Tobias Zumbraegel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1667544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Zumbraegel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Zumbraegel |
| SIGNATURE | ZUMBRAEGEL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2895-9948 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Redefining the Hydro-Social Contract in Saudi Arabia: Between Vision and Structural Inertia
This article analyzes the evolution of Saudi Arabia’s hydro-social contract amid climate change and energy transition. Based on extensive literature, long-term empirical research, and a framework combining social contract theory and hydrological insights, it argues that recent water governance reforms are largely technological and elite-driven forming a hydro-social coalition of public institutions, private corporations, and elite research bodies…
Social Contracts and Environmental Change: Conceptualizing Interdependencies
Environmental change can affect social contracts, which are the relationships between societal groups and between such groups and the state. Droughts, river pollution and rising sea levels often change the distribution of resources within countries or harm some societal groups more than others, raising questions about compensation. Social contracts can also trigger environmental change, mainly because the environment and future generations cannot…
Sustainable Qatar: Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives
The race for best friendship in Sino-Gulf relations: Fractured Cooperation and Conflict in Times of Strategic Uncertainty
The scholarly debate on a changing Gulf monarchies' role in international politics has been vividly evolving throughout the last years. It was particularly nurtured by an assumed waning US hegemony in the region and thriving Belt and Road Initiatives of China since 2013. Contributions on the state of Sino-Gulf relations got a massive booster in view of COVID19 since China had presented itself as the most reliable partner with sufficient knowledge…
Gulf aid goes green: Reflecting on the geopolitics of environmental sustainability assistance in Arab monarchies
In times of growing decarbonization efforts among the Gulf states, they have started to engage more in green diplomacy and climate action by promoting energy diversification and investing in green developmentalism in the fields of climate mitigation and climate adaptation. In this regard, Gulf aid models are shifting from primarily financial support to technical assistance, with Gulf states increasingly aligning their development aid with global …
Eco-Tech Odyssey: The Political Craftsmanship of a Green Technostate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Technopolitics of Hydrogen: Arab Gulf States’ Pursuit of Significance in a Climate-Constrained World
Political Power and Environmental Sustainability in Gulf Monarchies
Political Power and Environmental Sustainability in Gulf Monarchies
Gulf aid goes green: Reflecting on the geopolitics of environmental sustainability assistance in Arab monarchies
In times of growing decarbonization efforts among the Gulf states, they have started to engage more in green diplomacy and climate action by promoting energy diversification and investing in green developmentalism in the fields of climate mitigation and climate adaptation. In this regard, Gulf aid models are shifting from primarily financial support to technical assistance, with Gulf states increasingly aligning their development aid with global …
Eco-Tech Odyssey: The Political Craftsmanship of a Green Technostate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Technopolitics of Hydrogen: Arab Gulf States’ Pursuit of Significance in a Climate-Constrained World
Sustainable Qatar: Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives
The race for best friendship in Sino-Gulf relations: Fractured Cooperation and Conflict in Times of Strategic Uncertainty
The scholarly debate on a changing Gulf monarchies' role in international politics has been vividly evolving throughout the last years. It was particularly nurtured by an assumed waning US hegemony in the region and thriving Belt and Road Initiatives of China since 2013. Contributions on the state of Sino-Gulf relations got a massive booster in view of COVID19 since China had presented itself as the most reliable partner with sufficient knowledge…
Redefining the Hydro-Social Contract in Saudi Arabia: Between Vision and Structural Inertia
This article analyzes the evolution of Saudi Arabia’s hydro-social contract amid climate change and energy transition. Based on extensive literature, long-term empirical research, and a framework combining social contract theory and hydrological insights, it argues that recent water governance reforms are largely technological and elite-driven forming a hydro-social coalition of public institutions, private corporations, and elite research bodies…
Social Contracts and Environmental Change: Conceptualizing Interdependencies
Environmental change can affect social contracts, which are the relationships between societal groups and between such groups and the state. Droughts, river pollution and rising sea levels often change the distribution of resources within countries or harm some societal groups more than others, raising questions about compensation. Social contracts can also trigger environmental change, mainly because the environment and future generations cannot…
Political science (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (3 works) · Sustainability (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works)