Biodiversity and Ecosystem services

Socio-economic approaches to measuring and protecting biodiversity Ecosystem services (ESS) are co-productions of humans and ecosystems. Together they are providing the benefits humans derive from...

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Science-Policy Interface

“Truth speaks to power, and power implements” is still how many scientists understand their role (if they talk to decision makers at all). However, we are aware that in a knowledge society, expertise...

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Care, labour and reproduction

Work and ecology are policy issues highly relevant on the agenda for both the EU as a whole and all Member States. The European Treaties require an integration of environmental, economic and social...

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Environmental justice

The access to a healthy environment and to natural resouces is rather unevenly distributes between countries and among the inhabitans of countries. Therefore, envorinmental conflicts rise over...

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Reducing Consumption Level

Where can households make a difference to reduce the environmental aspect of their every day life? How can the external factors shaping consumption decisions set supportive incentives? To which extend...

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