Stefan Sorge

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 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 processes

- Forests (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 Silvicultur– (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., Špa?ek, 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 Špa?ek, 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