Katharina Gugerell
Biographic Data
| ID | 891342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Gugerell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Gugerell |
| SIGNATURE | GUGERELL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | BOKU University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1768-8529 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
How to achieve impacts with sustainability science? Insights from 20 years of work in five biosphere reserves in Europe
Sustainability science aims not only to understand pressing challenges but also to generate positive effects that drive sustainable transitions. However, little is known regarding how well this field achieves the latter goal. To address this gap, we explore the sustainability effects of research projects that have been conducted over 20 years in five biosphere reserves (BRs). Document analysis and expert interviews with BR managers and researcher…
Informal settlements lock-in
Informal settlements pose a significant urban challenge affecting millions globally. This thematic review investigates the lock-in phenomenon of informal settlements and its implications for sustainable urban development, exploring pathways to transition out of informality. Analyzing 123 publications, the study categorizes the drivers of informality into institutional and policy, economic and poverty, political, and environmental domains. The fin…
Evaluating transdisciplinary methods
Transdisciplinary research presents a promising approach to addressing complex societal challenges by integrating scientific and experiential knowledge in joint learning processes. Transdisciplinary methods are crucial for supporting knowledge integration by enabling actors from within and outside academia to evaluate their expertise, share insights, and co-create innovative solutions. Despite growing interest in transdisciplinary methods, their …
Policy Implementation Challenges of Unesco's Man and the Biosphere Program, Illustrated by Science–Society Interactions in 18 Mountain Biosphere Reserves
Mountain regions are increasingly vulnerable to the converging global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. These socioecological challenges demand not only incremental adaptation but also broader societal transformation processes, including in knowledge production. Science–society interactions (SSIs) are increasingly recognized as a promising pathway toward the coproduction of context-specific, actionable knowledge t…
Land Rights for Women in Rural Ethiopia
Driving factors for responsible sourcing in Europe
The study focuses on mineral sourcing by solar PV and wind turbine manufacturers. • Expert interviews explore drivers of responsible sourcing policies in Europe. • Altruism and compliance motivate manufacturers to implement responsible sourcing. • Complexity impedes responsible sourcing implementation in upstream supply chains. • Justice in supply chains needs more comprehensive approaches. The paper highlights the urgent demand for sustainable e…
The transformative potential of European mineral extraction
While there is a clear call for transformative change towards sustainability in different sectors, an ongoing and strong critique about the inability to initiate this change prevails in the mineral extraction sector. Although there are singular approaches to deciding how the extractive sector can progress towards transformative change, we lack systematic investigations to assess this sector’s performance. Therefore, this paper aims to illustrate …
Cultural and empowerment priorities amid tensions in knowledge systems and resource allocation
Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) are promoted as models of community-inclusive conservation, yet they often face criticism for inadequately incorporating community concerns into policy development. This study investigates community perspectives within the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) using Q-methodology to explore diverse viewpoints on Park Management Plans (PMPs). The research addresses three primary questions: …
Contributions of science–society interactions to spur sustainability transformations in vulnerable landscapes
Beyond the surface
Mineral raw materials consumption is expected to increase in the near future. Their extraction is frequently associated with adverse effects on renewable resources, such as water and biodiversity, and rivalries with other interests. In this article, we investigate how existing institutional regimes safeguard the sustainability of resources affected by mineral extraction. We apply an Institutional Resource Regime analytical framework to two case s…
Serious games for sustainability transformations
Spurring societal transformations towards sustainability requires the active engagement of different actor groups with their broad range of preferences, interests and values. Individuals and communities need to acquire knowledge, skills, and capacities enabling them to navigate transformative change. Serious games can act as such capacity building tools but also as a feedback loop for research and policy processes
Drawing lessons from mineral and land use policy in Europe
While mineral resource extraction is a contested land-use under increased societal scrutiny, it is tremendously important for clean energy transition and societal economic development. Despite increased demand, access to mineral resources is, however, subject to different stakeholder interests often reflected in competing forms of land-use and institutional complexity of two policy streams of minerals and land use planning. During the last decade…
Exploring frame conflicts in the development of a new mineral resource policy in Austria using Q-methodology
Mineral resource policy deals not only with industrial and trade aspects but is nowadays also increasingly concerned with topics such as environmental protection and social development. The tensions associated with strongly divergent opinions among various stakeholder groups cast it as a ‘wicked problem’. The process of redeveloping the ‘Austrian Mineral Resources Strategy’ allows for examination of the different frames and identification of pote…
Systemic knowledge integration in transdisciplinary and sustainability transformation research
While knowledge integration has been well framed conceptually, the structural aspects that support co- learning and knowledge integration in transdisciplinary research remain only modestly addressed. Addressing this gap, we enlighten how a conceptual framework – building on former work by Ostrom, Giddens and Whaley – could help to structure and analyse systemic knowledge integration processes. The conceptual model is based on a transdisciplinary …
Different perspectives on a common goal? The Q-method as a formative assessment to elucidate varying expectations towards transdisciplinary research collaborations
Transdisciplinary research (TDR) collaborations are considered effective when they yield relevant results for science and practice. In this context, the different expectations, experiences, skills, and disciplines of the team members involved determine TDR collaboration. Using the example of 13 team members involved in the 3-year TDR project 'Römerland Carnuntum 2040' (Austria), we aim to identify and compare diverse expectations regarding TDR co…
Inclusivity insights
Johannesburg, which is South Africa’s largest city and economic center, is still influenced by patterns of inequality of the past. Although spatial transformation has been rapid since 1994, spatial divisions along class lines are still prevalent long after the apartheid era. This is despite the fact that societal values such as inclusivity, spatial justice and equal access to resources have become the core goals of Johannesburg’s spatial and urba…
European mining and the social license to operate
The Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the natural resource development lexicon in North and South America as well as Australia. In Europe, the concept of the SLO in relation to mining is still in early maturation and acceptance possibly due to the very different worldview that exists in Europe. The European ‘condition’ can be characterized by a greater degree of trust in governance bodies and the role they play in …
Regional implementation of a novel policy approach
The sustainable supply of raw materials to an expanding global population and rising consumption requires novel governance approaches. Such approaches have recently come to include the topic of ‘minerals safeguarding’. In Austria, the objective of minerals safeguarding has translated into an internationally recognised policy instrument, the Austrian Raw Materials Plan. Our paper investigates how the novel policy approach of safeguarding is transl…
What are participants of cow sharing arrangements actually sharing? A property rights analysis on cow sharing arrangements in the European Alps
New interaction paths in the energy landscape
Energy transition is an encompassing process which not only involves the energy system but also the landscape in which the energy system is embedded. Renewable energy is triggering new interactions with local landscapes in physical, socio-economic and institutional senses. We capture these interactions using the energy landscape concept, which expresses the interdependence of the energy system with the landscape. We aim to understand whether and …
The future of city tourism
The future of
Do historical production practices and culinary heritages really matter? Food with protected geographical indications in Japan and Austria
Geographical indications (GIs) are collective intellectual property rights that protect food and other products uniquely linked to the production area, local geophysical conditions, and traditions, namely, with the terroir. Thus, GIs can contribute to the transmission and retention of culinary heritages and historical production practices. Based on an analysis of application documents, we compare the historical linkages of all the Japanese and Au…
European mining and the social license to operate
The Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the natural resource development lexicon in North and South America as well as Australia. In Europe, the concept of the SLO in relation to mining is still in early maturation and acceptance possibly due to the very different worldview that exists in Europe. The European ‘condition’ can be characterized by a greater degree of trust in governance bodies and the role they play in …
Systemic knowledge integration in transdisciplinary and sustainability transformation research
While knowledge integration has been well framed conceptually, the structural aspects that support co- learning and knowledge integration in transdisciplinary research remain only modestly addressed. Addressing this gap, we enlighten how a conceptual framework – building on former work by Ostrom, Giddens and Whaley – could help to structure and analyse systemic knowledge integration processes. The conceptual model is based on a transdisciplinary …
Regional implementation of a novel policy approach
The sustainable supply of raw materials to an expanding global population and rising consumption requires novel governance approaches. Such approaches have recently come to include the topic of ‘minerals safeguarding’. In Austria, the objective of minerals safeguarding has translated into an internationally recognised policy instrument, the Austrian Raw Materials Plan. Our paper investigates how the novel policy approach of safeguarding is transl…
Do historical production practices and culinary heritages really matter? Food with protected geographical indications in Japan and Austria
Geographical indications (GIs) are collective intellectual property rights that protect food and other products uniquely linked to the production area, local geophysical conditions, and traditions, namely, with the terroir. Thus, GIs can contribute to the transmission and retention of culinary heritages and historical production practices. Based on an analysis of application documents, we compare the historical linkages of all the Japanese and Au…
Different perspectives on a common goal? The Q-method as a formative assessment to elucidate varying expectations towards transdisciplinary research collaborations
Transdisciplinary research (TDR) collaborations are considered effective when they yield relevant results for science and practice. In this context, the different expectations, experiences, skills, and disciplines of the team members involved determine TDR collaboration. Using the example of 13 team members involved in the 3-year TDR project 'Römerland Carnuntum 2040' (Austria), we aim to identify and compare diverse expectations regarding TDR co…
Inclusivity insights
Johannesburg, which is South Africa’s largest city and economic center, is still influenced by patterns of inequality of the past. Although spatial transformation has been rapid since 1994, spatial divisions along class lines are still prevalent long after the apartheid era. This is despite the fact that societal values such as inclusivity, spatial justice and equal access to resources have become the core goals of Johannesburg’s spatial and urba…
Beyond the surface
Mineral raw materials consumption is expected to increase in the near future. Their extraction is frequently associated with adverse effects on renewable resources, such as water and biodiversity, and rivalries with other interests. In this article, we investigate how existing institutional regimes safeguard the sustainability of resources affected by mineral extraction. We apply an Institutional Resource Regime analytical framework to two case s…
Exploring frame conflicts in the development of a new mineral resource policy in Austria using Q-methodology
Mineral resource policy deals not only with industrial and trade aspects but is nowadays also increasingly concerned with topics such as environmental protection and social development. The tensions associated with strongly divergent opinions among various stakeholder groups cast it as a ‘wicked problem’. The process of redeveloping the ‘Austrian Mineral Resources Strategy’ allows for examination of the different frames and identification of pote…
New interaction paths in the energy landscape
Energy transition is an encompassing process which not only involves the energy system but also the landscape in which the energy system is embedded. Renewable energy is triggering new interactions with local landscapes in physical, socio-economic and institutional senses. We capture these interactions using the energy landscape concept, which expresses the interdependence of the energy system with the landscape. We aim to understand whether and …
The future of city tourism
The future of
Do historical production practices and culinary heritages really matter? Food with protected geographical indications in Japan and Austria
Geographical indications (GIs) are collective intellectual property rights that protect food and other products uniquely linked to the production area, local geophysical conditions, and traditions, namely, with the terroir. Thus, GIs can contribute to the transmission and retention of culinary heritages and historical production practices. Based on an analysis of application documents, we compare the historical linkages of all the Japanese and Au…
New interaction paths in the energy landscape
Energy transition is an encompassing process which not only involves the energy system but also the landscape in which the energy system is embedded. Renewable energy is triggering new interactions with local landscapes in physical, socio-economic and institutional senses. We capture these interactions using the energy landscape concept, which expresses the interdependence of the energy system with the landscape. We aim to understand whether and …
Regional implementation of a novel policy approach
The sustainable supply of raw materials to an expanding global population and rising consumption requires novel governance approaches. Such approaches have recently come to include the topic of ‘minerals safeguarding’. In Austria, the objective of minerals safeguarding has translated into an internationally recognised policy instrument, the Austrian Raw Materials Plan. Our paper investigates how the novel policy approach of safeguarding is transl…
What are participants of cow sharing arrangements actually sharing? A property rights analysis on cow sharing arrangements in the European Alps
European mining and the social license to operate
The Social License to Operate (SLO) has become an established part of the natural resource development lexicon in North and South America as well as Australia. In Europe, the concept of the SLO in relation to mining is still in early maturation and acceptance possibly due to the very different worldview that exists in Europe. The European ‘condition’ can be characterized by a greater degree of trust in governance bodies and the role they play in …
Inclusivity insights
Johannesburg, which is South Africa’s largest city and economic center, is still influenced by patterns of inequality of the past. Although spatial transformation has been rapid since 1994, spatial divisions along class lines are still prevalent long after the apartheid era. This is despite the fact that societal values such as inclusivity, spatial justice and equal access to resources have become the core goals of Johannesburg’s spatial and urba…
Different perspectives on a common goal? The Q-method as a formative assessment to elucidate varying expectations towards transdisciplinary research collaborations
Transdisciplinary research (TDR) collaborations are considered effective when they yield relevant results for science and practice. In this context, the different expectations, experiences, skills, and disciplines of the team members involved determine TDR collaboration. Using the example of 13 team members involved in the 3-year TDR project 'Römerland Carnuntum 2040' (Austria), we aim to identify and compare diverse expectations regarding TDR co…
Serious games for sustainability transformations
Spurring societal transformations towards sustainability requires the active engagement of different actor groups with their broad range of preferences, interests and values. Individuals and communities need to acquire knowledge, skills, and capacities enabling them to navigate transformative change. Serious games can act as such capacity building tools but also as a feedback loop for research and policy processes
Drawing lessons from mineral and land use policy in Europe
While mineral resource extraction is a contested land-use under increased societal scrutiny, it is tremendously important for clean energy transition and societal economic development. Despite increased demand, access to mineral resources is, however, subject to different stakeholder interests often reflected in competing forms of land-use and institutional complexity of two policy streams of minerals and land use planning. During the last decade…
Exploring frame conflicts in the development of a new mineral resource policy in Austria using Q-methodology
Mineral resource policy deals not only with industrial and trade aspects but is nowadays also increasingly concerned with topics such as environmental protection and social development. The tensions associated with strongly divergent opinions among various stakeholder groups cast it as a ‘wicked problem’. The process of redeveloping the ‘Austrian Mineral Resources Strategy’ allows for examination of the different frames and identification of pote…
Systemic knowledge integration in transdisciplinary and sustainability transformation research
While knowledge integration has been well framed conceptually, the structural aspects that support co- learning and knowledge integration in transdisciplinary research remain only modestly addressed. Addressing this gap, we enlighten how a conceptual framework – building on former work by Ostrom, Giddens and Whaley – could help to structure and analyse systemic knowledge integration processes. The conceptual model is based on a transdisciplinary …
Contributions of science–society interactions to spur sustainability transformations in vulnerable landscapes
Beyond the surface
Mineral raw materials consumption is expected to increase in the near future. Their extraction is frequently associated with adverse effects on renewable resources, such as water and biodiversity, and rivalries with other interests. In this article, we investigate how existing institutional regimes safeguard the sustainability of resources affected by mineral extraction. We apply an Institutional Resource Regime analytical framework to two case s…
Evaluating transdisciplinary methods
Transdisciplinary research presents a promising approach to addressing complex societal challenges by integrating scientific and experiential knowledge in joint learning processes. Transdisciplinary methods are crucial for supporting knowledge integration by enabling actors from within and outside academia to evaluate their expertise, share insights, and co-create innovative solutions. Despite growing interest in transdisciplinary methods, their …
Policy Implementation Challenges of Unesco's Man and the Biosphere Program, Illustrated by Science–Society Interactions in 18 Mountain Biosphere Reserves
Mountain regions are increasingly vulnerable to the converging global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. These socioecological challenges demand not only incremental adaptation but also broader societal transformation processes, including in knowledge production. Science–society interactions (SSIs) are increasingly recognized as a promising pathway toward the coproduction of context-specific, actionable knowledge t…
Land Rights for Women in Rural Ethiopia
Driving factors for responsible sourcing in Europe
The study focuses on mineral sourcing by solar PV and wind turbine manufacturers. • Expert interviews explore drivers of responsible sourcing policies in Europe. • Altruism and compliance motivate manufacturers to implement responsible sourcing. • Complexity impedes responsible sourcing implementation in upstream supply chains. • Justice in supply chains needs more comprehensive approaches. The paper highlights the urgent demand for sustainable e…
The transformative potential of European mineral extraction
While there is a clear call for transformative change towards sustainability in different sectors, an ongoing and strong critique about the inability to initiate this change prevails in the mineral extraction sector. Although there are singular approaches to deciding how the extractive sector can progress towards transformative change, we lack systematic investigations to assess this sector’s performance. Therefore, this paper aims to illustrate …
Cultural and empowerment priorities amid tensions in knowledge systems and resource allocation
Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) are promoted as models of community-inclusive conservation, yet they often face criticism for inadequately incorporating community concerns into policy development. This study investigates community perspectives within the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) using Q-methodology to explore diverse viewpoints on Park Management Plans (PMPs). The research addresses three primary questions: …
How to achieve impacts with sustainability science? Insights from 20 years of work in five biosphere reserves in Europe
Sustainability science aims not only to understand pressing challenges but also to generate positive effects that drive sustainable transitions. However, little is known regarding how well this field achieves the latter goal. To address this gap, we explore the sustainability effects of research projects that have been conducted over 20 years in five biosphere reserves (BRs). Document analysis and expert interviews with BR managers and researcher…
Informal settlements lock-in
Informal settlements pose a significant urban challenge affecting millions globally. This thematic review investigates the lock-in phenomenon of informal settlements and its implications for sustainable urban development, exploring pathways to transition out of informality. Analyzing 123 publications, the study categorizes the drivers of informality into institutional and policy, economic and poverty, political, and environmental domains. The fin…
Business (13 works) · Economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Environmental planning (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Mining and Resource Management (6 works)