Melanie Jaeger‐Erben
Biographic Data
| ID | 6547474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Jaeger‐Erben |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaeger‐Erben |
| SIGNATURE | ERBEN M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4744-3370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Food System Through the Lens of a Circular Society
Circular society (CS) conceptualises circularity as a multi‐level governance transformation involving the redistribution of authority, responsibility and coordination across socio‐institutional systems. Yet the concept remains insufficiently operationalised in empirical research. This study advances the empirical operationalisation of CS as a governance‐diagnostic framework within food systems. Through a transdisciplinary design, it combines a sc…
Packaged science? Incumbent strategies of science capture from a power perspective
This paper explores incumbent strategies that target mechanisms of science for policymaking. • It studies resistance to moving away from single-use models towards more circular ones. • Power analysis helps uncover deeply rooted patterns of incumbency. Transitions to a circular economy in Europe have not accelerated despite being a priority of the Green Deal. One reason behind the slow uptake is the active resistance by incumbent actors. This arti…
Sufficiency as a matter of care
Bringing the circular economy home – Insights from socio-technical perspectives on everyday consumption
Transitions toward a circular economy require a nuanced understanding of how change plays out in households in relation to the role of consumers and daily consumption practices. However, little policy and research attention has been paid to the complexities of achieving necessary transformations in everyday cultures of consumption and the possible challenges faced by citizens and householders in achieving a circular economy. As a result, we know …
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Promoting neighbourhood sharing
Against the background of high levels of energy and resource demand in the residential sector, this paper investigates one potential way of making housing more sufficient: sharing at the neighbourhood level. Evidence from French and German case studies of ‘collaborative housing’ and ‘developer-driven neighbourhood sharing’ is used to identify two types of popular sharing practices: community-oriented and convenience-oriented. The first group of s…
Contested discourses of a circular plastics economy in Europe
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. Current policies, however, have drawn criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short of addressing multifaceted socio-ecological challenges, overlooks trade-offs between proposed solutions, and conceals conflicts of interest among different a…
Citizen Science
Appropriation and routinisation of circular consumer practices
There is an increasing desire for regenerative consumption and production systems that—through the concept of the circular economy—enable longer and better use of resources and products. Circular products and services designed for repair, reuse and recycling require alternative consumption patterns, consumer roles and daily routines—a topic that is still under-researched in the current circular economy literature. We conducted a systematic review…
Citizen Science
Grenzen des Konsums im Lebensverlauf
Wie viel Konsum ist für ein gutes Leben mindestens nötig? Und wo verläuft die Obergrenze des Konsums? Antworten auf diese Fragen unterscheiden sich je nach gesellschaftlichem Milieu, aber auch je nach Lebensphase. So hat sich gezeigt, dass Jugendliche sowie Senior(inn)en besonders offen für einen nachhaltigen und ressourcenschonenden Lebensstil sind. Nachhaltigkeitsforschung sollte daher verstärkt Erkenntnisse der Entwicklungs- und Biografieforsc…
From niche to mainstream
At the heart of transition research lies the question of how to “scale up” sustainable alternatives from a protected niche to the creation of mainstream practices.While upscaling processes are often seen as an essential element that contributes to societal transformation, upscaling itself remains a fuzzy concept.We argue that some fundamental dilemmas of upscaling can be identified, for example, the different understanding of the concept by resea…
Circular literacy. A knowledge-based approach to the circular economy
This paper applies a knowledge-based approach to study the role of circular economy (CE) for sustainable development. An analysis of publications from practice-oriented CE advocates is deployed to study the types of knowledge actors foster when they pursue the transition towards a CE. With the proposed term ‘circular literacy’ (CL), an analytical framework is provided to differentiate between different types of knowledge relevant for a transition…
Geplanter Verschleiß oder Wegwerfkonsum?
Nachhaltiger Konsum im Alltag - Verantwortungsübernahme zwischen Politisierung und Agency
Building Capacities for Transdisciplinary Research
Transdisciplinary research is intriguing and challenging. Early-career researchers in particular, who lack experience and are still working on their disciplinary standing, struggle with difficulties and uncertainties. We offer insights into the challenges faced and solutions found by seven transdisciplinary junior research groups.While transdisciplinarity offers a way to tackle complex social-ecological challenges, transdisciplinary research is a…
Von der Programmatik zur Praxis
Reaktion auf fünf Beiträge zum Thema Transformative Wissenschaft in GAIA
Soziale Innovationen für nachhaltigen Konsum
Soziale Innovation
Reaktion auf J. Howaldt und M. Schwarz in GAIA 26/3 (2017): Die Mechanismen transformativen Wandels erfassen. Plädoyer für ein praxistheoretisches Konzept sozialer Innovationen
A Practice Theory Approach to Sustainable Consumption
Sustainable consumption is often reduced to consumer choices or forms of product appropriation. Such a narrow focus on individual acts neglects their role in reproducing social order and only shows the top of the iceberg of consumption. In contrast, reconstructing consumption as a part of social practices sheds light on the fundament of the iceberg and shows how everyday consumption patterns are embedded in socio-cultural and socio-technical sett…
Promoting neighbourhood sharing
Against the background of high levels of energy and resource demand in the residential sector, this paper investigates one potential way of making housing more sufficient: sharing at the neighbourhood level. Evidence from French and German case studies of ‘collaborative housing’ and ‘developer-driven neighbourhood sharing’ is used to identify two types of popular sharing practices: community-oriented and convenience-oriented. The first group of s…
Circular literacy. A knowledge-based approach to the circular economy
This paper applies a knowledge-based approach to study the role of circular economy (CE) for sustainable development. An analysis of publications from practice-oriented CE advocates is deployed to study the types of knowledge actors foster when they pursue the transition towards a CE. With the proposed term ‘circular literacy’ (CL), an analytical framework is provided to differentiate between different types of knowledge relevant for a transition…
Contested discourses of a circular plastics economy in Europe
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. Current policies, however, have drawn criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short of addressing multifaceted socio-ecological challenges, overlooks trade-offs between proposed solutions, and conceals conflicts of interest among different a…
A Practice Theory Approach to Sustainable Consumption
Sustainable consumption is often reduced to consumer choices or forms of product appropriation. Such a narrow focus on individual acts neglects their role in reproducing social order and only shows the top of the iceberg of consumption. In contrast, reconstructing consumption as a part of social practices sheds light on the fundament of the iceberg and shows how everyday consumption patterns are embedded in socio-cultural and socio-technical sett…
Soziale Innovationen für nachhaltigen Konsum
Soziale Innovation
Reaktion auf J. Howaldt und M. Schwarz in GAIA 26/3 (2017): Die Mechanismen transformativen Wandels erfassen. Plädoyer für ein praxistheoretisches Konzept sozialer Innovationen
Geplanter Verschleiß oder Wegwerfkonsum?
Nachhaltiger Konsum im Alltag - Verantwortungsübernahme zwischen Politisierung und Agency
Building Capacities for Transdisciplinary Research
Transdisciplinary research is intriguing and challenging. Early-career researchers in particular, who lack experience and are still working on their disciplinary standing, struggle with difficulties and uncertainties. We offer insights into the challenges faced and solutions found by seven transdisciplinary junior research groups.While transdisciplinarity offers a way to tackle complex social-ecological challenges, transdisciplinary research is a…
Von der Programmatik zur Praxis
Reaktion auf fünf Beiträge zum Thema Transformative Wissenschaft in GAIA
Grenzen des Konsums im Lebensverlauf
Wie viel Konsum ist für ein gutes Leben mindestens nötig? Und wo verläuft die Obergrenze des Konsums? Antworten auf diese Fragen unterscheiden sich je nach gesellschaftlichem Milieu, aber auch je nach Lebensphase. So hat sich gezeigt, dass Jugendliche sowie Senior(inn)en besonders offen für einen nachhaltigen und ressourcenschonenden Lebensstil sind. Nachhaltigkeitsforschung sollte daher verstärkt Erkenntnisse der Entwicklungs- und Biografieforsc…
From niche to mainstream
At the heart of transition research lies the question of how to “scale up” sustainable alternatives from a protected niche to the creation of mainstream practices.While upscaling processes are often seen as an essential element that contributes to societal transformation, upscaling itself remains a fuzzy concept.We argue that some fundamental dilemmas of upscaling can be identified, for example, the different understanding of the concept by resea…
Circular literacy. A knowledge-based approach to the circular economy
This paper applies a knowledge-based approach to study the role of circular economy (CE) for sustainable development. An analysis of publications from practice-oriented CE advocates is deployed to study the types of knowledge actors foster when they pursue the transition towards a CE. With the proposed term ‘circular literacy’ (CL), an analytical framework is provided to differentiate between different types of knowledge relevant for a transition…
Citizen Science
Appropriation and routinisation of circular consumer practices
There is an increasing desire for regenerative consumption and production systems that—through the concept of the circular economy—enable longer and better use of resources and products. Circular products and services designed for repair, reuse and recycling require alternative consumption patterns, consumer roles and daily routines—a topic that is still under-researched in the current circular economy literature. We conducted a systematic review…
Citizen Science
Bringing the circular economy home – Insights from socio-technical perspectives on everyday consumption
Transitions toward a circular economy require a nuanced understanding of how change plays out in households in relation to the role of consumers and daily consumption practices. However, little policy and research attention has been paid to the complexities of achieving necessary transformations in everyday cultures of consumption and the possible challenges faced by citizens and householders in achieving a circular economy. As a result, we know …
Keine schnellen Antworten
Promoting neighbourhood sharing
Against the background of high levels of energy and resource demand in the residential sector, this paper investigates one potential way of making housing more sufficient: sharing at the neighbourhood level. Evidence from French and German case studies of ‘collaborative housing’ and ‘developer-driven neighbourhood sharing’ is used to identify two types of popular sharing practices: community-oriented and convenience-oriented. The first group of s…
Contested discourses of a circular plastics economy in Europe
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. Current policies, however, have drawn criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short of addressing multifaceted socio-ecological challenges, overlooks trade-offs between proposed solutions, and conceals conflicts of interest among different a…
Packaged science? Incumbent strategies of science capture from a power perspective
This paper explores incumbent strategies that target mechanisms of science for policymaking. • It studies resistance to moving away from single-use models towards more circular ones. • Power analysis helps uncover deeply rooted patterns of incumbency. Transitions to a circular economy in Europe have not accelerated despite being a priority of the Green Deal. One reason behind the slow uptake is the active resistance by incumbent actors. This arti…
Sufficiency as a matter of care
Food System Through the Lens of a Circular Society
Circular society (CS) conceptualises circularity as a multi‐level governance transformation involving the redistribution of authority, responsibility and coordination across socio‐institutional systems. Yet the concept remains insufficiently operationalised in empirical research. This study advances the empirical operationalisation of CS as a governance‐diagnostic framework within food systems. Through a transdisciplinary design, it combines a sc…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Circular economy (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 works) · Ecology (4 works)