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Ehemalige Organisationseinheiten Theologie / Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik (Seele), Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
Ehemalige Organisationseinheiten Theologie / Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik (Seele), Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
Publication: JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
Transforming today’s energy systems in industrialized countries requires a substantial reduction of the total energy consumption at the individual level. Selected instruments have been found to be effective in changing people’s behavior in single domains. However, the so far weak success story on reducing overall energy consumption indicates that our understanding of the determining...
Frontiers in Energy Research
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Sozialforschung und Methodologie (Bergman), Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
This paper traces the re-spacing of pastoral drylands in Africa. We argue that rendering pastoral resources legible and profitable occurs both within and beyond the state. Through a multi-sited case study from Ethiopia's Somali region, we excavate different mechanisms of sedentarization, whereby processes of state territorialization and indigenous commodification become mutually entangled....
Journal of Peasant Studies
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
Especially poor people in developing countries depend on biological resources to manage their livelihoods and to generate income. Because these resources are usually public goods, their use is often subjected to what is known as the tragedy of the commons, potentially leading to resource depletion, environmental degradation, and loss of biodiversity, which consequently undermines the availability...
Ecology and Society
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
Reducing energy demand and increasing energy efficiency are two major objectives that numerous national and international programs, such as the EU 20-20-20 targets, seek to achieve in the ongoing transformation of energy systems. Despite the predominately socio-economic nature of energy demand, such interdisciplinary viewpoints – albeit on the rise – are still the minority within...
Energy Research & Social Science
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger), Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Energieökonomik (Weigt)
Ehemalige Organisationseinheiten Theologie / Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik (Seele), Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
Soane, Emma; Schubert, Iljana; Lunn, Rebecca; Pollard, Simon J.
We examined the relationship between information processing style and information seeking, and its moderation by anxiety and information utility. Information about Salmonella, a potentially commonplace disease, was presented to 2960 adults. Two types of information processing were examined: preferences for analytical or heuristic processing, and preferences for immediate or delayed processing....
Personality and Individual Differences
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)
Publication: Other Publications (Forschungsberichte o. ä.)
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Christen, Marius; Bornemann, Basil; Schmidt, Stephan
Zur Erarbeitung der fünften Strategie Nachhaltige Entwicklung des Bundesrates (SNE 2016-2019) hat das zuständige Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung (ARE) einen neuen Weg gewählt und den Erneuerungsprozess durch einen breit angelegten, partizipativen Stakeholder-Dialog begleiten lassen. Der Stakeholder-Dialog wurde wissenschaftlich reflektiert. Der Auftrag der wissenschaftlichen...
Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Burger)