Gerhard Weiß

Biographic Data

ID	5378159
NAME	Gerhard Weiß
GIVEN NAMES	Gerhard
FAMILY NAME	Weiß
SIGNATURE	WEISS G
AFFILIATIONS	Maastricht University
ORCID	0000-0002-6190-2513
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	37
TOTAL CITATIONS	219
AUTHOR COUNT	37
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	8

The meaning of climate-smart forestry— A narrative literature review
Open AccessElaine Anne Parlade, Gerhard Wei et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2026
Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) has gained prominence as a concept for addressing climate change in forestry, yet its meaning and application vary across the scientific literature. This paper examines how CSF is conceptualized through a PRISMA-guided systematic review combined with thematic narrative analysis of 32 scientific publications published between 2015 and 2025. The analysis identifies four recurring narrative clusters that structure how cl…
Unravelling Brazil's approach: Policy and governance gaps for social innovation in forest and landscape restoration
Open AccessAurélio Padovezi, Alice Ludvig et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2025References: 53
Social Innovative - Forest and Landscape Restoration (SI-FLR) describes a process in which social innovation (SI) drives forest and landscape restoration (FLR), improving local livelihoods and delivering nature's contributions to people. This paper reveals policy gaps hindering SI-FLR approach in Brazil and offers recommendations to leverage its advancement, incorporating insights from the Brazilian context and international best practices and ex…
The forest restitution process in Serbia: The role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in shaping an adapted forest governance framework
Open AccessIvana Živojinović, Jelena Nedeljković et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2025References: 2
Institutional structures impeding forest-based social innovation in Serbia and Slovenia
Open AccessIvana Živojinović, Todora Rogelja et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2023Cited by: 5References: 20
The potential of forest-based social innovations (SI) can be understood by looking at existing institutional structures, relevant policy programmes and instruments, as well as the roles of the various relevant actors in SI frameworks. The case examples from Serbia and Slovenia aim to understand how existing institutional structures have become embedded in SI over the years as well as where gaps and untapped potential still exist within SI institu…
Analyzing social innovation as a process in rural areas: Key dimensions and success factors for the revival of the traditional charcoal burning in Slovenia
Open AccessTodora Rogelja, Alice Ludvig et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2023Cited by: 3References: 9
In rural areas, the social innovation (SI) process emerges as a response to negative socioeconomic trends or gets triggered by open windows of opportunity, bringing solutions that revitalize the rural fabric through the voluntary involvement of the local community. As such, SI is increasingly recognized as a tool to support rural development and transformative change. Regardless of increased interest and research, there are still calls for empiri…
Governing Europe's forests for multiple ecosystem services: Opportunities, challenges, and policy options
Open AccessGary Winkel, Marko Lovrić et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2022Cited by: 12References: 21
Europe's forest provide multiple ecosystem services for societies, ranging from provisioning (e.g. wood) and regulating (e.g. climate mitigation and biodiversity) to cultural (e.g. recreation) services. In this paper, we assess the state and prospects of forest ecosystem services provision in Europe, introducing new data from the European collaborative research projects SINCERE, NOBEL and CLEARING HOUSE, and combining it with findings from the li…
Innovation governance in the forest sector: Reviewing concepts, trends and gaps
Open AccessGerhard Wei, Gerhard Weiß et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2021Cited by: 5References: 34
Innovation in the forest sector is a growing research interest and within this field, there is a growing attention for institutional, policy and societal dimensions and particular when it comes to the question of how to support innovativeness in the sector. This Special Issue therefore focuses on governance aspects, relating to and bridging business and political-institutional-societal levels. This includes social/societal factors, goals and impl…
Communication campaigns to engage (non-traditional) forest owners: A European perspective
Open AccessJerylee Wilkes‐allemann, Jerylee Wilkes-Allemann et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2021Cited by: 6References: 7
In Europe, private forest owners play an important role in achieving sustainability goals, such as those set by the European Green Deal. Efficient communication and coordination with these actors is therefore central. However, ongoing structural changes in forest ownership have in many cases silenced traditional communication channels, especially those involving owners of small forests. Their economic performance is often negligible at an individ…
Four decades of innovation research in forestry and the forest-based industries – A systematic literature review
Open AccessGerhard Wei, Gerhard Weiß et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2020Cited by: 4References: 6
Two decades of forest-related legislation changes in European countries analysed from a property rights perspective
Open AccessLiviu Nichiforel, Philippe Deuffic et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2020Cited by: 8References: 10
In the last two decades, attention on forests and ownership rights has increased in different domains of international policy, particularly in relation to achieving the global sustainable development goals. This paper looks at the changes in forest-specific legislation applicable to regular productive forests, across 28 European countries. We compare the legal framework applicable in the mid-1990s with that applicable in 2015, using the Property …
Policy impacts on social innovation in forestry and back: Institutional change as a driver and outcome
Open AccessAlice Ludvig, Simo Sarkki et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2020Cited by: 2References: 6
Actor power in the restitution processes of forests in three European countries in transition
Open AccessZuzana Dobšinská, Ivana Živojinović et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2020Cited by: 8References: 13
Innovating in a traditional sector: Innovation in forest harvesting in Slovakia and Macedonia
Open AccessMartina Štěrbová, Vladimir Stojanovski et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2019Cited by: 2References: 10
Mapping European and forest related policies supporting social innovation for rural settings
Open AccessAlice Ludvig, Gerhard Wei et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2018Cited by: 4References: 10
Research trends: Forest ownership in multiple perspectives
Open AccessGerhard Wei, Gerhard Weiß et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2018Cited by: 4References: 33
Forest ownership changes in Europe: State of knowledge and conceptual foundations
Open AccessGerhard Wei, Gerhard Weiß et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2018Cited by: 27References: 15
Social innovation in the Welsh Woodlands: Community based forestry as collective third-sector engagement
Open AccessAlice Ludvig, Maria Wilding et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2018Cited by: 8References: 5
How private are Europe’s private forests? A comparative property rights analysis
Open AccessLiviu Nichiforel, Kevin Keary et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2018Cited by: 13References: 35
Private forests are widespread in Europe providing a range of ecosystem services of significant value to society, and there are calls for novel policies to enhance their provision and to face the challenges of environmental changes. Such policies need to acknowledge the importance of private forests, and importantly they need to be based on a deep understanding of how property rights held by private forest owners vary across Europe. We collected …
The challenge of financing the implementation of Natura 2000 – Empirical evidence from six European Union Member States
Open AccessMaria Geitzenauer, Marieke Blondet et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2017Cited by: 8
Non-timber forest products in transition economies: Innovation cases in selected SEE countries
Open AccessIvana Živojinović, Jelena Nedeljković et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2017Cited by: 8References: 7
Participation in the implementation of Natura 2000: A comparative study of six EU member states
Open AccessMarieke Blondet, Jessica de Koning et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2017Cited by: 6References: 49
On the prevalence of hierarchies in social networks
Open AccessBijan Ranjbar-Sahraei, Haitham Bou Ammar et al.ARTICLESocial Network Analysis and Mining2016
In this paper, we introduce two novel evolutionary processes for hierarchical networks referred to as dominance- and prestige-based evolution models, i.e., DBEM and PBEM, respectively. Our models are deterministic in nature which allows for closed-form derivation of equilibrium points for such type of networks, for the special case of complete networks. After deriving these equilibrium points, we are somewhat surprised in recovering the exponenti…
The implementation of Natura 2000 in Austria—A European policy in a federal system
Open AccessMaria Geitzenauer, Karl Hogl et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2016Cited by: 7References: 33
The implementation of Natura 2000 in forests: A trans- and interdisciplinary assessment of challenges and choices
Open AccessGary Winkel, Marieke Blondet et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2015Cited by: 9References: 3
Public preferences for structural attributes of forests: Towards a pan-European perspective
Open AccessDavid Edwards, David S Edwards et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2012Cited by: 11References: 2