Author: mnagel

From July 2024, I am excited to coordinate this new collaborative and interdisciplinary research project together with colleagues from political science, environmental physics, economics and law at the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) at the University of Heidelberg. This project evaluates which carbon emission information stakeholders in local climate governance find relevant for choosing… Continue reading Carbon emission information for local climate action →

An interdisciplinary perspective based on governance networks and future climate scenarios. Many regions in Germany are affected by increasing climate impacts unless immediate and effective mitigation actions occur. Water scarcity and drought endanger the livelihood of hu-mans and nature. We contribute to research on water resource governance with an interdis-ciplinary research project that brings together… Continue reading Improving climate adaptation policies for water resilience in Germany. →

Since 2018, I am involved in the research project COMPON Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks. The research project is focussing on meso-level policy networks. We are asking why do some countries enact more ambitious climate change policies than others? The United Nations has strived to create global norms to reduce emissions, but we do not… Continue reading COMPON →

This research project analyses local climate policy in cooperation with Prof. Christine Jocoy and Prof. Christine House-Peter from the Department of Geography at California State University, Long Beach, CA. As principal investigator, I designed and coordinated this study, obtained its funding, and carried out the study together with an international team and several student researchers.… Continue reading 4C Comparing Climate Policy Networks in CA and BW →

AgroBioDiv is an interdisciplinary, participatory project, led by Jale Tosun and Marcus Koch, funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, blending expertise in the fields of biology and political science to foster biodiversity within larger landscapes. The project aims to develop integrated strategies and political instruments for increasing biodiversity in Baden-Württemberg… Continue reading AgroBioDiv →