Jens Marquardt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1616368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jens Marquardt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jens |
| FAMILY NAME | Marquardt |
| SIGNATURE | MARQUARDT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2632-2828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Conceptualizing and analyzing (de-)politicization in environmental and climate politics: Introduction to the research topic
After a period of relative continuity, environmental and climate policymaking has experienced considerable turbulence over the past decade. In a time increasingly perceived as crisis-ridden, climate change and other global environmental issues have become subjects of heated debate and societal conflicts. At the same time, there are efforts to counteract these dynamics by stripping environmental and climate issues of their political character and …
Long-term programs, short-term effects? How development partners struggle to institutionalize renewable energy solutions in Indonesia
This article shows how long-term development programs struggle to institutionalize renewable energy solutions in the Global South. Our contribution is twofold: (1) Conceptually, we propose and apply a framework to investigate under what conditions and with what effects development partners institutionalize their renewable energy interventions. For the conditions, we build on institutionalization literature and particularly on the Earth System Gov…
Promises and Pitfalls of Polycentric Federalism: The Case of Solar Power in India
Recognizing that no central authority can combat climate change, scholars have pointed to the potential of polycentric governance in tackling climate change. Yet, empirical evidence for such a claim is scarce, particularly in the Global South. This study analyzes the characteristics, promises, and pitfalls of polycentric governance to promote climate mitigation efforts in three Indian states. Our contribution is twofold: (1) conceptually, we prop…
A Cautionary Tale for Polycentric Climate Governance: Sweden’s Roles in Orchestrating Decarbonization
The Paris Agreement ushered in an era of climate governance underpinned by a polycentric theory of change, emphasizing experimentation, collaboration, and innovation while downplaying political contestation, power asymmetries, and the need for regulatory action by the state. This article explores the roles the state plays in polycentric climate governance, focusing on the tension between the regulatory state, where authorities set, monitor, and e…
Radical climate movements—is the hype about “eco-terrorism” analogy, warning or propaganda
Is the hype about “ecoterrorism” analogy, warning or propaganda? In order to answer this question, we start by defining radicalization, terrorism, and civil disobedience to develop systematic categories which allow us to pursue two specific research goals: First, we analyse how the breadth of the German climate movement is represented in the media, how the issue of “terrorism” is taken up and with what consequences for the debate. Here we make a …
How Greens turn gray: Green Party politics and the depoliticization of energy and climate change
Decarbonization efforts and sustainability transformations represent highly contested socio-political projects. Yet, they often encounter various forms of depoliticization. This article illuminates how a grand socio-ecological challenge like the energy transition gets depoliticized by an unusual suspect, namely Germany's Green Party. Based on a qualitative content analysis of Green Party programs, party conventions, and additional documents publi…
Institutionalizing climate change mitigation in the Global South: Current trends and future research
Following the Paris Agreement, states and non-state actors have pledged countless commitments to mitigate climate change. Yet, translating these words into tangible action and institutionalizing mitigation efforts remains a key challenge in post-Paris climate governance. This is particularly prevalent in the Global South, where carbon emissions are expected to grow most significantly over the next decades. Besides, efforts to tackle the climate c…
The Politics of Youth Representation at Climate Change Conferences: Who Speaks, Who Is Spoken of, and Who Listens
In this article, we examine how young climate activists make use of the United Nations (UN) constituency system to give voice to children and youth in global climate governance. Our study is based on a mapping of accredited youth nongovernmental organizations (YOUNGO) as well as fieldwork at two UN Climate Change Conferences, where we conducted interviews, observed events, and analyzed plenary interventions. Informed by constructivist accounts of…
Non‐ and sub‐state climate action after Paris: From a facilitative regime to a contested governance landscape
The Paris Agreement marks a significant milestone in international climate politics. With its adoption, Parties call for non‐ and sub‐state actors to contribute to the global climate agenda and close the emissions gap left by states. Such a facilitative setting embraces non‐state climate action through joint efforts, synergies, and different modes of collaboration. At the same time, non‐state actors have always played a critical and confrontation…
Deciding whether it's too late: How climate activists coordinate alternative futures in a postapocalyptic present
Same, same but different? How democratically elected right-wing populists shape climate change policymaking
The Paris Agreement expresses far-reaching commitments to combat climate change, but its translation into national contexts faces severe confrontation by populist movements and individuals worldwide. We unpack and compare how differently right-wing populist leaders translate rhetoric into climate policymaking and institutional change. We do so by investigating three areas of contestation: (1) the economic marginalization of the left behind, (2) c…
Politicizing climate change in times of populism: An Introduction
With this introduction to the special issue on climate politics, democracy, and populism, we lay the ground for the multiplicity of analyses that follow. We highlight the essentially contested nature of concepts like (de-)politicization, populism, and democracy that reject the notion of a single definition. We do so by outlining what post-, de-, and re-politicization can mean, how diverse the perspectives on populism are, and which ones help guid…
Imaginary lock-ins in climate change politics: The Challenge to Envision a Fossil-Free Future
Various path dependencies and carbon lock-ins prevent ambitious climate action. In this study, we develop and apply the concept of imaginary lock-ins, or the challenge to envision a decarbonized future beyond the status quo of a fossil-dependent society. We propose a typology of competing imaginaries attached to climate action. Specifically, we distinguish between techno-optimism, ecological modernization, disruptive innovations, and system chang…
Welcher Die Jahre 1854, 1855, 1856 und 1857 Enthält
Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives
This volume showcases the diversity of the politics and practices of climate change governance across Southeast Asia. \n \nThrough a series of country-level case studies and regional perspectives, the authors in this volume explore the complexities and contested nature of climate governance in what can be considered as one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted regions of the world. They reflect upon the tensions between authoritarian and democrat…
Making time, making politics: Problematizing temporality in energy and climate studies
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Transformative Change through the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations comprises 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 sub-targets which serve as a global reference point for the transition to sustainability. The agenda acknowledges that different issues such as poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, environmental degradation, among others, are intertwined and can therefore only be addressed together. Implementing the SDGs as an ‘indivisible whole’ repres…
Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Fridays for Future's Disruptive Potential: An Inconvenient Youth Between Moderate and Radical Ideas
In December 2015, political leaders celebrated the Paris Agreement as a milestone in the global fight against climate change. Three years later, Greta Thunberg’s school strike outside the Swedish parliament inspired thousands of students around the world to protest against their political leaders’ inability to adequately respond to climate change. Envisioning livable climate futures for generations to come, the emerging ‘Fridays for Future’ (FFF)…
Reimagining energy futures: Contributions from community sustainable energy transitions in Thailand and the Philippines
How Power Affects Policy Implementation: Lessons from the Philippines
This article unveils how the complex multilevel governance system of a developing country affects environmental policy implementation. The Philippine Renewable Energy Act is discussed as an in-depth case study. The law was passed in 2008 to increase the share of renewables in the electricity mix, but its implementation remains a challenge. Analysing the complex multilevel governance system of the Philippines, this article shows how interjurisdict…
The politics of energy and development: Aid diversification in the Philippines
How transition management can inform development aid
Reimagining energy futures: Contributions from community sustainable energy transitions in Thailand and the Philippines
Politicizing climate change in times of populism: An Introduction
With this introduction to the special issue on climate politics, democracy, and populism, we lay the ground for the multiplicity of analyses that follow. We highlight the essentially contested nature of concepts like (de-)politicization, populism, and democracy that reject the notion of a single definition. We do so by outlining what post-, de-, and re-politicization can mean, how diverse the perspectives on populism are, and which ones help guid…
Deciding whether it's too late: How climate activists coordinate alternative futures in a postapocalyptic present
Same, same but different? How democratically elected right-wing populists shape climate change policymaking
The Paris Agreement expresses far-reaching commitments to combat climate change, but its translation into national contexts faces severe confrontation by populist movements and individuals worldwide. We unpack and compare how differently right-wing populist leaders translate rhetoric into climate policymaking and institutional change. We do so by investigating three areas of contestation: (1) the economic marginalization of the left behind, (2) c…
Imaginary lock-ins in climate change politics: The Challenge to Envision a Fossil-Free Future
Various path dependencies and carbon lock-ins prevent ambitious climate action. In this study, we develop and apply the concept of imaginary lock-ins, or the challenge to envision a decarbonized future beyond the status quo of a fossil-dependent society. We propose a typology of competing imaginaries attached to climate action. Specifically, we distinguish between techno-optimism, ecological modernization, disruptive innovations, and system chang…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Transformative Change through the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations comprises 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 sub-targets which serve as a global reference point for the transition to sustainability. The agenda acknowledges that different issues such as poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, environmental degradation, among others, are intertwined and can therefore only be addressed together. Implementing the SDGs as an ‘indivisible whole’ repres…
Non‐ and sub‐state climate action after Paris: From a facilitative regime to a contested governance landscape
The Paris Agreement marks a significant milestone in international climate politics. With its adoption, Parties call for non‐ and sub‐state actors to contribute to the global climate agenda and close the emissions gap left by states. Such a facilitative setting embraces non‐state climate action through joint efforts, synergies, and different modes of collaboration. At the same time, non‐state actors have always played a critical and confrontation…
The Politics of Youth Representation at Climate Change Conferences: Who Speaks, Who Is Spoken of, and Who Listens
In this article, we examine how young climate activists make use of the United Nations (UN) constituency system to give voice to children and youth in global climate governance. Our study is based on a mapping of accredited youth nongovernmental organizations (YOUNGO) as well as fieldwork at two UN Climate Change Conferences, where we conducted interviews, observed events, and analyzed plenary interventions. Informed by constructivist accounts of…
Making time, making politics: Problematizing temporality in energy and climate studies
Institutionalizing climate change mitigation in the Global South: Current trends and future research
Following the Paris Agreement, states and non-state actors have pledged countless commitments to mitigate climate change. Yet, translating these words into tangible action and institutionalizing mitigation efforts remains a key challenge in post-Paris climate governance. This is particularly prevalent in the Global South, where carbon emissions are expected to grow most significantly over the next decades. Besides, efforts to tackle the climate c…
The politics of energy and development: Aid diversification in the Philippines
How transition management can inform development aid
Radical climate movements—is the hype about “eco-terrorism” analogy, warning or propaganda
Is the hype about “ecoterrorism” analogy, warning or propaganda? In order to answer this question, we start by defining radicalization, terrorism, and civil disobedience to develop systematic categories which allow us to pursue two specific research goals: First, we analyse how the breadth of the German climate movement is represented in the media, how the issue of “terrorism” is taken up and with what consequences for the debate. Here we make a …
How Greens turn gray: Green Party politics and the depoliticization of energy and climate change
Decarbonization efforts and sustainability transformations represent highly contested socio-political projects. Yet, they often encounter various forms of depoliticization. This article illuminates how a grand socio-ecological challenge like the energy transition gets depoliticized by an unusual suspect, namely Germany's Green Party. Based on a qualitative content analysis of Green Party programs, party conventions, and additional documents publi…
How Power Affects Policy Implementation: Lessons from the Philippines
This article unveils how the complex multilevel governance system of a developing country affects environmental policy implementation. The Philippine Renewable Energy Act is discussed as an in-depth case study. The law was passed in 2008 to increase the share of renewables in the electricity mix, but its implementation remains a challenge. Analysing the complex multilevel governance system of the Philippines, this article shows how interjurisdict…
The politics of energy and development: Aid diversification in the Philippines
How transition management can inform development aid
How Power Affects Policy Implementation: Lessons from the Philippines
This article unveils how the complex multilevel governance system of a developing country affects environmental policy implementation. The Philippine Renewable Energy Act is discussed as an in-depth case study. The law was passed in 2008 to increase the share of renewables in the electricity mix, but its implementation remains a challenge. Analysing the complex multilevel governance system of the Philippines, this article shows how interjurisdict…
Reimagining energy futures: Contributions from community sustainable energy transitions in Thailand and the Philippines
Fridays for Future's Disruptive Potential: An Inconvenient Youth Between Moderate and Radical Ideas
In December 2015, political leaders celebrated the Paris Agreement as a milestone in the global fight against climate change. Three years later, Greta Thunberg’s school strike outside the Swedish parliament inspired thousands of students around the world to protest against their political leaders’ inability to adequately respond to climate change. Envisioning livable climate futures for generations to come, the emerging ‘Fridays for Future’ (FFF)…
Welcher Die Jahre 1854, 1855, 1856 und 1857 Enthält
Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives
This volume showcases the diversity of the politics and practices of climate change governance across Southeast Asia. \n \nThrough a series of country-level case studies and regional perspectives, the authors in this volume explore the complexities and contested nature of climate governance in what can be considered as one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted regions of the world. They reflect upon the tensions between authoritarian and democrat…
Making time, making politics: Problematizing temporality in energy and climate studies
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Transformative Change through the Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations comprises 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 sub-targets which serve as a global reference point for the transition to sustainability. The agenda acknowledges that different issues such as poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality, environmental degradation, among others, are intertwined and can therefore only be addressed together. Implementing the SDGs as an ‘indivisible whole’ repres…
Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Non‐ and sub‐state climate action after Paris: From a facilitative regime to a contested governance landscape
The Paris Agreement marks a significant milestone in international climate politics. With its adoption, Parties call for non‐ and sub‐state actors to contribute to the global climate agenda and close the emissions gap left by states. Such a facilitative setting embraces non‐state climate action through joint efforts, synergies, and different modes of collaboration. At the same time, non‐state actors have always played a critical and confrontation…
Deciding whether it's too late: How climate activists coordinate alternative futures in a postapocalyptic present
Same, same but different? How democratically elected right-wing populists shape climate change policymaking
The Paris Agreement expresses far-reaching commitments to combat climate change, but its translation into national contexts faces severe confrontation by populist movements and individuals worldwide. We unpack and compare how differently right-wing populist leaders translate rhetoric into climate policymaking and institutional change. We do so by investigating three areas of contestation: (1) the economic marginalization of the left behind, (2) c…
Politicizing climate change in times of populism: An Introduction
With this introduction to the special issue on climate politics, democracy, and populism, we lay the ground for the multiplicity of analyses that follow. We highlight the essentially contested nature of concepts like (de-)politicization, populism, and democracy that reject the notion of a single definition. We do so by outlining what post-, de-, and re-politicization can mean, how diverse the perspectives on populism are, and which ones help guid…
Imaginary lock-ins in climate change politics: The Challenge to Envision a Fossil-Free Future
Various path dependencies and carbon lock-ins prevent ambitious climate action. In this study, we develop and apply the concept of imaginary lock-ins, or the challenge to envision a decarbonized future beyond the status quo of a fossil-dependent society. We propose a typology of competing imaginaries attached to climate action. Specifically, we distinguish between techno-optimism, ecological modernization, disruptive innovations, and system chang…
Institutionalizing climate change mitigation in the Global South: Current trends and future research
Following the Paris Agreement, states and non-state actors have pledged countless commitments to mitigate climate change. Yet, translating these words into tangible action and institutionalizing mitigation efforts remains a key challenge in post-Paris climate governance. This is particularly prevalent in the Global South, where carbon emissions are expected to grow most significantly over the next decades. Besides, efforts to tackle the climate c…
The Politics of Youth Representation at Climate Change Conferences: Who Speaks, Who Is Spoken of, and Who Listens
In this article, we examine how young climate activists make use of the United Nations (UN) constituency system to give voice to children and youth in global climate governance. Our study is based on a mapping of accredited youth nongovernmental organizations (YOUNGO) as well as fieldwork at two UN Climate Change Conferences, where we conducted interviews, observed events, and analyzed plenary interventions. Informed by constructivist accounts of…
Promises and Pitfalls of Polycentric Federalism: The Case of Solar Power in India
Recognizing that no central authority can combat climate change, scholars have pointed to the potential of polycentric governance in tackling climate change. Yet, empirical evidence for such a claim is scarce, particularly in the Global South. This study analyzes the characteristics, promises, and pitfalls of polycentric governance to promote climate mitigation efforts in three Indian states. Our contribution is twofold: (1) conceptually, we prop…
A Cautionary Tale for Polycentric Climate Governance: Sweden’s Roles in Orchestrating Decarbonization
The Paris Agreement ushered in an era of climate governance underpinned by a polycentric theory of change, emphasizing experimentation, collaboration, and innovation while downplaying political contestation, power asymmetries, and the need for regulatory action by the state. This article explores the roles the state plays in polycentric climate governance, focusing on the tension between the regulatory state, where authorities set, monitor, and e…
Radical climate movements—is the hype about “eco-terrorism” analogy, warning or propaganda
Is the hype about “ecoterrorism” analogy, warning or propaganda? In order to answer this question, we start by defining radicalization, terrorism, and civil disobedience to develop systematic categories which allow us to pursue two specific research goals: First, we analyse how the breadth of the German climate movement is represented in the media, how the issue of “terrorism” is taken up and with what consequences for the debate. Here we make a …
How Greens turn gray: Green Party politics and the depoliticization of energy and climate change
Decarbonization efforts and sustainability transformations represent highly contested socio-political projects. Yet, they often encounter various forms of depoliticization. This article illuminates how a grand socio-ecological challenge like the energy transition gets depoliticized by an unusual suspect, namely Germany's Green Party. Based on a qualitative content analysis of Green Party programs, party conventions, and additional documents publi…
Long-term programs, short-term effects? How development partners struggle to institutionalize renewable energy solutions in Indonesia
This article shows how long-term development programs struggle to institutionalize renewable energy solutions in the Global South. Our contribution is twofold: (1) Conceptually, we propose and apply a framework to investigate under what conditions and with what effects development partners institutionalize their renewable energy interventions. For the conditions, we build on institutionalization literature and particularly on the Earth System Gov…
Conceptualizing and analyzing (de-)politicization in environmental and climate politics: Introduction to the research topic
After a period of relative continuity, environmental and climate policymaking has experienced considerable turbulence over the past decade. In a time increasingly perceived as crisis-ridden, climate change and other global environmental issues have become subjects of heated debate and societal conflicts. At the same time, there are efforts to counteract these dynamics by stripping environmental and climate issues of their political character and …
Political science (16 works) · Politics (14 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (12 works) · Climate change (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Corporate governance (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Ecology (6 works)