Publications

  • Carvalho, B., Wiek, A., & Ness, B.(2022). Can B Corp certification anchor sustainability in SMEs?Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(1), 293–304.https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2192
  • Stubbs, W., Ho, S., Abbonizio, J. K., Paxinos, S., & Bos, A. (2021). Addressing the SDGs through an integrated model of collaborative education. In W. L. Filho, A. L. Salvia, & F. Frankenberger (Eds.), Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development (pp. 252-271).
  • The Role of Purpose in Supporting Sustainability Transitions, Frederik Dahlmann and Wendy Stubbs (2021), Academy of Management, Vol 2021, No.1
  • Duncan-Horner, E.M., Farrelly, M.A. and Rogers, B.C. (2021), "Understanding the social entrepreneur: a new intentions model for advancing equity, social justice and sustainability", Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
  • Shahani, Fatemeh & Pineda Pinto, Melissa & Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2021). Transformative low-carbon urban innovations: Operationalizing transformative capacity for urban planning. Ambio.
  • Torrens, Jonas & Westman, Linda & Wolfram, Marc & Broto, Vanessa & Barnes, Jake & Egermann, Markus & Ehnert, Franziska & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Fratini, Chiara & Håkansson, Irene & Hölscher, Katharina & Huang, Ping & Raven, Rob & Sattlegger, Antonia & Schmidt-Thomé, Kaisa & Smeds, Emilia & Vogel, Nina & Wangel, Josefin & von Wirth, Timo. (2021). Advancing urban transitions and transformations research. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 41
  • Von Wirth, Timo & Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2021). Urban Experimentation and the Role of Senses of Place: An Illustrative Case from Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Moglia, Magnus & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Newton, Peter & Pineda Pinto, Melissa & Cook, Stephen & Glackin, Steve. (2021). Accelerating a Green Recovery of Cities: Lessons from a scoping review and a proposal for mission-oriented recovery towards post-pandemic urban resilience. Developments in the Built Environment. 7
  • Egerer, Monika & Haase, Dagmar & McPhearson, Timon & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Andersson, Erik & Nagendra, Harini & Ossola, Alessandro. (2021). Urban change as an untapped opportunity for climate adaptation. 1
  • Oke, Cathy & Bekessy, Sarah & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Bush, Judy & Fitzsimons, James & Garrard, Georgia & Grenfell, Maree & Harrison, Lee & Hartigan, Martin & Callow, David & Cotter, Bernie & Gawler, Steve. (2021). Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis. 1. 11.
  • Hölscher, Katharina & Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2021). Perspectives on urban transformation research: transformations in, of, and by cities. Urban Transformations. 3.
  • Mitrofanenko, Tamara & Muhar, Andreas & Ressar, Kim & Schauppenlehner, Thomas & Offermans, Astrid & Wahl, Darin & Ness, Barry & Bernert, Philip & Dalla Fontana, Michele & de Araujo Moreira, Fabiano & Di Giulio, Gabriela & Malheiros, Tadeu. (2021). Urban Living Labs as a Driver for Sustainable Food-Water-Energy Innovations.
  • Dalla Fontana, Michele & Wahl, Darin & de Araujo Moreira, Fabiano & Offermans, Astrid & Ness, Barry & Malheiros, Tadeu & Di Giulio, Gabriela. (2021). The Five Ws of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Reflexive Approach to Enable the Production of Actionable Knowledge. Frontiers in Water. 3.
  • Fazey, Ioan & Carmen, Esther & Ross, Helen & Rao-Williams, Jennifer & Hodgson, Anthony & Searle, Beverley & Alwaer, H. & Kenter, Jasper & Knox, K. & Butler, J. & Murray, K. & Smith, Fiona & Stringer, L. & Thankappan, S.. (2021). Social dynamics of community resilience building in the face of climate change: the case of three Scottish communities. Sustainability Science. 16.
  • Lang, Daniel & Wiek, Arnim. (2021). Structuring and advancing solution-oriented research for sustainability: This article belongs to Ambio’s 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Solutions-oriented research. Ambio.
  • Leventon, Julia & Abson, Dave & Lang, Daniel. (2021). Leverage points for sustainability transformations: nine guiding questions for sustainability science and practice. Sustainability Science. 16. 1-6.
  • Lam, David & Martín-López, Berta & Horcea-Milcu, Ioana & Lang, Daniel. (2021). A leverage points perspective on social networks to understand sustainability transformations: evidence from Southern Transylvania. Sustainability Science. 16. 1-18
  • Forrest, N., & Wiek, A. (2021). Growing a sustainable local grain economy in Arizona: A multidimensional analytical case study of an alternative food network. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(2), 507–528
  • Birdman, J., Wiek, A. and Lang, D.J. (2021), "Developing key competencies in sustainability through project-based learning in graduate sustainability programs", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print)
  • Redman A and Wiek A (2021) Competencies for Advancing Transformations Towards Sustainability, Front. Educ. 6:785163. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.785163
  • Konrad, Theres, Arnim Wiek, and Matthias Barth. 2021. "Learning to Collaborate from Diverse Interactions in Project-Based Sustainability Courses" Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9884.
  • Weber, H., & Wiek, A. (2021). Cooperating With “Open Cards”—The Role of Small Intermediary Businesses in Realizing Sustainable International Coffee Supply. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, [663716].
  • Hanna Weber, David D. Loschelder, Daniel J. Lang & Arnim Wiek (2021) Connecting consumers to producers to foster sustainable consumption in international coffee supply – a marketing intervention study, Journal of Marketing Management, 37:11-12, 1148-1168
  • Redman, Aaron & Wiek, Arnim & Barth, Matthias. (2021). Current practice of assessing students' sustainability competencies: a review of tools. Sustainability Science
  • Graham McDowell, Madison Stevens, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Christian Huggel, Alexandra Harden, Jose DiBella, Michael Morecroft, Praveen Kumar, Elphin Tom Joe, Indra D. Bhatt, the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative (2021) "Closing the Adaptation Gap in Mountains," Mountain Research and Development, 41(3)
  • Burch, S., & Di Bella, J. (2021). Business models for the Anthropocene: accelerating sustainability transformations in the private sector. Sustainability Science, 16(6), 1963-1976.
  • Kundurpi, A., Westman, L., Luederitz, C., Burch, S., & Mercado, A. (2021). Navigating between adaptation and transformation: How intermediaries support businesses in sustainability transitions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 283, 125366.
  • Luederitz, C., Caniglia, G., Colbert, B., & Burch, S. (2021). How do small businesses pursue sustainability? The role of collective agency for integrating planned and emergent strategy making. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(7), 3376-3393.
  • Westman, L., Moores, E., & Burch, S. L. (2021). Bridging the governance divide: The role of SMEs in urban sustainability interventions. Cities, 108, 102944.
  • Hoffmann, Sabine & Feldmann, Ulrike & Bach, Peter & Binz, Christian & Farrelly, Megan & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Hiessl, Harald & Inauen, Jennifer & Larsen, Tove & Lienert, Judit & Londong, Jörg & Lüthi, Christoph & Maurer, Max & Mitchell, Cynthia & Morgenroth, Eberhard & Nelson, Kara & Scholten, Lisa & Truffer, Bernhard & Udert, Kai. (2020). A Research Agenda for the Future of Urban Water Management: Exploring the Potential of Nongrid, Small-Grid, and Hybrid Solutions. Environmental Science & Technology
  • Hölscher, Katharina & Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2020). Conclusions: Bridging and Weaving Science and Policy Knowledges for a Research Agenda to Transform Climate Governance.
  • Hölscher, Katharina & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Loorbach, Derk. (2020). Transforming Urban Water Governance in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Hölscher, Katharina & Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2020). A Transformative Perspective on Climate Change and Climate Governance.
  • Hölscher, Katharina & Frantzeskaki, Niki & McPhearson, Timon & Loorbach, Derk. (2020). Capacities for Transformative Climate Governance in New York City.
  • von Wirth, Timo & Frantzeskaki, Niki & Loorbach, Derk. (2020). Urban living labs as inter-boundary spaces for sustainability transitions?.
  • Loorbach, Derk & Wittmayer, Julia & Avelino, Flor & von Wirth, Timo & Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2020). Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • John, B., Lang, D. J., von Wehrden, H., John, R., & Wiek, A. (2020). Advancing Decision-Visualization Environments—Empirically informed Design Recommendations. Futures, 123, [102614]
  • Lam, D.P.M., Martín-López, B., Wiek, A. et al. Urban Transform 2, 3 (2020), Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes
  • Ness, Barry. (2020). Approaches for Framing Sustainability Challenges: Experiences from Swedish Sustainability Science Education.
  • Nigel Forrest, Zoë Stein, Arnim Wiek, Transferability and scalability of sustainable urban water solutions–A case study from the Colorado River Basin, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 157, 2020, 104790
  • Stubbs, W., & Higgins, C. (2020). Future of environmental, social and governance reporting: Sustainable Development Goals, Integrated Reporting and Global Reporting Initiative. CPA Australia.
  • Weber H, Wiek A, Lang DJ. (2020) Sustainability entrepreneurship to address large distances in international food supply. BusStratDev; 3:318–331.
  • Westman, L., McKenzie, J., & Burch, S. L. (2020). Political participation of businesses: A framework to understand contributions of SMEs to urban sustainability politics. Earth System Governance, 3, 100044.
  • Forrest, N., Stein, Z., & Wiek, A. (2019). Water-independent residential properties as a transformational solution to achieve water sustainability in desert cities? Journal of Cleaner Production, 214, 1038-1049.
  • Frantzeskaki, Niki. (2019). How City‐networks are Shaping and Failing Innovations in Urban Institutions for Sustainability and Resilience. Global Policy
  • Olsson, Lennart & Ness, Barry. (2019). Better balancing the social and natural dimensions in sustainability research. Ecology and Society. 24.
  • Morton Ninomiya, S. and S. Burch. 2017. Beyond the ‘Business Case’: The emerging role of entrepreneurs in the multi-level governance of urban decarbonization in Canada). In: Hughes, S., E. Chu and S. Mason (eds). 2017. Climate Change in Cities. London: Springer.
  • Dale, A., S. Burch, J. Robinson, and C. Strashok. 2017. Multilevel governance of sustainability transitions in Canada. In: Hughes, S., E. Chu and S. Mason (eds). 2017. Climate Change in Cities. London: Springer.
  • Burch, S. The governance of transformative change: Tracing the pathway of the sustainability transition in Vancouver, B.C. In: Frantzeskaki, N., V. Castán Broto, L. Coenen and D. Loorbach (eds). 2017. Urban Sustainability Transitions. London: Routledge.
  • Berbes-Blazquez, M., M. Mitchell, S. Burch.2017. A framework for integrating and assessing the resilience of climate change adaptation options in resource-dependent communities. Climatic Change 141:227. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-1897-0
  • Burch, S., M. Andrachuck, D. Carey, N. Frantzeskaki, H. Schroeder, N. Mischkowski. 2017. Governing and accelerating transformative entrepreneurship: exploring the potential for small business innovation on sustainability for urban transitions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 22: 26-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.002
  • Burch, S. Sustainability Innovation in Canadian Small Businesses: What We Need to Know.2017. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation. Policy Brief No. 96.
  • Burch, S. Will Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan Transform Communities? 2016. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation. Policy Brief No. 90.
  • Burch, S Global treaty or sub-national innovation? Canada’s path forward on climate policy. 2015. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation. Policy Brief No. 66.
  • Burch, S. and S. Harris. 2014. Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy and Practice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  • Burch, S. and S. Harris. 2014. A Massive Open Online Course on climate change: the social construction of a global problem using new tools for connectedness. Invited article for Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (Editor Mike Hulme) 5(5):577-585.
  • Burch, S., Y. Herbert, J. Robinson. 2014. Meeting the climate change challenge: A scan of greenhouse gas emissions in BC communities. Local Environment DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.902370.
  • Shaw, A., S. Burch, F. Kristensen, J. Robinson, A. Dale. 2014. Accelerating the sustainability transition: Exploring synergies between adaptation and mitigation in British Columbian communities. Global Environmental Change 25:41-51.
  • Burch, S., A. Shaw, A. Dale and J. Robinson. 2014. Triggering transformative change: A development path approach to climate change in communities. Climate Policy 14(4): 467-487.
  • Burch, S., P. Berry, and M. Sanders. 2014. Embedding climate change adaptation in biodiversity conservation: A case study of England. Environmental Science and Policy 37: 79-90.
  • Schroeder, H., S. Burch, and S. Rayner. 2013. Novel multi-sector networks and entrepreneurship in urban climate change governance. Environment and Planning C 31(5): 761-768.
  • Krupa, J., S. Burch, and L. Gilbraith. 2013. Exploring and contrasting renewable energy development models in disparate Canadian Aboriginal communities. Local Environment. Available online. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.818956
  • Cohen, S., S.R.J. Sheppard, S. Burch, A. Shaw, and D. Flanders. 2011. Downscaling and visioning of mountain snow packs and other climate change implications in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies.
  • Krupa, J. and S. Burch. 2011. A new energy future for South Africa: the political ecology of South African renewable energy. Energy Policy DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.024.
  • Burch, S. 2011. Development paths: Investigating the context of responses to global climate change. Sustainable Development 19(3): 176-188 DOI: 10.1002/sd.435.
  • Robinson, R., S. Burch, M. O’Shea, S. Talwar and M. Walsh. 2011. Envisioning sustainability pathways: Recent progress in the use of participatory backcasting approaches for sustainability research. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78: 756-768. DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2010.12.006
  • Sheppard, S.R.J., A. Shaw, D. Flanders, S. Burch, A. Wiek, J. Carmichael, J.B. Robinson, S. Cohen. 2011. Future visioning of local climate change: A framework for community engagement and planning with scenarios and visualization. Futures 43: 400-412. DOI:10.1016/j.futures.2011.01.009
  • Burch, S., S.R.J. Sheppard, A. Shaw, and D. Flanders. 2010. Planning for climate change in a flood-prone community: Municipal barriers to policy action and the use of visualizations as decision support tools. Journal of Flood Risk Management 3(2): 126-139. DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2010.01062.x Winner of Prof. Erik Pasche award for best paper in Urban Flood Risk, 2007-2012.
  • Burch, S. 2010. Transforming barriers into enablers of action on climate change: Insights from three municipal case studies in British Columbia, Canada. Global Environmental Change 20: 287-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.11.009
  • Burch, S. 2010. In pursuit of resilient, low carbon communities: An examination of barriers to action in three Canadian cities. Energy Policy 38 (12): 7575-7585. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.070.