Stefan Sorge
Research Assistent
79085 Freiburg im Breisgau
Room 802
Fax 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 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