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\"BrittaBritta Acksel works as scientific advisor for methods of transformation research at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy. A cultural anthropologist with a focus in STS her research interests are (among others) urban sustainability governance, human-environment relations, inter- and transdisciplinary research, energy transition, and participation. She holds a doctorate from Goethe-University Frankfurt and teaches at the University of Wuppertal. Britta is a member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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2026<\/h3>

Britta Acksel<\/p>

Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen und St\u00e4dte. Book Chapter<\/span> <\/p>

In: <\/span>Frank Eckardt (Ed.): Handbuch Stadtsoziologie., <\/span>pp. 1067-1085, <\/span>Springer Nature, <\/span>2026<\/span>.<\/p>

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Britta Acksel<\/p>
In der Theorie sind alle daf\u00fcr. Praktische Barrieren und Hindernisse f\u00fcr nachhaltige St\u00e4dte. Journal Article<\/span> <\/p>
In: <\/span> Geographische Zeitschrift, <\/span>iss. 114, <\/span>pp. 33-53, <\/span>2026<\/span>.<\/p>
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2025<\/h3>
Britta Acksel, Manfred Fischedick<\/p>
Transformationsforschung - forschen, verstehen, gestalten. Book Chapter<\/span> <\/p>
In: <\/span>Christa Reicher, Canan \u00c7elik, Eva Christine Hahn, Antonia Rubarth (Ed.): Handbuch Nachhaltige Energiesysteme im Quartier., <\/span>pp. 3-18, <\/span>Springer Nature, <\/span>2025<\/span>.<\/p>
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2024<\/h3>
Anja Klein, Catharina L\u00fcder, Britta Acksel<\/p>
Changing toolkits in sustainability research \u2013 a perspective on transformative and transforming methods<\/a> Online<\/span> <\/p>
2024<\/span>, visited: 23.12.2024<\/span>.<\/p>
Links<\/a><\/span><\/p>
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