipzig: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ.

Özerol, G., & Newig, J. (2008). Evaluating the success of public participation in water resources management: five key constituents. Water Policy, 10(6), 639-655.

Newig, J., Voß, J-P., & Monstadt, J. (Hrsg.) (2008). Governance for sustainable development: Coping with ambivalence, uncertainty and distributed power. London: Routledge Publishers.

Pahl-Wostl, C., Newig, J., & Ridder, D. (2008). Linking Public Participation to Adaptive Management. In P. Quevauviller (Hrsg.), Groundwater Science and Policy: An International Overview. (S. 150-173). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Voß, J-P., Newig, J., Kastens, B., Monstadt, J., & Nölting, B. (2008). Steering for sustainable development: a typology of problems and strategies with respect to ambivalence, uncertainty and distributed power. In J. Newig, J.-P. Voß & J. Monstadt (Hrsg.), Governance for sustainable development. (S. 1-20). Abingdon: Routledge Publishers.

Kastens, B., & Newig, J. (2008). Will participation foster the successful implementation of the Water Framework Directive?: The case of agricultural groundwater protection in Northwest Germany. Local Environment, 13(1), 27-41.

2007

Newig, J. (2007). Does public participation in environmental decisions lead to improved environmental quality?: Towards an analytical framework. Communication, Cooperation, Participation, 1(1), 51-71.

Kastens, B., & Newig, J. (2007). Auf dem Weg zu einem flächendeckenden Gewässerschutz? Die Umsetzung der WRRL in Bezug auf landwirtschaftliche Nitratbelastungen. Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht, 30(4), 489-510.

Newig, J., Voß, J-P., & Monstadt, J. (2007). Editorial: Governance for Sustainable Development in the Face of Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Distributed Power: an Introduction. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 9(3-4), 185-192.

Newig, J. (2007). Gewässerschutz am Runden Tisch – am Beispiel der Gebietskooperationen in Niedersachsen. In R. Strohschneider (Hrsg.), Integration von Wasserrahmenrichtlinie und Naturschutz: Bilanz der Umsetzung, Konfliktpotenziale und Lösungsansätze, 92-99. (NNA Berichte; Band 20. Jahrgang, Nr. Heft 1). Alfred Töpfer Akademie für Naturschutz.

Newig, J., & Kaldrack, K. (2007). Sauberes Wasser durch Partizipation?: Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie im Landkreis Osnabrück. In B. Nölting & M. Schäfer (Hrsg.), Vom Acker auf den Teller: Impulse der Agrar- und Ernährungsforschung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. (S. 137-147). München: oekom.

Voß, J-P., Newig, J., Kastens, B., Monstadt, J., & Nölting, B. (2007). Steering for sustainable development: a typology of problems and strategies with respect to ambivalence, uncertainty and distributed power. Journal of Enviromental Policy & Planning, 9(3-4), 193-212.

Newig, J. (2007). Symbolic Environmental Legislation and Societal Self-Deception. Environmental Politics, 16(2), 276-296.

Kastens, B., & Newig, J. (2007). The Water Framework Directive and Agricultural Nitrate Pollution: Will Great Expectations in Brussels be Dashed in Lower Saxony?. European Environment, 17(4), 231-246.

2005

Kastens, B., & Newig, J. (2005). Die aktuelle Umsetzung der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie- Konsequenzen und Perspektiven für die Landwirtschaft am Beispiel Niedersachsens. Berichte über Landwirtschaft, 83(3), 463-482.

Newig, J. (2005). Die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung nach der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie: Hintergründe, Anforderungen und die Umsetzung in Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht, 28(4), 469-512.

Newig, J. (2005). Erleichtert Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung die Umsetzung (umwelt-)politischer Maßnahmen? Ein Modellansatz zur Erklärung der Implementationseffektivität. In P.H. Feindt, & J. Newig (Hrsg.), Partizipation Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven der Politischen Ökonomie. (S. 89-116). (Ökologie und Wirtschaftsforschung; Band 62). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie.

Feindt, P. H., & Newig, J. (Hrsg.) (2005). Partizipation, Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven der politischen Ökonomie. Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie.

Feindt, P. H., & Newig, J. (2005). Politische Ökonomie von Partizipation und Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung im Nachhaltigkeitskontext: Probleme und Forschungsperspektiven. In P.H. Feindt, & J. Newig (Hrsg.), Partizipation, Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, Nachhaltigkeit: Perspektiven der Politischen Ökonomie (S. 9-40). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie.

Newig, J., Pahl-Wostl, C., & Sigel, K. (2005). The Role of Public Participation in Managing Uncertainty in the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive. European Environment, 15(6), 333-343.

2004

Newig, J. (2004). Public Attention, Political Action: The Example of Environmental Regulation. Rationality and Society, 16(2), 149-190.

Newig, J. (2004). Symbolische Gesetzgebung: Umweltpolitik unter gesellschaftlichen Macht-und Informationsasymmetrien. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 14(3), 813-851.