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| Stefan Sorge Professur für Forst- und Umweltpolitik Tennenbacher Str. 4 D - 79106 Freiburg i. Br. Room 4061 Telephone: (0761) 203 - 3720 |
Research Interests
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Environmental Governance
Socio-ecological/technical systems
Innovations in forestry
Payments for ecosystem services
Socio-economic analysis (coastal regions, forests)
Electromobility on the water (Latin America)
Renewable energies (decentralised in rural areas)
Civil society participation in governance processesForests (Europe), Mangroves (Latin America), Agriculture (Europe, Latin America)
Current projects
2023 - 2025: Consultant for the Scientific Advisory Council for Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Professorship for Silviculture – Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bauhus)
2022 - 2025: BIOCONSENT - Decision-making Support for Forest Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration Policy and Management in Europe: Trade-offs and Synergies at the Forest-Biodiversity-Climate-Water Nexus - https://www.bioconsent.eu/. BIOCONSENT is supported by Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership, jointly developed by BiodivERsA and the European Commission as part of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 to support excellent biodiversity research with societal and policy implications.
2022 - 2025: LEARNFORCLIMATE - Learning to realise multiple forest policy objectives under climate related stress and disturbance, is supported under the umbrella of ERA-NET Cofund ForestValue. ForestValue has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 773324.
Completed projects
2020 - 2022: ph BB - Präzise Kalkung Brandenburg - Verbesserung des Managements der Bodenazidität in Brandenburger Betrieben.
The project was funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the state of Brandenburg within the framework of the EIP-agri funding directive.
2018 - 2020: InnoPiangua - Sustainable local development through innovative mobility and energy supply using the example of waterways and fishing in the Nariño region (Colombia, sustainable value chains of MSMEs, renewable energies, electric mobility on waterways, gender equality, sustainable livelihoods, global public goods, ecosystem services)
2018 - 2021: InnoForESt - Smart information, governance and business innovations for sustainable supply and payment mechanisms for forest ecosystem services. InnoForESt was a European project funded by the Horizon 2020 Innovation Action to further explore the delivery of forest ecosystem services and promote the development of innovative solutions for policy, management and business.
Publications (selection)
2023 Sorge, S., Mann, C. - Identifying most influential factors and related innovation development patterns in five Governance Innovations in Europe, Forest Policy Science Meeting (Conference)
2023 Kluvánková, T., Špaček, M., Sorge, S., Mann, C., Schleyer, C., Gežik, V. - From Factors to Prototypes? Sustainable supply for forest ecosystem services in Europe, in revision (Journal Publication)
2022 Sorge, S., Mann, C., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Loft, L., Schleyer, C., Spacek, M., Kluvankova, T.. Understanding dynamics of forest ecosystem services governance: A socio-ecological-technical-analytical framework, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101427
05.11.2021 Stefan Sorge, Barbara Praetorius - Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Clausthal-Zellerfeld - InnoPiangua - Sustainable local development through innovative mobility and energy supply using the example of waterways and fishing in the Nariño region (Colombia) (Presentation, Invited by organisers)
09.2021 Stefan Sorge - Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance, Slovakia, Conceptual framework for governance innovation patterns in European Forest Governance for the 2020 Bratislava Conference on Earth System Governance (Conference)
07.06.2021 Stefan Sorge A socio-ecological-technical analysis framework - ESP at Session: S3 Forest Ecosystem Service Governance and Valuation Pathways towards a new forestry agenda (Conference)
2021 Peter Stegmaier, Ewert Aukes, Stefan Sorge, Lasse Loft, Christian Schleyer, Michael Klingler, Felix Zoll, Jutta Kister, Carsten Mann - Innovation journeys of governance innovations: Analysing efforts to transition forest ecosystem services (Journal Publication)
2021 Lasse Loft, Peter Stegmaier, Ewert Aukes, Stefan Sorge, Christian Schleyer, Michael Klingler, Felix Zoll, Jutta Kister, Carsten Mann - The emergence of governance innovations for the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services in Europe: A comparison of six niche innovations (Journal Publication)
2021 Monica Hernandez-Morcillo, Mario Torralba, Tobias Plieninger, Carsten Mann, Stefan Sorge, et al. - Scanning the horizon for the sustainable supply of forest ecosystem services in Europe (Journal Publication)
2021 Stefan Sorge, Carsten Mann, Monica Hernandez, Lasse Loft, Christian Schleyer, Martin Spacek, Tatiana Kluvankova. Understanding the emergence/development of governance innovations for forest ecosystem
services provision: A socio-ecological-technical analysis framework. Ecosystem Services, Special Issue "Innovations for FES" (Journal publication)
2021 Francesca Bussola, Enzo Falco, Ewert Aukes, Peter Stegmaier, Stefan Sorge, Marco Ciolli, Caterina Gagliano, Davide Geneletti - Piloting a more inclusive governance innovation strategy for forest ecosystem services management in Primiero, Italy (Journal Publication)
2021 Tatiana Kluvánková, Martin Špaček, Stefan Sorge, Carsten Mann, Christian Schleyer, Veronika Gežik - From Factors to Prototypes? Sustainable supply for forest ecosystem services in Europe (Journal Publication)
2021 Kramer, E., Rühlmann, J., Schröter, I., Bönecke, E., Vogel, S., Schwarzlose, U., Bettoni, M., Meyer, S., Philipp, G., Lück, K., Scheibe, D., Zieger, K., Kling, C., Zaimeche, Z., Palme, S., Gerlach, F., Gebbers, R., Schubert, T., Fahle, K., Sorge, S., Liftenegger, A. (2021), Precise Liming (pH-BB), German Network Agency for Rural Areas (DVS)
25.08.2020 Roland Wildberg, Stefan Sorge, Gordon Wilmsmeier - The mussel fisherwomen - Hard work, meagre wages - and now relief: Colombian fisherwomen have changed their working lives with electric motors - https://floatmagazin.de/leute/die-muschel-fischerinnen-kolumbien-pianguas/ (Interview in trade magazine)
02.2020 Stefan Sorge, Carsten Mann - Conference Governing and managing forests for multiple services Bonn, Germany Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe (Conference)
02.10.2019 Carsten Mann, Stefan Sorge - XXV IUFRO World Congress 2019 Curitiba, Brazil "Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development. (conference)
07.2019 Stefan Sorge - ESEE Turku, Finland, 07.2019. Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe: A social-ecological-technical analysis framework for forest ecosystem services governance innovations (Conference)
2019 HTW Berlin, Stefan Sorge - Nariño for future: a research project in Colombia (Interview)
20.06.2019 Stefan Sorge, Carsten Mann, Lasse Loft Governing and managing forests for multiple ecosystem services across the globe: A social-ecological-technical analysis framework for forest ecosystem services governance innovations - Turku (Conference)
2019 Stefan Sorge - Scientific Colloquium - Eberswalde, Germany
2018 Stefan Sorge, Carsten Mann. Deliverable 3.1: Analysis framework for the governance of policy and business innovation types and conditions. Eberswalde: HNEE. InnoForESt, https://innoforest.eu/wp-content/uploads/innoforest-deliverable-3_1.pdf (project deliverable)
30.05.2018 Stefan Sorge. CERALE Conference "Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development-Rethinking the European-American relationship in a disrupted world" Cartagena, Colombia (Conference)
Commitment, memberships and scholarships
- 2023 Scholarship of the Scientific Community Baden-Württemberg
- 2023 Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation/Herbert-Wehner Fonds
- 2022 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service - Senior Research Stay in Colombia, research stay in Medellin, costs for rent and food, no further travel funds for domestic travel
- Since 2021 Member CeMarin - DAAD Centre of Excellence - Marine Research - Focus: Mangroves
- 2020-2021 Member of the Staff Council - HNE Eberswalde
- Since 2020 Member of the GAto Network - Advisory Board for Forests and Biodiversity
- Since 2020 Member ISEE/ESEE - International/European Society for Ecological Economics
- 2015-2017 Board of Directors of an internal organisation of CEPAL (Social and Sustainable Projects) - Santiago, Chile
- 2014 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service
- 2013-2014 Semester speaker of the International Business programme, HTW Berlin, Germany
- 2009-2013 Semester speaker of the Intercultural Studies programme, Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany
- 2011-2012 Member of the Study Commission for Economics, Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany
- 2008-2010 Municipal development support for the municipality of Lichte including award by the mayor, Lichte, Germany Heinrich-Böll-Foundation http://www.boell.de/stipendien/stipendien.html