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  1. Building capacity for sustainability transformations through transdisciplinary experimentation: Empirical evidence from a novel methodology deployed in 7 countries

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, May 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  2. Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world

    Article • Nature Sustainability, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Petr Jehlička, Professor Arnim Wiek, Prof. Mohammad Taherzadeh

  3. Almost there: On the importance of a comprehensive entrepreneurial ecosystem for developing sustainable urban food forest enterprises

    Article • Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, January 2022, Wiley

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  4. Implementing sustainable food forests: Extracting success factors through a cross-case comparison

    Article • Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development, December 2021, Food Systems Development Project

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  5. Learning to Collaborate from Diverse Interactions in Project-Based Sustainability Courses

    Article • Sustainability, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  6. Can B Corp certification anchor sustainability in SMEs?

    Article • Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, August 2021, Wiley

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  7. Food forests: Their services and sustainability

    Article • Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development, July 2021, Food Systems Development Project

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  8. Growing a sustainable local grain economy in Arizona: A multidimensional analytical case study of an alternative food network

    Article • Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development, April 2021, Food Systems Development Project

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  9. Connecting consumers to producers to foster sustainable consumption in international coffee supply – a marketing intervention study

    Article • Journal of Marketing Management, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  10. Transferability and scalability of sustainable urban water solutions–A case study from the Colorado River Basin

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  11. Embracing conflicts for interpersonal competence development in project-based sustainability courses

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, January 2020, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  12. A Process-Oriented Framework of Competencies for Sustainability Entrepreneurship

    Article • Sustainability, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  13. Water-independent residential properties as a transformational solution to achieve water sustainability in desert cities?

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  14. Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships

    Article • AMBIO, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  15. Transferring Sustainability Solutions across Contexts through City–University Partnerships

    Article • Sustainability, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  16. Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research

    Article • Energy Research & Social Science, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Gavin David James Harper, Professor Arnim Wiek

  17. Continuing Professional Development in Sustainability Education for K-12 Teachers: Principles, Programme, Applications, Outlook

    Article • Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Arnim Wiek, Aaron Redman

  18. The glocal curriculum: A model for transnational collaboration in higher education for sustainable development

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  19. Experiments and evidence in sustainability science: A typology

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  20. Transnational collaboration for sustainability in higher education: Lessons from a systematic review

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  21. Bridging divides in sustainability science

    Article • Sustainability Science, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  22. Future Shocks and City Resilience: Building Organizational Capacity for Resilience and Sustainability through Game Play and Ways of Thinking

    Article • Sustainability The Journal of Record, October 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  23. Identifying Misalignments between Public Participation Process and Context in Urban Development

    Article • Challenges in Sustainability, August 2017, Librello

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  24. Nanotechnology Development as if People and Places Matter

    Article • NanoEthics, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  25. Urban Sustainability Transitions

    Article • June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  26. Beyond Interpersonal Competence: Teaching and Learning Professional Skills in Sustainability

    Article • Education Sciences, March 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  27. Bridgework ahead! Innovation ecosystems vis-à-vis responsible innovation

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  28. An experience-based learning framework

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, November 2016, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  29. Ideal and reality of multi-stakeholder collaboration on sustainability problems: a case study on a large-scale industrial contamination in Phoenix, Arizona

    Article • Sustainability Science, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  30. Towards an alignment of activities, aspirations and stakeholders for responsible innovation

    Article • Journal of Responsible Innovation, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  31. Learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Megan A Farrelly, Professor Arnim Wiek

  32. Sustainability Assessment

    Article • August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  33. Selecting and coordinating local and regional climate change interventions

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  34. Utilizing international networks for accelerating research and learning in transformational sustainability science

    Article • Sustainability Science, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  35. Broken promises and breaking ground for responsible innovation – intervention research to transform business-as-usual in nanotechnology innovation

    Article • Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  36. Sustainability Science

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  37. Introduction

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  38. Transformational Sustainability Research Methodology

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  39. Art and Sustainability

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  40. Consumption and Sustainability

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  41. Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning for Sustainable Development

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  42. Identifying the potential of governance regimes to aggravate or mitigate local water conflicts in regions threatened by climate change

    Article • Local Environment, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  43. Success factors and strategies for sustainability transitions of small-scale communities – Evidence from a cross-case analysis

    Article • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  44. How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? – An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning

    Article • Cities, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  45. Learning while transforming: solution-oriented learning for urban sustainability in Phoenix, Arizona

    Article • Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  46. Sustainability assessment of water governance alternatives: the case of Guanacaste Costa Rica

    Article • Sustainability Science, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  47. Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona

    Article • Sustainability, July 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  48. Linking stakeholder survey, scenario analysis, and simulation modeling to explore the long-term impacts of regional water governance regimes

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  49. Research Article: Envisioning the Future of Water Governance: A Survey of Central Arizona Water Decision Makers

    Article • Environmental Practice, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  50. Integrated and Participatory Analysis of Water Governance Regimes: The Case of the Costa Rican Dry Tropics

    Article • World Development, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  51. Citizenship Education through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Bioscience High School in Phoenix, Arizona

    Article • Curriculum and Teaching, January 2015, James Nicholas Publishers

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  52. Scenarios of nanotechnology innovation vis-à-vis sustainability challenges

    Article • Futures, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  53. Mitigating urban sprawl effects: a collaborative tree and shade intervention in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

    Article • Local Environment, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  54. Advancing Sustainability Visioning Practice in Planning—The General Plan Update in Phoenix, Arizona

    Article • Planning Practice and Research, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David M Iwaniec, Professor Arnim Wiek

  55. Resilience and Real-life Laboratories as Key Concepts for Urban Transition Research

    Article • GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, October 2014, Oekom Publishers

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  56. Governance scenarios for addressing water conflicts and climate change impacts

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  57. Learning from success—Toward evidence-informed sustainability transitions in communities

    Article • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  58. Drivers of technology adoption — the case of nanomaterials in building construction

    Article • Technological Forecasting and Social Change, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  59. Integrating problem- and project-based learning into sustainability programs

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, August 2014, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  60. Sustainability science in action: a review of the state of the field through case studies on disaster recovery, bioenergy, and precautionary purchasing

    Article • Sustainability Science, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  61. Studying, Teaching and Applying Sustainability Visions Using Systems Modeling

    Article • Sustainability, July 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr David M Iwaniec, Professor Arnim Wiek

  62. Sustainability Appraisal of Water Governance Regimes: The Case of Guanacaste, Costa Rica

    Article • Environmental Management, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  63. Toward a methodological scheme for capturing societal effects of participatory sustainability research

    Article • Research Evaluation, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  64. Sustainability challenges and the ambivalent role of the financial sector

    Article • Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  65. Educating Sustainability Change Agents by Design: Appraisals of the Transformative Role of Higher Education

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  66. Patterns of nanotechnology innovation and governance within a metropolitan area

    Article • Technology in Society, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  67. The Role of Transacademic Interface Managers in Transformational Sustainability Research and Education

    Article • Sustainability, October 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  68. Collaboration for transformation

    Article • Sustainability Science, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  69. Institutional and Social Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development

    Article • August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul James, Professor Arnim Wiek

  70. The future of sustainability science: a solutions-oriented research agenda

    Article • Sustainability Science, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  71. Do We Teach What We Preach? An International Comparison of Problem- and Project-Based Learning Courses in Sustainability

    Article • Sustainability, April 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  72. Quality criteria for visions and visioning in sustainability science

    Article • Sustainability Science, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David M Iwaniec, Professor Arnim Wiek

  73. Nanotechnology in the City: Sustainability Challenges and Anticipatory Governance

    Article • Journal of Urban Technology, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  74. Corrigendum

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  75. A comprehensive sustainability appraisal of water governance in Phoenix, AZ

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  76. Plausibility indications in future scenarios

    Article • International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, January 2013, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  77. A Global Classroom for International Sustainability Education

    Article • Creative Education, January 2013, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  78. Higher Education for Sustainability

    Article • September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  79. Nanotechnology for sustainability: what does nanotechnology offer to address complex sustainability problems?

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  80. Water, People, and Sustainability—A Systems Framework for Analyzing and Assessing Water Governance Regimes

    Article • Water Resources Management, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  81. Sustainability and Anticipatory Governance in Synthetic Biology

    Article • International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, April 2012, IGI Global

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  82. Scenario Studies as a Synthetic and Integrative Research Activity for Long-Term Ecological Research

    Article • BioScience, April 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  83. Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges

    Article • Sustainability Science, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  84. From complex systems analysis to transformational change: a comparative appraisal of sustainability science projects

    Article • Sustainability Science, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  85. How much time do we have? Urgency and rhetoric in sustainability science

    Article • Sustainability Science, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  86. Sustainability science: bridging the gap between science and society

    Article • Sustainability Science, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  87. Nanotechnology for sustainability: what does nanotechnology offer to address complex sustainability problems?

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  88. Achievements and Opportunities in Initiating Governance for Urban Sustainability

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  89. US National Climate Assessment (NCA) Scenarios for Assessing Our Climate Future: Issues and Methodological Perspectives Background Whitepaper for Participants

    Article • October 2011, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  90. Sustainable Engineering Science for Resolving Wicked Problems

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  91. User engagement in sustainability research

    Article • Science and Public Policy, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  92. Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development

    Article • Sustainability Science, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  93. Future visioning of local climate change: A framework for community engagement and planning with scenarios and visualisation

    Article • Futures, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  94. Moving Forward on Competence in Sustainability Research and Problem Solving

    Article • Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  95. Educating Students in Real-world Sustainability Research: Vision and Implementation

    Article • Innovative Higher Education, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  96. Real‐world learning opportunities in sustainability: from classroom into the real world

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, September 2010, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  97. Participatory methods of integrated assessment-a review

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, September 2010, Wiley

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  98. Technical safety vs. public involvement? A case study on the unrealized project for the disposal of nuclear waste at Wellenberg (Switzerland)

    Article • Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  99. Challenges of sustainable recovery processes in tsunami affected communities

    Article • Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal, August 2010, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  100. Making local futures tangible—Synthesizing, downscaling, and visualizing climate change scenarios for participatory capacity building

    Article • Global Environmental Change, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  101. A transdisciplinary approach for formalized integrated planning and decision-making in complex systems

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  102. Systemic scenarios of nanotechnology: Sustainable governance of emerging technologies

    Article • Futures, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  103. Valuation in morally charged situations: The role of deontological stances and intuition for trade-off making

    Article • Ecological Economics, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  104. The evolution of the IPCC's emissions scenarios

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  105. Environmental decision making in multi-stakeholder contexts: applicability of life cycle thinking in development planning and implementation

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  106. Qualitative system analysis as a means for sustainable governance of emerging technologies: the case of nanotechnology

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  107. Risk Assessment of Engineered Nanomaterials: A Survey of Industrial Approaches

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  108. Measuring societal effects of transdisciplinary research projects: Design and application of an evaluation method

    Article • Evaluation and Program Planning, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  109. Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) of landfills – a systemic approach: theoretical considerations

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  110. Sustainable governance of emerging technologies—Critical constellations in the agent network of nanotechnology

    Article • Technology in Society, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  111. Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) of landfills—a systemic approach: initial application towards a legal landfill assessment

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  112. Public acceptance of nanotechnology foods and food packaging: The influence of affect and trust

    Article • Appetite, September 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  113. Challenges of Transdisciplinary Research as Interactive Knowledge Generation – Experiences from Transdisciplinary Case Study Research

    Article • GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, March 2007, Oekom Publishers

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  114. Laypeople's and Experts' Perception of Nanotechnology Hazards

    Article • Risk Analysis, February 2007, Wiley

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  115. Risks and nanotechnology: the public is more concerned than experts and industry

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  116. Functions of scenarios in transition processes

    Article • Futures, September 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  117. Transdisciplinary case studies as a means of sustainability learning

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, July 2006, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  118. Learning to research environmental problems from a functional socio‐cultural constructivism perspective

    Article • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, July 2006, Emerald

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  119. Operational Eco-efficiency: Comparing Firms' Environmental Investments in Different Domains of Operation

    Article • Journal of Industrial Ecology, October 2005, Wiley

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  120. Solution spaces for decision-making—a sustainability assessment tool for city-regions

    Article • Environmental Impact Assessment Review, August 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  121. Transition towards improved regional wood flows by integrating material flux analysis and agent analysis: the case of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland

    Article • Ecological Economics, May 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  122. Educating Sustainability Change Agents by Design

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek

  123. Constructing Regional Development Strategies A Case Study Approach for Integrated Planning and Synthesis

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Arnim Wiek