Recent research highlights

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• Ives, C., Schäpke, N., Woiwode, C., Wamsler, C. (2023) IMAGINE sustainability: Integrated inner-outer transformation in research, education and practice, Sustainability Science (Online). (First academic article summarising the key characteristics of the emerging domain of inner transformation for sustainability in research, education and practice to clarify misconceptions and guide related work. Related popular news article here)

• Wamsler, C., Osberg, G., Osika, W., Hendersson, H., Mundaca, L. (2021) Linking internal and external transformation for sustainability and climate action: Towards a new research and policy agenda, Global Environmental Change, 71:102373. Online. (First systematic literature review in the field of inner-outer transformation, cited in the 2022 IPCC report, and highlighted by different newspaper articles)

• Wamsler, C., Mulligan, J., Bukachi, V., Mumbi, C. (2022) Activating transformation: Integrating interior dimensions of climate change in adaptation planning, Climate and Development. Online. (Highlighted by Nature Climate Change as 'Research Highlight')

• Wamsler, C., Bristow, J. (2022) At the intersection of mind and climate change: Integrating inner dimensions of climate change into policymaking and practice, Climatic Change, 173(7). Online. (First systematic analysis of the mind-sustainability nexus. Taken up by Mind&Life in their Insights project)​

• Wamsler, C., Osberg, G., Panagiotou, A., Smith, B., Stanbridge, P., Osika, W., Mundaca, L. (2022) Meaning-making in a context of climate change: Supporting agency and political engagement, Climate Policy. Online. (First climate study using SenseMaker methodology)

• For research highlights regarding the link between sustainability, mindfulness and compassion, please see below under separate heading.

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Selected publications in chronological order

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• Wamsler, C., Osberg, G., Janss, J., Stephan, L. (2024) Revolutionising sustainability leadership and education: Addressing the human dimension to support flourishing, culture and system transformation. Climatic Change 177, 4 (2024). Online.

• Osberg, G., M. Islar, Wamsler, C. (2024) Toward a post-carbon society: Supporting agency for collaborative climate action. Ecology and Society 29(1):16. Online.

• Böhme, J., Spreitzer, EM., Wamsler, C (2024) Conducting sustainability research in the anthropocene: Toward a relational approach. Sustainability Science. Online.

• Ives, C., Schäpke, N., Woiwode, C., Wamsler, C. (2023) IMAGINE sustainability: Integrated inner-outer transformation in research, education and practice, Sustainability Science (Online). 

• Parodi, O., Wamsler, C., Dusseldorp, M. (2023) Personal Sustainability (2023), in: Handbook Transdisciplinary Learning, Higher Education: University Teaching & Research, Volume 6, pp.277-286, Philipp, T., Schmohl, T. (Eds.), transcript publishing house. Online.

• Ramstetter, L., Rupprecht, S., Mundaca, L., Klackl, J., Osika, W., Stenfors, C., Wamsler, C. (2023) Fostering collective climate action and leadership: Insights from a pilot experiment involving mindfulness and compassion, iScience 26(3):106191. Online.

• Mar, K., Schäpke, N., Fraude, C., Bruhn, T., Wamsler, C., Stasiak, D., Schroeder, H., Lawrence, M. (2023) Learning and community building in support of collective action: Toward a new climate of communication at the COP,  WIREs Climate Change. Online.

• Pöllänen, E., Walter, O.; Bojner Horwitz, E.; Wamsler, C. (2023) Education for sustainability: Understanding processes of change across individual, collective and systems levels, Challenges 14(1):5. Online.

• Wamsler, C., Bristow, J. (2022) At the intersection of mind and climate change: Integrating inner dimensions of climate change into policymaking and practice, Climatic Change, 173(7). Online. To access to the revised figure, click  here.​

• Wamsler, C., Osberg, G., Panagiotou, A., Smith, B., Stanbridge, P., Osika, W., Mundaca, L. (2022) Meaning-making in a context of climate change: Supporting agency and political engagement, Climate Policy. Online.

• Wamsler, C., Mulligan, J., Bukachi, V., Mumbi, C. (2022) Activating transformation: Integrating interior dimensions of climate change in adaptation planning, Climate and Development. Online. 

• Wamsler, C., Osberg, G. (2022) Transformative climate policy mainstreaming - Engaging the political and the personal, Global Sustainability 5, E13. Online.

• Wamsler, C., Mundaca, L., Osberg, G. (2022) Rethinking political agency: The role of individuals' engagement, perceptions and trust in transitioning to a low-carbon transport system, Cleaner Production, 360:132197. Online.

• Böhme, J., Walsh, Z. & Wamsler, C. (2022) Sustainable lifestyles: towards a relational approach. Sustainability Science. Online.

• Wamsler, C., Hertog, I., Di Paola, L. (2022) Education for sustainability: Sourcing inner qualities and capacities for transformation. In: Revolutionizing sustainability education: Stories and tools of mindset transformation, Ivanova E., Rimanoczy (Eds.), pp. 49-62, Routledge. See here.

• Wamsler, C., Osberg, G., Osika, W., Hendersson, H., Mundaca, L. (2021) Linking internal and external transformation for sustainability and climate action: Towards a new research and policy agenda, Global Environmental Change, 71:102373. Online. For a popular science summary, please see here. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Woiwode C., Schäpke N., Bina O., Veciana S., Kunze I., Parodi O., Schweizer-Ries P., Wamsler C. (2021) Inner transformation to sustainability as a deep leverage point: fostering new avenues for change through dialogue and reflection, Sustainability Science, 16(3):841-858. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)
• Fraude, C., Bruhn, T., Stasiak, D., Wamsler, C., Mar, K. A., Schäpke, N., Schroeder, H., Lawrence, M. G. (2021) Creating space for reflection and dialogue: Examples of new modes of communication for empowering climate action, GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 30(3):174-180. Online.
• Wamsler C., Schäpke N., Fraude C., Stasiak D., Bruhn T., Lawrence M., Schroeder H., Mundaca L. (2020) Enabling new mindsets and transformative skills for negotiating and activating climate action: Lessons from UNFCCC conferences of the parties, Environmental Science and Policy, 112:227-235. Online

• Wamsler C. (2020) Education for sustainability: Fostering a more conscious society and transformation towards sustainability, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 21(1):112-130. Online.

• Walsh Z., Böhme J., Wamsler C. (2020) Towards a relational paradigm in sustainability research, practice and education, Ambio 50:74–84. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Wamsler C., Reeder L., Crosweller M. (2020) The being of urban resilience. In: Handbook of Urban Resilience, Burayidi, M., Allen, A., Twigg, J., Wamsler, C. (Eds.), pp. 47-58, Routledge. Online. Also available here. (Book highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Walsh, Z., Böhme, J., Lavelle, B. D and Wamsler, C. (2020) Transformative education: towards a relational, justice-oriented approach to sustainability, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21(7):1587-1606. Online.

• Hendersson, H. and Wamsler, C. (2020) New stories for a more conscious, sustainable society: Claiming authorship of the climate story, Climatic Change, 158(3):345-359. Online.

• Wamsler, C., et  al., 2020: Environmental and climate policy integration: targeted strategies for overcoming barriers to nature-based solutions and climate change adaptation, Journal of Cleaner Production, 247, 119154. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Brink, E. and Wamsler, C. (2019) Citizen engagement in climate adaptation surveyed: The role of values, worldviews, gender and place. Journal of Cleaner Production, 209:1342-1353. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Brossmann, J. Islar, M. (2019) Living degrowth? Investigating degrowth practices through performative methods, Sustainability Science 15:917–930. Online.

• Wamsler, C. (2019) The role of individual inner dimensions and transformation in sustainability research and education. In: Sustainability and the Humanities, pp. 359-373, Leal Filho, W. and McCrea, A. C. (Eds), Springer. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)
• Wamsler, C., et al. (2019) Beyond participation: when citizen engagement leads to undesirable outcomes for nature-based solutions and climate change adaptation, Climatic Change, 158(2):235–254. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Wamsler, C. (2018) Mind the gap: The role of mindfulness in adapting to increasing risk and climate change. Sustainability Science, 13(4):1121-1135. Online.

• Wamsler, C., Brink, E. (2018) Mindsets for sustainability: Exploring the link between mindfulness and sustainable climate adaptation, Ecological Economics, 151:55-61. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• Wamsler, C., Brossmann, J., Hendersson, H., Kristjansdottir, R., McDonald, C. and Scarampi, P. (2018) Mindfulness in sustainability science, practice, and teaching, Sustainability Science, 13(1):143-162. Online.

• Wamsler, C. and S. Raggers (2018) Principles for supporting city–citizen commoning for climate adaptation: From adaptation governance to sustainable transformation, Environmental Science and Policy, 85, 81–89. Online. (Highlighted in 2022 IPCC reports)

• For further publications related to climate policy integration, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and citizen participation, that were highlighted in recent IPCCC reports, please see here (bottom of page).

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