Dr. Wolfgang Haupt

Head of Research Group | Politics and Planning

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Wolfgang Haupt joined IRS as a research associate in May 2019. He is part of the research group “Urban Sustainability Transformations Research” (formerly: “Institutional Change and Regional Public Goods”). From September 2020 to November 2023, he was deputy head of the research group and has been its head since December 2023.

His research focuses primarily on the urban level. Currently, it mainly includes urban climate governance (climate change mitigation and adaptation), urban resilience, material and immaterial cultural and world heritage and its significance for urban development, and questions of innovation transfer between cities.

Wolfgang holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in geography from Technische Universität Dresden (2008-2014) and a Ph.D. in urban studies from Gran Sasso Science Institute L’Aquila and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa (2015-2019). In his Ph.D. thesis he explored processes of learning among local policymakers (city-to-city learning) and how these are facilitated by transnational municipal climate networks.

Between October 2018 and May 2019 he worked as lecturer and coordinator of the international master programme „City Resilience Design and Management“ at the International University of Catalonia in Barcelona. Wolfgang Haupt regularly teaches at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, where he is currently completing his habilitation at the Chair of Regional Planning.

Projects

Ongoing Lead Projects

Lead project 01/2022 - 12/2025

Conflicts in Planning: Major Projects and their Potential for Institutional Change

The project examines large-scale projects as profound disruptions that shake the well-rehearsed routines of institutions and can lead to institutional change. The project examines the large-scale project of the Tesla settlement in comparison to other case studies with regard to disruptive effects on policy and planning and thus tests the transferability of the term disruption to policy and planning research. more info

Ongoing Third-party Funded Projects

Third-party funded project 09/2024 - 08/2026

Unlikely Climate Pioneers: Local Governments’ Net Zero Actions in Left Behind Places in the UK and Germany

Local governments are known to play an increasingly central role in climate change governance. The research of local climate responses has, however, been dominated by studies on larger and/or internationally prominent cities, while neglecting smaller and less-resourceful local governments, particularly those responsible for running structurally disadvantaged and ‘left behind’ places. This project will address this gap through a study of disadvantaged local council areas in the UK and Germany. more info

Ongoing Cross-departmental Projects

Cross-departmental project 01/2022 - 12/2025

Disruption and Spatial Development: Concepts on Spatio-temporal Dynamics, Modes of Perception and Strategies for Action

The bridge project "Disruption and spatial development: concepts on spatio-temporal dynamics, modes of perception and strategies of action" continues the conceptual elaboration of the disruption heuristic, uses it to interpret empirical findings in the lead project research (and beyond) and, conversely, incorporates suggestions from the empirical research of the lead projects into the further conceptual development. more info

Ongoing Qualification Projects

Qualification project 01/2022 - 12/2025

Pioneers, Imitators and Laggards: Governance of Climate Change in German Cities

For several decades, (some) cities have been active in climate policy. Previous research on urban climate policy has mostly focused on internationally well-connected and high-profile larger cities and on a handful of prominent smaller pioneering cities. But what about the cities in the second tier, which, unlike the leaders, usually (have to) work with very limited financial and human resources and without significant political and civil society support? This habilitation project focuses on the widest possible range of cities and explores the question of why climate policy activity emerges in cities and why it does not. more info

Completed Lead Projects

Critical Infrastructures: The Political Construction, Spatiality and Governance of Criticality

Completed Third-party Funded Projects

Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather Events - Typologies and Transfer of Adaptation Strategies in Medium-Sized Cities and Towns (ExTrass-V)

Urban Resilience vis-a-vis Extreme Weather Events - Typology and Transfer (Research and Development Phase) (ExTrass)

Matching Forerunner Cities: Coping with climate change in Turku, Malmö, Rostock, and Groningen (MaFoCi)

Selected Publications by Year

2024

Kern, K., Eckersley, P., Kochskämper, E., & Haupt, W. (2024). Unpacking Polycentric Climate Governance: Tracing the Evolution of Transnational Municipal Networks over Time. Global Environmental Politics, 24(3), 121-143. https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00754

Haupt, W., Laug, L., & Eckersley, P. (2024). Structure, Agency and Local Climate Governance: How do Individual Actors Exploit Local Contexts to Shape Policymaking in Smaller Cities and Towns? Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2024.2354384

Kochskämper, E., Glass, L-M., Haupt, W., Malekpour, S., & Granger-Brown, J. (2024). Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Scrutiny of Adaptation Strategies in the 100 Resilience Cities Initiative. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2023.2297648

Kronvall, A., Haupt, W., & Kern, K. (2024). Transformative Climate Governance in Small Swedish Municipalities: Exploring the Cases of Enköping and Kiruna. Environmental Policy and Governance, 34(4), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2086

Haupt, W., Kern, K., & Irmisch, J. L. (2024). From Climate Policy Pioneers to Climate Policy Leaders? The Examples of the Eastern German Cities of Potsdam and Rostock. Urban Research & Practice, 17(1), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2022.2104655

2023

Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., Irmisch, J. L., & Kern, K. (2023). Fridays for Future auf lokaler Ebene: Aktivität und Stärke der Ortsgruppen in deutschen Städten. In J. Pollex, & A. Soßdorf (Eds.), Fridays for Future: Einordnung, Rezeption und Wirkung der neuen Klimabewegung (pp. 213–240). (Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-41447-4_10

Kern, K., Haupt, W., Kochskämper, E., & Eckersley, P. (2023). Städte als Vorreiter? Kommunale Nachhaltigkeits- und Klimapolitik in Deutschland zwischen Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft. Politikum, 2023(3), 33-39. https://doi.org/10.46499/2194.2806

Eckersley, P., Haupt, W., Wiegleb, V., Trier, J., & Otto, A. (2023). Intentionality and Visibility in State- and Society-led Climate Approaches: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Local Adaptation Initiatives. Geographica Helvetica, 78(3), 369–380. [78]. https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-78-369-2023

Eckersley, P., Kern, K., Haupt, W., & Müller, H. (2023). Climate Governance and Federalism in Germany. In A. Fenna, S. Jodoin, & J. Setzer (Eds.), Climate Governance and Federalism : A Forum of Federations Comparative Policy Analysis (pp. 150-176). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009249676.009

Haupt, W. (2023). Policy Diffusion, Policy Transfer, and Policy Mobilities Revisited: A Call for More Interdisciplinary Approaches in Human Geography. Geography Compass, 17(5), [e12688]. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12688

Kern, K., Eckersley, P., & Haupt, W. (2023). Diffusion and Upscaling of Municipal Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Germany. Regional Environmental Change, 23(1), [28]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-02020-z

Coppola, A., & Haupt, W. (2023). Philanthropic Organisations and the Global Circulation of Urban Resilience Practices – The Case of 100 Resilient Cities. In R. Brinkmann (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability (pp. 2557-2574). [149] Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38948-2_167-1

Kern, K., Grönholm, S., Haupt, W., & Hopman, L. (2023). Matching Forerunner Cities: Climate Policy in Turku, Groningen, Rostock, and Potsdam. Review of Policy Research, 40(6), 1004-1025. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12525

Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., Irmisch, J. L., & Kern, K. (2023). How do Local Factors Shape Transformation Pathways Towards Climate-Neutral and Resilient Cities? European Planning Studies, 31(9), 1903-1925. [31(9)]. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2147394

2022

Riechel, R., Knak, A., Haupt, W., Linke, S., Moseler, E-M., Zölch, T., Paul, M., Rößler, S., & Volkmann, A. (2022, Dec). Nachhaltige Stadt- und Quartiersentwicklung in der Zukunftsstadt: Anpassungsbedarfe im planerischen Instrumentarium seitens des Bundes und der Länder: Impulse aus der Forschung. Synthese- und Vernetzungsprojekt Zukunftsstadt. https://www.nachhaltige-zukunftsstadt.de/downloads/SynVerZ-Paper_5_NachhaltQuartier_Zukunfststadt.pdf

Albrecht, J., Eckersley, P., Haupt, W., Huber, B., Irmisch, J. L., Lipp, T., Miechielsen, M., & Sterzel, T. (2022, Nov 14). Stärkung der Integration von Klimaanpassung an Hitze und Starkregen in die kommunale Planung: Zwölf Handlungsempfehlungen aus dem Dialog mit kommunalen Planer:innen im Projekt ExTrass. Urbane Resilienz gegenüber extremen Wettereignissen – Typologien und Transfer von Anpassungsstrategien in kleinen Großstädten und Mittelstädten. Adelphi research gemeinnützige GmbH. https://www.adelphi.de/de/system/files/mediathek/bilder/_ExTrass_Policy_Brief_221114_finaleVersion_b.pdf

Huber, B., Miechielsen, M., Otto, A., Schmidt, K., Ullrich, S., Deppermann, L-H., Eckersley, P., Haupt, W., Heidenreich, A., Kern, K., Lipp, T., Neumann, N., Schneider, P., Sterzel, T., & Thieken, A. (2022, Nov 3). Instrumente und Maßnahmen der kommunalen Klimaanpassung: Empirische Befunde für einen erfolgreichen Transfer. Universitätsverlag Potsdam. https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-56345

Reichel, C., & Haupt, W. (2022). Beyond Knowledge: Learning to Cope with Climate Change in Cities. In R. C. Brears (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures (pp. 75-79). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_186-1

Haupt, W., & Kern, K. (2022). Explaining Climate Policy Pathways of Unlikely City Pioneers: The Case of the German City of Remscheid. Urban Climate, 45, [101220]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101220

Otto, A. (Ed.), Thieken, A. (Ed.), Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., Kern, K., Ullrich, S., Hautz, T., Rocker, P., Rabea, S., Sausen, H., Dillenardt, L., Rose, C., Schmidt, K., Huber, B., Sterzel, T., Marken, M., Michielsen, M., Thieken, A., & Otto, A. (2022, Jul 18). Urbane Resilienz gegenüber extremen Wetterereignissen: Gemeinsamer Verbundabschlussbericht des Forschungsprojektes ExTrass. Universitätsverlag Potsdam. https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-55542

Haupt, W., Irmisch, J. L., & Eckersley, P. (2022, Apr 29). Handlungsempfehlungen für eine bessere Klimakoordination in Kommunen. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/253688

Kern, K., Haupt, W., & Niederhafner, S. (2022). Entwicklungspfade städtischer Klimapolitik: Bedeutung von Schlüsselereignissen und Schlüsselakteur:innen für die Klimapolitik in Potsdam, Remscheid und Würzburg. disP: The Planning Review, 57(4), 32-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2021.2060576

Irmisch, J. L., Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., Kern, K., & Müller, H. (2022). Klimapolitische Entwicklungspfade deutscher Groß- und Mittelstädte. (IRS Dialog; Vol. 2022, No. 2). Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. https://leibniz-irs.de/medien/irs-dialog/klimapolitische-entwicklungspfade-deutscher-gross-und-mittelstaedte

Haupt, W. (2022). The Sustainable and the Smart City: Distinguishing Two Contemporary Urban Visions. In R. C. Brears (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures (pp. 1722-1735). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_177-1

2021

Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., & Kern, K. (2021). Transfer und Skalierung von lokaler Klimapolitik: Konzeptionelle Ansätze, Voraussetzungen und Potenziale. (IRS Dialog; Vol. 2021, No. 1). Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230620

Kern, K., Grönholm, S., Haupt, W., Hopman, L., Tynkkynen, N., & Kettunen, P. (2021, May 7). Turku is a Forerunner in Climate Mitigation, but has Catching Up to do in Climate Adaptation. City of Turku. https://www.turku.fi/sites/default/files/atoms/files/researchbriefings_2021-1.pdf

Kern, K., Grönholm, S., Haupt, W., Hopman, L., Tynkkynen, N., & Kettunen, P. (2021, Apr 30). Matching Forerunner Cities: Assessing Turku's Climate Policy in Comparison with Malmö, Groningen and Rostock. City of Turku. https://www.turku.fi/sites/default/files/atoms/files/kto-tutkimusraportteja_1-2021.pdf

Kern, K., Grönholm, S., Haupt, W., Hopman, L., Tynkkynen, N., & Kettunen, P. (2021, May 7). Turku on edelläkävijä ilmastonmuutoksen torjunnassa, mutta sopeutumisessa riittää kirittävää. City of Turku. https://www.turku.fi/sites/default/files/atoms/files/tutkimuskatsauksia_2021-1.pdf

Otto, A., Kern, K., Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., & Thieken, A. (2021). Ranking Local Climate Policy: Assessing the Mitigation and Adaptation Activities of 104 German Cities. Climatic Change, 167(1-2), [5]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03142-9

Kern, K., Irmisch, J. L., Odermatt, C., Haupt, W., & Kissling-Näf, I. (2021). Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development, and Climate Policy: Comparing the UNESCO World Heritage Cities of Potsdam and Bern. Sustainability, 13(16), [9131]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169131

Eckersley, P., Kern, K., Haupt, W., & Müller, H. (2021). The Multi-level Context for Local Climate Governance in Germany: The Role of the Federal States. (IRS Dialog; Vol. 2021, No. 3). Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. https://leibniz-irs.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Transferpublikationen/2021/IRS_Dialog_multi-level_governance.pdf

Kern, K., & Haupt, W. (2021). Von Reallaboren zu urbanen Experimenten: Deutsche und internationale Debatten. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 79(4), 322-335. https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.48

Häußler, S., & Haupt, W. (2021). Climate Change Adaptation Networks for Small and Medium-sized Cities. SN Social Sciences, 11(1), [262]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00267-7

Haupt, W., Eckersley, P., & Kern, K. (2021). How Can ‘Ordinary’ Cities Become Climate Pioneers? In C. Howarth, M. Lane, & S. Amanda (Eds.), Addressing the Climate Crisis: Local Action in Theory and Practice (pp. 83-92). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79739-3_8

Haupt, W. (2021). How do Local Policy Makers Learn about Climate Change Adaptation Policies? Examining Study Visits as an Instrument of Policy Learning in the European Union. Urban Affairs Review, 57(6), 1697–1729. [57]. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087420938443

Haupt, W., Zevenbergen, C., & Van Herk, S. (2021). City-to-City Learning within City Networks to Cater City Needs to Climate Adaptation: Results of a Preliminary Study. In S. Hülsmann, & M. Jampani (Eds.), A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Development: Integrated Resources Management in Resilient Cities and Multifunctional Land-use Systems (pp. 223-238). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57530-4_14

2020

Coppola, A., Crivelli, S., & Haupt, W. (2020). Urban Resilience as New Ways of Governing: The Implementation of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative in Rome and Milan. In A. Balducci, D. Chiffi, & F. Curci (Eds.), Risk and Resilience: Socio‐Spatial and Environmental Challenges (pp. 113-136). (PoliMI SpringerBriefs). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56067-6_8

Haupt, W., & Kern, K. (2020). Entwicklungspfade von Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung in Remscheid. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214661

http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214661

Haupt, W. (2020). Interkommunales Lernen: Definition, Bedeutung und Potenzial für die lokale Klimawandelanpassung. In T. Neumann, U. Ziesler, & T. Teich (Eds.), Kooperation und Innovation für eine nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung: Forschung mit innovativen Kommunen (pp. 189-203). (Research). Springer Spektrum.

Haupt, W., Chelleri, L., Van Herk, S., & Zevenbergen, C. (2020). City-to-City Learning within Climate City Networks: Definition, Significance, and Challenges from a Global Perspective. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 12(2), 143-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2019.1691007

2019

Haupt, W., & Coppola, A. (2019). Climate Governance in Transnational Municipal Networks: Advancing a Potential Agenda for Analysis and Typology. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2019 (11 (2)), 123-140.

2018

Haupt, W. (2018). European Municipalities Engaging in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Networks: Examining the Case of the Covenant of Mayors. In Y. Yamagata, & A. Sharifi (Eds.), Resilience-Oriented Urban Planning: Theoretical and Empirical Insights (Vol. Lecture Notes in Energy, pp. 93-110). Springer.

Van Herk, S., Chelleri, L., Haupt, W., & Berkelmans, M. (2018). BEGIN: Experiences, Methods and Guidelines to Accelerate Effective City-to-City Learning to Reach Transformational Change. Paper presented at Reframing Urban Resilience Implementation: Aligning Sustainability and Resilience. 11th International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) Congress 2018, Barcelona, .

2014

Haupt, W. (2014). Förderinstrumente für erneuerbare Energien im Stadtraum: Eine Analyse der Vor- und Nachteile ausgewählter Programme.

Selected Publications by Type

Journal Article

Kern, K., & Haupt, W. (2021). Von Reallaboren zu urbanen Experimenten: Deutsche und internationale Debatten. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 79(4), 322-335. https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.48

Häußler, S., & Haupt, W. (2021). Climate Change Adaptation Networks for Small and Medium-sized Cities. SN Social Sciences, 11(1), [262]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00267-7

Contribution to Anthology

Conference Paper

Expertise / Position Paper / Policy Paper

Final or Preliminary Project Report (even if not published)

Haupt, W., & Kern, K. (2020). Entwicklungspfade von Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung in Remscheid. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214661

http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214661

Haupt, W. (2014). Förderinstrumente für erneuerbare Energien im Stadtraum: Eine Analyse der Vor- und Nachteile ausgewählter Programme.

Working Paper, Discussion Paper

Talks

2024

The role of disruptive events in the transformation of local climate and integration policy

2nd Lund – Gothenburg – Potsdam Seminar

October/22/2024
Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Die Rolle von disruptiven Ereignissen für die Arbeit und den Wandel von Verwaltungen

29. Wissenschaftliche Kongress der DVPW „Politik in der Polykrise“

September/26/2024
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen

Planungsbeschleunigungen in der Energiekrise: Konflikte um die Errichtung von Flüssiggas-Terminals vor Rügen und in Wilhelmshaven

Arbeitskreis Geographische Energieforschung

June/07/2024
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg/Lahn, Germany

Räumliche Neuordnungen in der Klimakrise: Beiträge der Humangeographie - Klima-Governance und Transformationskonflikte

Tagung Neue Kulturgeographie 2024

May/23/2024
Universität Münster, Münster/Westfalen, Germany

Pitfalls and Potentials of Transdisciplinary Research

IRS Spring Academy 2024

May/16/2024
Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany

Stärkung der Integration von Klimaanpassung an Hitze und Starkregen in die kommunale Planung

Stadt-Land-Zukunft - Konferenz Zukunftsstadt 2024 des BMBF

March/14/2024
Alte Münze, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2023

Climate Governance in Germany: A Story of Forerunners, Followers and Laggards

Research Seminar

October/11/2023
Cardiff University, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Klimaanpassung nur für Großstädte? Wie Kleinstädte zu eigenständigen Vorbildern der Klimaanpassung werden

HochschulCampus KleinstadtForschung Abschlusskonferenz

September/28/2023
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany

Klimapolitik und klimapolitische Entwicklungspfade in deutschen Städten: Vorreiter, Nachahmer und Nachzügler

Klimaneutrale Städte – Wege zur Transformation: Dimensionen, Herausforderungen, Erfahrungen

September/08/2023
Schlesisches Museum Görlitz, Europastadt Görlitz/Zgorzelec, Germany

Structure, Agency and Local Climate Governance: How do Individual Actors Exploit Local Contexts to Shape Policymaking in Smaller Cities and Towns?

ECPR General Conference 2023

September/05/2023
Prag, Czech Republic

Climate Change Acts on the Move: Drivers and Limits of Horizontal and Vertical Diffusion in the German Federal System

ECPR General Conference 2023

September/05/2023
Prag, Czech Republic

Structure, Agency and Local Climate Governance: How do Individual Actors Exploit Local Contexts to Shape Policymaking in Smaller Cities and Towns?

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2023

August/31/2023
Royal Geographical Society & Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Climate Emergency Declarations and the Role of Fridays for Future in German Cities

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2023

August/31/2023
Royal Geographical Society & Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Structure, Agency and Local Climate Governance: How do Individual Actors Exploit Local Contexts to Shape Policymaking in Smaller Cities and Towns?

6th International Conference on Public Policy

June/29/2023
Toronto, Canada

Structure, Agency and Local Climate Governance: How do Individual Actors Shape Policy‐making in Smaller Cities and Towns?

4th UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium

May/12/2023
Royal Society, London, United Kingdom

Structure, Agency and Local Climate Governance: How do Individual Actors Shape Policy‐making in Smaller Cities and Towns?

Offene Tagung des DVPW Arbeitskreises Umweltpolitik/Global Change

February/23/2023
Akademie Franz Hitze Haus, Münster, Germany

Intentionality and visibility in state- and society-led climate approaches: towards a more comprehensive understanding of local adaptation initiatives

Tagung Neue Kulturgeographie 2023

January/27/2023
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany

2022

Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Klimaschutzpolitik in deutschen und europäischen Städten

Klimaschutz Praxis

November/21/2022
Hochschule Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany

How can 'Ordinary' Cities Become Climate Pioneers?

Webinar: The Response of Local Governance to the Global Climate Emergency

November/08/2022
online, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Resilient and Sustainable? Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative Over Time and Space

2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance "Governing Accelerated Transitions: Justice, Creativity, and Power in a Transforming World"

October/21/2022
online, Toronto

How to Transfer Solutions from one City to Another (to Contribute to Net-zero)?

Bringing Political Science to Bear on Net-Zero: Identifying
Opportunities, Challenges and Ways Forward at the Local Level - Part 1

September/26/2022
Birmingham (online)

A Global Movement Making a Difference Locally? The Role of Fridays for Future in Shaping Climate Policy in German Cities

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2022

August/31/2022
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

How do Local Factors Shape Transformation Pathways Towards Climate-neutral and Resilient Cities?

ECPR General Conference 2022

August/24/2022
Innsbruck, Austria

Fridays for Future in German Cities: Comparing its Activities and Influence in Forerunners and Laggards

ECPR General Conference 2022

August/23/2022
Innsbruck, Austria

Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Development, and Climate Policy: Comparing the UNESCO World Heritage Cities of Potsdam and Bern

The Paris 2022 UGI Centennial Congress

July/19/2022
Paris, Paris, France

How do Local Factors Shape Transformation Pathways Towards Climate-neutral and Resilient Cities? A Comparison of Industrial, Historic and University Cities in Germany

Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2022

June/07/2022
Göteborg, Sweden

Die üblichen Verdächtigen? Aktivität und Stärke von Fridays for Future Ortsgruppen in deutschen Städten

Workshop zum Sammelband "Fridays for Future. Einordnung, Rezeption und Wirkung der neuen Klimabewegung"

April/28/2022
Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Fridays for Future in German Cities: Comparing its Activities and Influence in Forerunners and Laggards

Political Studies Association (PSA) Conference "Politics from the Margins"

April/11/2022
York , United Kingdom

Actors and Activities in Local Climate Governance: Towards a more Comprehensive Understanding of Adaptation Initiatives

Workshop ‘Climate Adaptive Governance’ des Netzwerks "TheoAdapt – Theorizing Climate Adaptation"

March/17/2022
virtuell

Policy Diffusion and Upscaling of Climate Strategies in German Cities

Topical Collection Mini-Workshop - Adaptation Governance and Policy Diffusion

January/21/2022
online, TU Darmstadt, Germany

2021

Digitalisation Between the Promise of Effectiveness and the Threat of Vulnerability: Which Perceptions and Actors Shape Digitalised Urban Infrastructures?

On-/Offline Interferences. Digitalisation and Socio-Spatial Transformations

November/15/2021
IRS, Erkner (digital), Germany

Aktuelle Forschungsperspektiven für die städtische Klima-Governance an der Schnittstelle von Energie- und Nachhaltigkeitsgeographie

#GeoWoche2021

October/08/2021
Universität Passau, virtuell, Passau, Germany

Ranking Local Climate Policy: Assessing the Mitigation and Adaptation Activities of 104 German Cities

28. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft

September/15/2021
online Veranstaltung

Ranking Local Climate Policy: Assessing the Mitigation and Adaptation Activities of 104 German Cities

UK Public Administration Committee Conference

September/07/2021
Virtuell, Leicester, United Kingdom

How Can ‘Ordinary’ Cities Become Climate Pioneers?

ECPR General Conference 2021

August/31/2021
Innsbruck/online, Innsbruck, Austria

Policy Diffusion and Upscaling of Climate Policies in German Cities

26th World Congress of Political Science

July/12/2021
Lissabon (virtuell) , Portugal

Climate Change and the Evolving Nature of Federalism in Germany

26th World Congress of Political Science

July/11/2021
Lissabon (virtuell) , Portugal

Cities, Climate Change, and Multi-level Governance in the German Länder

5th International Conference on Public Policy

July/07/2021
Barcelona, hybrid , Spain

How can ‘Ordinary’ Cities Become Climate Pioneers?

New Challenges Of Local Governance In Times Of Uncertainty And Complexity. Annual Conference

June/23/2021
Adam Mickiewicz University (online), Poznan, Poland

Matching Forerunner Cities (Mafoci): Coping with Climate Change in Turku, Malmö, Rostock, and Groningen

EURA conference 2021 - Contradictions Shaping Urban Futures

May/06/2021
Online, Oslo, Norway

Cities, Climate Change, and Co-operative Federalism in Germany

UK Political Studies Association

March/31/2021
Belfast , United Kingdom

2020

Climate Governance and Federalism: The case of Germany

IIASS 2020 Anniversary Conference

December/17/2020
Online, Brüssel, Belgium

Vorstellung des Projekts ExTrass: Urbane Resilienz gegenüber extremen Wetterereignissen

Auftakttreffen des Netzwerkes "TheoAdapt- Theorizing Climate Adaptation"

October/12/2020
Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Jena, Germany

Explaining climate policy pathways of unlikely city pioneers: the case of the German city of Remscheid

Place-Baced Climate Action Network (PCAN) Climate Praxis Conference

September/30/2020
Online, London, United Kingdom

Policy Diffusion and Upscaling of Climate Policies in German Cities

ECPR General Conference 2020

August/28/2020
virtuell

Cities, Climate Change, and Multi-level Governance in the German Länder

2020 Conference of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences

June/24/2020
Online, Brussels, Belgium

2019

100 Resilient cities: Rockefeller Foundation and the mobility and reproduction of the idea of resilient city in Milan and Rome

XII National Conference of Environmental Sociologists in Italy

September/26/2019
Università degli studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy

2018

Transnational city resilience networks as facilitators of policy learning and implementation?

Reframing Urban Resilience Implementation: Aligning Sustainability and Resilience. 11th International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU) Congress 2018, Barcelona

December/12/2018

How do local policymakers learn in climate change adaptation? Examining twinning visits as an instrument of policy learning in the European Union

Festival della Partecipazione 2019

October/12/2018
Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy

Climate governance in transnational municipal networks: Questioning existing typologies and advancing a potential agenda for analysis and classification

Fifty Years of Local Governance 1980-2030

September/04/2018
Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Lissabon, Portugal

The significance of city-to-city learning in transnational climate networks: a global perspective

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, Edmonton

March/06/2018
Edmonton Convention Centre, Edmonton, Canada

2017

The Significance of City-To-City Learning in Transnational Climate Networks

New Sciences and Actions for Complex Cities. Social and Institutional Innovation in Self-Organising Systems, Florence

December/14/2017
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florenz, Italy

The Significance of City-To-City Learning in Transnational Resilience Networks

2nd World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation, Coimbra.

September/07/2017
Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

The Concepts of Urban Sustainable Development and Smart Cities. In the Understanding of Academia and the European Union

Annual Conference of Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers 2017

August/31/2017
Royal Geographical Society, London, United Kingdom

City-to-City Learning to Cater City Needs for Climate Adaptation: Results of a Preliminary Study

Dresden Nexus Conference 2017

May/17/2017
Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany

2016

The Motives of European Municipalities to Engage in Climate and Energy Networks. Examining the Case of the Covenant of Mayors Initiative

Regional Studies Association (RSA) Student and Early Career Conference 2016, Newcastle

October/28/2016
Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

2013

Förderinstrumente für erneuerbare Energien im Stadtraum. Eine Analyse der Vor und Nachteile ausgewählter Programme

Dresdner Energiedialog. Energiewende für alle!

October/15/2013
Dresden, Germany