Bernd Sommer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4172252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernd Sommer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernd |
| FAMILY NAME | Sommer |
| SIGNATURE | SOMMER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Europa-Universität Flensburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6057-1567 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The olive elephant in the room
The relationship between the military and the environment is characterised by a multitude of complexities. Current research highlights that increasing geopolitical conflicts and escalating global military spending jeopardise climate change mitigation, as well as the ability to comply with environmental policy goals. The military sector can no longer be ignored by socio-ecological transformation and sustainability research
A climate of (de-)civilisation
Putting sufficiency into practice
The evaluation of real-world laboratories is crucial. Since not only successes but failures and obstacles can provide information about the conditions for transformation, it is appropriate to also examine difficulties in a methodologically guided way.The port in Flensburg, Germany, has shaped the city’s identity. Globalisation and deindustrialisation have seen the northern German port on the Baltic Sea lose its economic importance. The city of Fl…
Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”
A recent discussion paper Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”: A Necessary Debate by the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) aims to intensify the debate on sufficiency, a central but neglected element of future-oriented policy. It defines sufficiency as the need to limit the consumption and production of ecologically critical goods and services, mainly by the economically rich, as a basis for reducing distributional injustices…
In the end, the story of climate change was one of hope and redemption”
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT help people produce texts. According to media reporting, these texts are also used for educational purposes. Thus, AI influences people’s knowledge and perception of current issues. This paper examines the narrative of ChatGPT's stories on climate change. Our explorative analysis reveals that ChatGPT’s stories on climate change show a relatively uniform structure and similar content. Generally, the narrative is in line…
Jenseits des Klimakonsenses
Wie stark ist die Gesellschaft gespalten? Die Triggerpunkte-Studie zur gesellschaftlichen Polarisierung untersucht Arenen und Konflikte von Ungleichheiten. Beim Klimaschutz herrscht mehr Konsens als erwartet. Dabei überbetont die Studie die Bedeutung von Konsens auf der Einstellungsebene und vernachlässigt die potenziell wichtige gesellschaftliche Funktion von Affekten und Konflikten für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation
Weltrettungskompetenz? Überlegungen zu BNE aus der Perspektive der sozial-ökologischen Transformationsforschung
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) stößt als bildungspolitisches Konzept auf wachsendes Interesse in Bildungseinrichtungen, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft. Es gibt, national wie international, unzählige Initiativen und Institutionen, die BNE propagieren und praktizieren. Gemeinsam sind ihnen zwei Aspekte: die Erwartung, dass Wissen erwünschtes Handeln hervorbringt und die Orientierung auf Gestaltungskompetenz. Der Artikel erörtert, ob …
Rechtspopulismus vs. Klimaschutz? Positionen, Einstellungen, Erklärungsansätze
»Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaschutz sind Elitenprojekte auf Kosten des Volkes.« Narrative wie diese sind zunehmend Teil rechtspopulistischer Argumentation. Welche Resonanz finden solche Positionen bei den Anhänger*innen rechter politischer Strömungen und in der breiteren Bevölkerung? Und was bedeutet ein Erstarken des Rechtspopulismus für eine sozialökologische Transformation? Das Buch geht diesen Fragen nach. Es zeigt sich, dass bislang weniger der …
Rechtspopulismus als Desiderat der sozial-ökologischen Transformationsforschung
Bislang wurde der Rechtspopulismus in der interdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitsforschung kaum berücksichtigt. Ebenso behandelt die Forschung zu Rechtspopulismus kaum Umweltthemen. Die Forschungslücken sind also offensichtlich ‐ von einer engeren Zusammenarbeit könnten beide Forschungscommunities profitieren
The Economy for the Common Good
The paper discusses the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) as a contemporary European grassroots movement against status quo capitalism. Firstly, we show that the ECG aims at fundamentally altering the relationship between economy, society and state, and within a Polanyian frameworkcan be understood as a progressive countermovement against the marketization of society. Subsequently, we draw on qualitative interviews with representatives from compa…
Countermovements in Europe? A Polanyian perspective
Recently, the developments of neoliberal globalization which have emerged since the early 1970s have been framed as a wave of disembedding of the market in the Polanyian sense (see, for instance, As expected according to Polanyian theory, the marketization of the "fictitious commodities" (Polanyi, 2001, 137) nature, labour and money has led to their degradation and thus the undermining of the very foundations of production and exchange: Today, on…
Transformationsdesign, Wege in eine zukunftsfähige Moderne
Gut leben auf Kosten anderer
Der Wohlstand in den Industrienationen beruht auf der weltweiten Ausbeutung von Mensch und Natur. Dieses System wird zunehmend instabil, wie menschengemachter Klimawandel, Finanzkrisen und Biodiversitätsverlust zeigen
Europe as a Green Leader? A Brief Evaluation of both the European Union's Climate and Energy Policy and Common Agricultural Policy
Längst nicht mehr randständig
Change Agents for Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas Change Agents für den städtischen Klimaschutz. Empirische Befunde und praxistheoretische Einsichten
Within the field of interdisciplinary sustainability science, the popular concept of change agents has been only vaguely theorised. In the current debate, neither sociological theories of practice nor the level of participation required for a transformation towards sustainability are considered. On the basis of a qualitative analysis of change agents in two districts of the city of Cologne, as well as Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice, this pa…
Internationale Klimagerechtigkeit – Wieso es nicht allein auf die Staaten ankommt
ZPol Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , Seite 261 - 269
Prekarisierung und Ressentiments
Kommentar: Von »Islamkritik« und »Islamofaschismus«
Prekarisierung und Ressentiments
Prekarisierung und Ressentiments
Anti-capitalism in the name of ethno-nationalism
Sommer examines the (re-)emergence of anti-capitalist and anti-globalization themes within the ideology and discourses of the German extreme right. He argues that it would be short-sighted to interpret this development simply as another opportunistic attempt by the extreme right to incorporate Zeitgeist issues into its political agenda in order to appeal to a broader spectrum of supporters. An analysis of the latest campaigns of the Nationaldemok…
Anti-capitalism in the name of ethno-nationalism
Sommer examines the (re-)emergence of anti-capitalist and anti-globalization themes within the ideology and discourses of the German extreme right. He argues that it would be short-sighted to interpret this development simply as another opportunistic attempt by the extreme right to incorporate Zeitgeist issues into its political agenda in order to appeal to a broader spectrum of supporters. An analysis of the latest campaigns of the Nationaldemok…
Countermovements in Europe? A Polanyian perspective
Recently, the developments of neoliberal globalization which have emerged since the early 1970s have been framed as a wave of disembedding of the market in the Polanyian sense (see, for instance, As expected according to Polanyian theory, the marketization of the "fictitious commodities" (Polanyi, 2001, 137) nature, labour and money has led to their degradation and thus the undermining of the very foundations of production and exchange: Today, on…
The Economy for the Common Good
The paper discusses the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) as a contemporary European grassroots movement against status quo capitalism. Firstly, we show that the ECG aims at fundamentally altering the relationship between economy, society and state, and within a Polanyian frameworkcan be understood as a progressive countermovement against the marketization of society. Subsequently, we draw on qualitative interviews with representatives from compa…
Anti-capitalism in the name of ethno-nationalism
Sommer examines the (re-)emergence of anti-capitalist and anti-globalization themes within the ideology and discourses of the German extreme right. He argues that it would be short-sighted to interpret this development simply as another opportunistic attempt by the extreme right to incorporate Zeitgeist issues into its political agenda in order to appeal to a broader spectrum of supporters. An analysis of the latest campaigns of the Nationaldemok…
Prekarisierung und Ressentiments
Kommentar: Von »Islamkritik« und »Islamofaschismus«
Prekarisierung und Ressentiments
Prekarisierung und Ressentiments
Internationale Klimagerechtigkeit – Wieso es nicht allein auf die Staaten ankommt
ZPol Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , Seite 261 - 269
Change Agents for Climate Change Mitigation in Urban Areas Change Agents für den städtischen Klimaschutz. Empirische Befunde und praxistheoretische Einsichten
Within the field of interdisciplinary sustainability science, the popular concept of change agents has been only vaguely theorised. In the current debate, neither sociological theories of practice nor the level of participation required for a transformation towards sustainability are considered. On the basis of a qualitative analysis of change agents in two districts of the city of Cologne, as well as Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice, this pa…
Längst nicht mehr randständig
Transformationsdesign, Wege in eine zukunftsfähige Moderne
Gut leben auf Kosten anderer
Der Wohlstand in den Industrienationen beruht auf der weltweiten Ausbeutung von Mensch und Natur. Dieses System wird zunehmend instabil, wie menschengemachter Klimawandel, Finanzkrisen und Biodiversitätsverlust zeigen
Europe as a Green Leader? A Brief Evaluation of both the European Union's Climate and Energy Policy and Common Agricultural Policy
The Economy for the Common Good
The paper discusses the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) as a contemporary European grassroots movement against status quo capitalism. Firstly, we show that the ECG aims at fundamentally altering the relationship between economy, society and state, and within a Polanyian frameworkcan be understood as a progressive countermovement against the marketization of society. Subsequently, we draw on qualitative interviews with representatives from compa…
Countermovements in Europe? A Polanyian perspective
Recently, the developments of neoliberal globalization which have emerged since the early 1970s have been framed as a wave of disembedding of the market in the Polanyian sense (see, for instance, As expected according to Polanyian theory, the marketization of the "fictitious commodities" (Polanyi, 2001, 137) nature, labour and money has led to their degradation and thus the undermining of the very foundations of production and exchange: Today, on…
Rechtspopulismus als Desiderat der sozial-ökologischen Transformationsforschung
Bislang wurde der Rechtspopulismus in der interdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitsforschung kaum berücksichtigt. Ebenso behandelt die Forschung zu Rechtspopulismus kaum Umweltthemen. Die Forschungslücken sind also offensichtlich ‐ von einer engeren Zusammenarbeit könnten beide Forschungscommunities profitieren
Rechtspopulismus vs. Klimaschutz? Positionen, Einstellungen, Erklärungsansätze
»Nachhaltigkeit und Klimaschutz sind Elitenprojekte auf Kosten des Volkes.« Narrative wie diese sind zunehmend Teil rechtspopulistischer Argumentation. Welche Resonanz finden solche Positionen bei den Anhänger*innen rechter politischer Strömungen und in der breiteren Bevölkerung? Und was bedeutet ein Erstarken des Rechtspopulismus für eine sozialökologische Transformation? Das Buch geht diesen Fragen nach. Es zeigt sich, dass bislang weniger der …
Jenseits des Klimakonsenses
Wie stark ist die Gesellschaft gespalten? Die Triggerpunkte-Studie zur gesellschaftlichen Polarisierung untersucht Arenen und Konflikte von Ungleichheiten. Beim Klimaschutz herrscht mehr Konsens als erwartet. Dabei überbetont die Studie die Bedeutung von Konsens auf der Einstellungsebene und vernachlässigt die potenziell wichtige gesellschaftliche Funktion von Affekten und Konflikten für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation
Weltrettungskompetenz? Überlegungen zu BNE aus der Perspektive der sozial-ökologischen Transformationsforschung
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) stößt als bildungspolitisches Konzept auf wachsendes Interesse in Bildungseinrichtungen, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft. Es gibt, national wie international, unzählige Initiativen und Institutionen, die BNE propagieren und praktizieren. Gemeinsam sind ihnen zwei Aspekte: die Erwartung, dass Wissen erwünschtes Handeln hervorbringt und die Orientierung auf Gestaltungskompetenz. Der Artikel erörtert, ob …
Putting sufficiency into practice
The evaluation of real-world laboratories is crucial. Since not only successes but failures and obstacles can provide information about the conditions for transformation, it is appropriate to also examine difficulties in a methodologically guided way.The port in Flensburg, Germany, has shaped the city’s identity. Globalisation and deindustrialisation have seen the northern German port on the Baltic Sea lose its economic importance. The city of Fl…
Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”
A recent discussion paper Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”: A Necessary Debate by the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) aims to intensify the debate on sufficiency, a central but neglected element of future-oriented policy. It defines sufficiency as the need to limit the consumption and production of ecologically critical goods and services, mainly by the economically rich, as a basis for reducing distributional injustices…
In the end, the story of climate change was one of hope and redemption”
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT help people produce texts. According to media reporting, these texts are also used for educational purposes. Thus, AI influences people’s knowledge and perception of current issues. This paper examines the narrative of ChatGPT's stories on climate change. Our explorative analysis reveals that ChatGPT’s stories on climate change show a relatively uniform structure and similar content. Generally, the narrative is in line…
A climate of (de-)civilisation
The olive elephant in the room
The relationship between the military and the environment is characterised by a multitude of complexities. Current research highlights that increasing geopolitical conflicts and escalating global military spending jeopardise climate change mitigation, as well as the ability to comply with environmental policy goals. The military sector can no longer be ignored by socio-ecological transformation and sustainability research
Political science (13 works) · Economic and Social Issues (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Climate change (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)