Klaus Eisenack
Biographic Data
| ID | 1573572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klaus Eisenack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Klaus |
| FAMILY NAME | Eisenack |
| SIGNATURE | EISENACK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9070-4017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Explaining emission reductions in cities: Configurations of socioeconomic and institutional factors
Cities have taken center stage in the fight against climate change. Research identified key conditions shaping how cities tackle climate change but hasn't yet addressed how such conditions interact in order to reduce emissions. The present paper contributes to filling this gap through a crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 34 CDP-reporting cities, identifying combinations of institutional and socioeconomic factors that are systematically…
Value archetypes in future scenarios: The Role of Scenario Co-Designers
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) relies on future scenarios in its assessments of global social-ecological systems. Scenarios explicitly or implicitly embed normative positions (e.g., values for nature, nature’s contributions to people, good quality of life). Such scenario values shape how scenario narratives evolve, e.g. through driving forces, framings, or ways how decisions are legiti…
Global analysis of social learning’s archetypes in natural resource management: Understanding pathways of co-creation of knowledge
Although social learning (SL) conceptualization and implementation are flourishing in sustainability sciences, and its non-rigid conceptual fluidity is regarded as an advantage, research must advance the understanding of SL phenomenon patterns based on empirical data, thus contributing to the identification of its forms and triggering mechanisms, particularly those that can address urgent Anthropocene socio-ecological problems. This study aims to…
A meta‐analysis of SES framework case studies: Identifying dyad and triad archetypes
There is a need to synthesize the vast amount of empirical case study research on social‐ecological systems (SES) to advance theory. Innovative methods are needed to identify patterns of system interactions and outcomes at different levels of abstraction. Many identifiable patterns may only be relevant to small sets of cases, a sector or regional context, and some more broadly. Theory needs to match these levels while still retaining enough detai…
The role of values in future scenarios: What types of values underpin (un)sustainable and (un)just futures
Values have been recognized as critical leverage points for sustainability transformations. However, there is limited evidence unpacking which types of values are associated with specific types of sustainable and unsustainable futures, as described by future scenarios and other types of futures-related works. This paper builds on a review of 460 future scenarios, visions, and other types of futures-related works in the Intergovernmental Science-P…
Politics, profits and climate policies: How much is at stake for fossil fuel producers
Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities
Avenues of archetype analysis: Roots, Achievements, and Next Steps in Sustainability Research
Eisenack, K., C. Oberlack, and D. Sietz. 2021. Avenues of archetype analysis: roots, achievements, and next steps in sustainability research. Ecology and Society 26(2):31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12484-260231
Archetypical opportunities for water governance adaptation to climate change
We explore opportunities for climate adaptation in the context of water governance. We focus on opportunities linked to the provision of climate information, raising the question of whether they are limited to incremental adaptation, or can also bring about transformational adaptation. We address this question through an archetype analysis based on 26 peer-reviewed articles. In each article, opportunities are identified, coded using the social-ec…
Rethinking resilience: A cross-epistemic resilience framework for interdisciplinary energy research
The transformation of critical infrastructure such as energy systems toward sustainability imposes a multitude of challenges that are social-technical in nature and require interdisciplinary collaboration. Resilience has received growing attention as a concept to bridge different scientific disciplines in research on energy systems, given their social, ecological, and technical elements. However, a resilience framework that is suitable for mergin…
Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis
Eisenack, K., S. Villamayor-Tomas, G. Epstein, C. Kimmich, N. Magliocca, D. Manuel-Navarrete, C. Oberlack, M. Roggero, and D. Sietz. 2019. Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis. Ecology and Society 24(3):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10855-240306
Sustainable rural renewal in China: Archetypical Patterns
Against the backdrop of rural deprivation during the rapid urbanization of China since the end of the previous century, rural renewal has been regarded as a vital strategy for facilitating rural sustainability. Rural renewal in contemporary China involves activities that replan, consolidate, and redevelop the extant and idle rural construction land and then convert such land for alternative uses, including new rural settlement construction and ru…
Archetype analysis in sustainability research: Meanings, Motivations, and Evidence-Based Policy Making
Oberlack, C., D. Sietz, E. Bürgi Bonanomi, A. De Bremond, J. Dell'Angelo, K. Eisenack, E. C. Ellis, G. Epstein, M. Giger, A. Heinimann, C. Kimmich, M. T. J. Kok, D. Manuel-Navarrete, P. Messerli, P. Meyfroidt, T. Václavík, and S. Villamayor-Tomas. 2019. Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making. Ecology and Society 24(2):26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10747-240226
Imagine all these futures: On heterogeneous preferences and mental models in the German energy transition
Institutional adaptation to cooling water scarcity for thermoelectric power generation under global warming
Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: Experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program
Ruppert-Winkel, C., R. Arlinghaus, S. Deppisch, K. Eisenack, D. Gottschlich, B. Hirschl, B. Matzdorf, T. Mölders, M. Padmanabhan, K. Selbmann, R. Ziegler, and T. Plieninger. 2015. Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program. Ecology and Society 20(3): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07739-200313
Alleviating barriers to urban climate change adaptation through international cooperation
Sustainable rural renewal in China: Archetypical Patterns
Against the backdrop of rural deprivation during the rapid urbanization of China since the end of the previous century, rural renewal has been regarded as a vital strategy for facilitating rural sustainability. Rural renewal in contemporary China involves activities that replan, consolidate, and redevelop the extant and idle rural construction land and then convert such land for alternative uses, including new rural settlement construction and ru…
Archetype analysis in sustainability research: Meanings, Motivations, and Evidence-Based Policy Making
Oberlack, C., D. Sietz, E. Bürgi Bonanomi, A. De Bremond, J. Dell'Angelo, K. Eisenack, E. C. Ellis, G. Epstein, M. Giger, A. Heinimann, C. Kimmich, M. T. J. Kok, D. Manuel-Navarrete, P. Messerli, P. Meyfroidt, T. Václavík, and S. Villamayor-Tomas. 2019. Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making. Ecology and Society 24(2):26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10747-240226
Alleviating barriers to urban climate change adaptation through international cooperation
Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities
Imagine all these futures: On heterogeneous preferences and mental models in the German energy transition
Avenues of archetype analysis: Roots, Achievements, and Next Steps in Sustainability Research
Eisenack, K., C. Oberlack, and D. Sietz. 2021. Avenues of archetype analysis: roots, achievements, and next steps in sustainability research. Ecology and Society 26(2):31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12484-260231
Rethinking resilience: A cross-epistemic resilience framework for interdisciplinary energy research
The transformation of critical infrastructure such as energy systems toward sustainability imposes a multitude of challenges that are social-technical in nature and require interdisciplinary collaboration. Resilience has received growing attention as a concept to bridge different scientific disciplines in research on energy systems, given their social, ecological, and technical elements. However, a resilience framework that is suitable for mergin…
Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis
Eisenack, K., S. Villamayor-Tomas, G. Epstein, C. Kimmich, N. Magliocca, D. Manuel-Navarrete, C. Oberlack, M. Roggero, and D. Sietz. 2019. Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis. Ecology and Society 24(3):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10855-240306
The role of values in future scenarios: What types of values underpin (un)sustainable and (un)just futures
Values have been recognized as critical leverage points for sustainability transformations. However, there is limited evidence unpacking which types of values are associated with specific types of sustainable and unsustainable futures, as described by future scenarios and other types of futures-related works. This paper builds on a review of 460 future scenarios, visions, and other types of futures-related works in the Intergovernmental Science-P…
Politics, profits and climate policies: How much is at stake for fossil fuel producers
Archetypical opportunities for water governance adaptation to climate change
We explore opportunities for climate adaptation in the context of water governance. We focus on opportunities linked to the provision of climate information, raising the question of whether they are limited to incremental adaptation, or can also bring about transformational adaptation. We address this question through an archetype analysis based on 26 peer-reviewed articles. In each article, opportunities are identified, coded using the social-ec…
Alleviating barriers to urban climate change adaptation through international cooperation
Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: Experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program
Ruppert-Winkel, C., R. Arlinghaus, S. Deppisch, K. Eisenack, D. Gottschlich, B. Hirschl, B. Matzdorf, T. Mölders, M. Padmanabhan, K. Selbmann, R. Ziegler, and T. Plieninger. 2015. Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program. Ecology and Society 20(3): 13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07739-200313
Institutional adaptation to cooling water scarcity for thermoelectric power generation under global warming
Imagine all these futures: On heterogeneous preferences and mental models in the German energy transition
Rethinking resilience: A cross-epistemic resilience framework for interdisciplinary energy research
The transformation of critical infrastructure such as energy systems toward sustainability imposes a multitude of challenges that are social-technical in nature and require interdisciplinary collaboration. Resilience has received growing attention as a concept to bridge different scientific disciplines in research on energy systems, given their social, ecological, and technical elements. However, a resilience framework that is suitable for mergin…
Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis
Eisenack, K., S. Villamayor-Tomas, G. Epstein, C. Kimmich, N. Magliocca, D. Manuel-Navarrete, C. Oberlack, M. Roggero, and D. Sietz. 2019. Design and quality criteria for archetype analysis. Ecology and Society 24(3):6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10855-240306
Sustainable rural renewal in China: Archetypical Patterns
Against the backdrop of rural deprivation during the rapid urbanization of China since the end of the previous century, rural renewal has been regarded as a vital strategy for facilitating rural sustainability. Rural renewal in contemporary China involves activities that replan, consolidate, and redevelop the extant and idle rural construction land and then convert such land for alternative uses, including new rural settlement construction and ru…
Archetype analysis in sustainability research: Meanings, Motivations, and Evidence-Based Policy Making
Oberlack, C., D. Sietz, E. Bürgi Bonanomi, A. De Bremond, J. Dell'Angelo, K. Eisenack, E. C. Ellis, G. Epstein, M. Giger, A. Heinimann, C. Kimmich, M. T. J. Kok, D. Manuel-Navarrete, P. Messerli, P. Meyfroidt, T. Václavík, and S. Villamayor-Tomas. 2019. Archetype analysis in sustainability research: meanings, motivations, and evidence-based policy making. Ecology and Society 24(2):26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10747-240226
Archetypical opportunities for water governance adaptation to climate change
We explore opportunities for climate adaptation in the context of water governance. We focus on opportunities linked to the provision of climate information, raising the question of whether they are limited to incremental adaptation, or can also bring about transformational adaptation. We address this question through an archetype analysis based on 26 peer-reviewed articles. In each article, opportunities are identified, coded using the social-ec…
Politics, profits and climate policies: How much is at stake for fossil fuel producers
Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities
Avenues of archetype analysis: Roots, Achievements, and Next Steps in Sustainability Research
Eisenack, K., C. Oberlack, and D. Sietz. 2021. Avenues of archetype analysis: roots, achievements, and next steps in sustainability research. Ecology and Society 26(2):31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12484-260231
The role of values in future scenarios: What types of values underpin (un)sustainable and (un)just futures
Values have been recognized as critical leverage points for sustainability transformations. However, there is limited evidence unpacking which types of values are associated with specific types of sustainable and unsustainable futures, as described by future scenarios and other types of futures-related works. This paper builds on a review of 460 future scenarios, visions, and other types of futures-related works in the Intergovernmental Science-P…
Global analysis of social learning’s archetypes in natural resource management: Understanding pathways of co-creation of knowledge
Although social learning (SL) conceptualization and implementation are flourishing in sustainability sciences, and its non-rigid conceptual fluidity is regarded as an advantage, research must advance the understanding of SL phenomenon patterns based on empirical data, thus contributing to the identification of its forms and triggering mechanisms, particularly those that can address urgent Anthropocene socio-ecological problems. This study aims to…
A meta‐analysis of SES framework case studies: Identifying dyad and triad archetypes
There is a need to synthesize the vast amount of empirical case study research on social‐ecological systems (SES) to advance theory. Innovative methods are needed to identify patterns of system interactions and outcomes at different levels of abstraction. Many identifiable patterns may only be relevant to small sets of cases, a sector or regional context, and some more broadly. Theory needs to match these levels while still retaining enough detai…
Explaining emission reductions in cities: Configurations of socioeconomic and institutional factors
Cities have taken center stage in the fight against climate change. Research identified key conditions shaping how cities tackle climate change but hasn't yet addressed how such conditions interact in order to reduce emissions. The present paper contributes to filling this gap through a crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 34 CDP-reporting cities, identifying combinations of institutional and socioeconomic factors that are systematically…
Value archetypes in future scenarios: The Role of Scenario Co-Designers
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) relies on future scenarios in its assessments of global social-ecological systems. Scenarios explicitly or implicitly embed normative positions (e.g., values for nature, nature’s contributions to people, good quality of life). Such scenario values shape how scenario narratives evolve, e.g. through driving forces, framings, or ways how decisions are legiti…
Ecology (11 works) · Environmental resource management (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Archetype (6 works) · Biology (6 works) · Political science (6 works)