Sophia Becker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia Becker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia |
| FAMILY NAME | Becker |
| SIGNATURE | BECKER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3893-5840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wissenschaftsorganisationen als Impulsgeber einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Wenn Wissenschaftsorganisationen wirkungsvolle Impulse für nachhaltige Entwicklung geben wollen, dann müssen sie sich Fragen stellen wie etwa: Was sind unsere gesellschaftlichen Ziele und Zwecke? Wie können wir das Wissenschaftssystem so weiterentwickeln, dass es eine Nachhaltigkeitstransformation fördert? Wie müssen wir uns als Organisation selbst transformieren? Die Suche nach Antworten stößt interne Lernprozesse und eine Auseinandersetzung mit…
Lived expertise of the structurally disadvantaged
In response to the negative effects of the car-dominated transport sector, especially in urban areas, and wider attempts to tackle the climate crisis, cities are reallocating car-dominated areas to promote active mobility, leisure and urban green space. These reallocations often take an experimental character and are accompanied by participation processes. Increased citizen participation results from both a paradigm shift in urban planning and a …
Shared pooled mobility
Shared pooled mobility has been hailed as a sustainable mobility solution that uses digital innovation to efficiently bundle rides. Multiple disciplines have started investigating and analyzing shared pooled mobility systems. However, there is a lack of cross-community communication making it hard to build upon knowledge from other fields or know which open questions may be of interest to other fields. Here, we identify and review 9 perspectives:…
Social innovation for sustainable and equitable transport
Socially innovative civil society initiatives are seen as promising to address societal and environmental problems such as those encountered in the transport sector. However, many social innovators struggle when it comes to growth and achieving broader system-level impact. These problems are often ascribed to challenges associated with organizational structures. This paper investigates the scaling process and organizational development of a Europ…
Pop-up cycling infrastructure as a niche innovation for sustainable transportation in European cities
Mobility behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic have opened a window of opportunity for an accelerated transition towards sustainable mobility. Many European cities installed temporary cycling infrastructure which can be considered a niche innovation in the Multi-Level-Perspective of transitions (Geels, 2002). We empirically assess the effects of such temporary infrastructure in terms of air quality, behaviour, and acceptance, with a focus…
Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung lehren und lernen
Transformationsprozesse zu erforschen, zu verstehen und zu fördern ‐ dieses Ziel hat sich das Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) in Potsdam gesetzt. Dazu zählt, Transformationsforschung und transformative Forschung zu integrieren, transdisziplinär und ko-kreativ vorzugehen und Fellows in die Forschungs- und Beratungstätigkeiten einzubinden. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse will das IASS in den Dienst der Politik- und Gesellsch…
Will short-term behavior changes during the Covid-19 crisis evolve into low-carbon practices
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have changed established routines in everyday life, often involuntarily. Some of these changes implied a lowering of carbon emissions. Will this behavior change lead to sustainable habits that extend beyond the pandemic? Recapitulating conditions of behavior change, we suggest policy measures that could support a lasting adoption of low-carbon habits.In the course of the COVID-19 crisis, there were a numb…
The role of social identity in institutional work for sociotechnical transitions
Generally, sociotechnical change requires that agency is exercised across multiple, connected levels or contexts. Yet there is very little work in the sociotechnical sustainability transitions literature that theorises these connections in ways that acknowledge the individual-level processes involved. Here we show how identity theory can connect macro- and micro-levels of analysis, with identity construction being a social psychological process t…
Climate change and air pollution
Urban mobility is the main source of air pollution in Europe and accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to address this, a range of interventions and policies are being implemented across major European cities and studies in sustainable urban transport have proliferated. One such mitigation strategy involves redesigning urban form through ‘hard’ traffic policies, with a view of decreasing emission levels and therefore mitigating t…
Is it up to them? Individual leverages for sufficiency
Sufficiency is one important strategy for sustainable development. At an individual level, we need a better understanding of the relationship between sufficiency attitude and CO 2 footprint. In this paper, we analyze sufficiency as a psychological determinant of low-carbon lifestyles and introduce an empirical measurement scale for individual sufficiency attitudes.Sufficiency aims at a total reduction of resource consumption, which is urgently ne…
Leverage Points 2019
From February 6 to 8, 2019, Leuphana University of Lüneburg hosted the first ever Leverage Points conference on sustainability research and transformation. On behalf of the whole Leverage Points project team from Leuphana University, members of the team take stock with colleagues from the Bridging the Great Divide project from Leuphana University, and the NaWis network
An assessment of perceptions of air quality surrounding the implementation of a traffic-reduction measure in a local urban environment
Poor air quality remains a major environmental and health risk in Europe, despite improvements over the last few decades. Consistent exceedances of the nitrogen dioxide air quality limit values at a roadside monitoring station in Potsdam, owing to heavy local and commuter individual motorized traffic, prompted the city administration to implement a trial traffic measure aimed at reducing motorized traffic to improve air quality. This study analys…
Ziele, Strukturen, Wirkungen transformativer Forschung
Der NaWis -Verbund will Impulse für eine transdisziplinäre und transformative Wissenschaft geben. Dafür wollen die Partnerinstitutionen Forschungsmethoden entwickeln und diese in gesellschaftlich relevanten Problemfeldern anwenden. Zudem sollen Kriterien zur Qualitätssicherung und Wirkungskontrolle erstellt werden
Exploring the Potential of Free Cargo-Bikesharing for Sustainable Mobility
How can cities solve the pressing environmental problems caused by the excessive use of private cars? By creating Free Cargo-Bikesharing systems, citizens are taking forward the transition to sustainable transportation systems.Shifting user behavior from private car use to low-carbon mobility routines is a crucial factor in the transition to sustainable cities. A cooperative network of 46 Free Cargo-Bikesharing operators (Freie Lastenräder) with …
How to approach consumers’ nonmonetary evaluation of electricity supply security? The case of Germany from a multidisciplinary perspective
Rebound-Effekte bei privater Pkw-Nutzung
Autos mit einem geringen Spritverbrauch versprechen eine umweltfreundlichere Mobilität. Doch werden Effizienzgewinne nicht gleich wieder kompensiert, wenn die Menschen häufiger das Auto nutzen oder längere Strecken zurücklegen
Social innovation for sustainable and equitable transport
Socially innovative civil society initiatives are seen as promising to address societal and environmental problems such as those encountered in the transport sector. However, many social innovators struggle when it comes to growth and achieving broader system-level impact. These problems are often ascribed to challenges associated with organizational structures. This paper investigates the scaling process and organizational development of a Europ…
Rebound-Effekte bei privater Pkw-Nutzung
Autos mit einem geringen Spritverbrauch versprechen eine umweltfreundlichere Mobilität. Doch werden Effizienzgewinne nicht gleich wieder kompensiert, wenn die Menschen häufiger das Auto nutzen oder längere Strecken zurücklegen
How to approach consumers’ nonmonetary evaluation of electricity supply security? The case of Germany from a multidisciplinary perspective
An assessment of perceptions of air quality surrounding the implementation of a traffic-reduction measure in a local urban environment
Poor air quality remains a major environmental and health risk in Europe, despite improvements over the last few decades. Consistent exceedances of the nitrogen dioxide air quality limit values at a roadside monitoring station in Potsdam, owing to heavy local and commuter individual motorized traffic, prompted the city administration to implement a trial traffic measure aimed at reducing motorized traffic to improve air quality. This study analys…
Ziele, Strukturen, Wirkungen transformativer Forschung
Der NaWis -Verbund will Impulse für eine transdisziplinäre und transformative Wissenschaft geben. Dafür wollen die Partnerinstitutionen Forschungsmethoden entwickeln und diese in gesellschaftlich relevanten Problemfeldern anwenden. Zudem sollen Kriterien zur Qualitätssicherung und Wirkungskontrolle erstellt werden
Exploring the Potential of Free Cargo-Bikesharing for Sustainable Mobility
How can cities solve the pressing environmental problems caused by the excessive use of private cars? By creating Free Cargo-Bikesharing systems, citizens are taking forward the transition to sustainable transportation systems.Shifting user behavior from private car use to low-carbon mobility routines is a crucial factor in the transition to sustainable cities. A cooperative network of 46 Free Cargo-Bikesharing operators (Freie Lastenräder) with …
Climate change and air pollution
Urban mobility is the main source of air pollution in Europe and accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to address this, a range of interventions and policies are being implemented across major European cities and studies in sustainable urban transport have proliferated. One such mitigation strategy involves redesigning urban form through ‘hard’ traffic policies, with a view of decreasing emission levels and therefore mitigating t…
Is it up to them? Individual leverages for sufficiency
Sufficiency is one important strategy for sustainable development. At an individual level, we need a better understanding of the relationship between sufficiency attitude and CO 2 footprint. In this paper, we analyze sufficiency as a psychological determinant of low-carbon lifestyles and introduce an empirical measurement scale for individual sufficiency attitudes.Sufficiency aims at a total reduction of resource consumption, which is urgently ne…
Leverage Points 2019
From February 6 to 8, 2019, Leuphana University of Lüneburg hosted the first ever Leverage Points conference on sustainability research and transformation. On behalf of the whole Leverage Points project team from Leuphana University, members of the team take stock with colleagues from the Bridging the Great Divide project from Leuphana University, and the NaWis network
The role of social identity in institutional work for sociotechnical transitions
Generally, sociotechnical change requires that agency is exercised across multiple, connected levels or contexts. Yet there is very little work in the sociotechnical sustainability transitions literature that theorises these connections in ways that acknowledge the individual-level processes involved. Here we show how identity theory can connect macro- and micro-levels of analysis, with identity construction being a social psychological process t…
Pop-up cycling infrastructure as a niche innovation for sustainable transportation in European cities
Mobility behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic have opened a window of opportunity for an accelerated transition towards sustainable mobility. Many European cities installed temporary cycling infrastructure which can be considered a niche innovation in the Multi-Level-Perspective of transitions (Geels, 2002). We empirically assess the effects of such temporary infrastructure in terms of air quality, behaviour, and acceptance, with a focus…
Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung lehren und lernen
Transformationsprozesse zu erforschen, zu verstehen und zu fördern ‐ dieses Ziel hat sich das Institut für transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) in Potsdam gesetzt. Dazu zählt, Transformationsforschung und transformative Forschung zu integrieren, transdisziplinär und ko-kreativ vorzugehen und Fellows in die Forschungs- und Beratungstätigkeiten einzubinden. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse will das IASS in den Dienst der Politik- und Gesellsch…
Will short-term behavior changes during the Covid-19 crisis evolve into low-carbon practices
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people have changed established routines in everyday life, often involuntarily. Some of these changes implied a lowering of carbon emissions. Will this behavior change lead to sustainable habits that extend beyond the pandemic? Recapitulating conditions of behavior change, we suggest policy measures that could support a lasting adoption of low-carbon habits.In the course of the COVID-19 crisis, there were a numb…
Shared pooled mobility
Shared pooled mobility has been hailed as a sustainable mobility solution that uses digital innovation to efficiently bundle rides. Multiple disciplines have started investigating and analyzing shared pooled mobility systems. However, there is a lack of cross-community communication making it hard to build upon knowledge from other fields or know which open questions may be of interest to other fields. Here, we identify and review 9 perspectives:…
Social innovation for sustainable and equitable transport
Socially innovative civil society initiatives are seen as promising to address societal and environmental problems such as those encountered in the transport sector. However, many social innovators struggle when it comes to growth and achieving broader system-level impact. These problems are often ascribed to challenges associated with organizational structures. This paper investigates the scaling process and organizational development of a Europ…
Wissenschaftsorganisationen als Impulsgeber einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Wenn Wissenschaftsorganisationen wirkungsvolle Impulse für nachhaltige Entwicklung geben wollen, dann müssen sie sich Fragen stellen wie etwa: Was sind unsere gesellschaftlichen Ziele und Zwecke? Wie können wir das Wissenschaftssystem so weiterentwickeln, dass es eine Nachhaltigkeitstransformation fördert? Wie müssen wir uns als Organisation selbst transformieren? Die Suche nach Antworten stößt interne Lernprozesse und eine Auseinandersetzung mit…
Lived expertise of the structurally disadvantaged
In response to the negative effects of the car-dominated transport sector, especially in urban areas, and wider attempts to tackle the climate crisis, cities are reallocating car-dominated areas to promote active mobility, leisure and urban green space. These reallocations often take an experimental character and are accompanied by participation processes. Increased citizen participation results from both a paradigm shift in urban planning and a …
Political science (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (5 works)