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Joachim H. Spangenberg

Spangenberg, Joachim

Spangenberg, Joachim

Research Coordinator and Vice President, Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Germany

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Research Coordinator and Vice President, Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Germany

Joachim Spangenberg is an interdisciplinary researcher working as a macro economist for the Sustainable Europe Research Institute Germany and the Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research and teaching at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences. His work focusses on ecosystem services and their (often non-monetary) valuation, sustainable development strategies, sustainability ethics, monitoring and indicators, environmental conflicts and on strong sustainable consumption and economic (de)growth. Currently, he is a member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management; Steering Committee member of the Ecosystem Services Partnership ESP; board member of the International Sustainable Development Society ISDRS and Member of the New Economic Theory Project of WAAS.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Blind Spots of Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Monetising Biodiversity: Before Calculating the Value of Nature, Reflect on the Nature of Value   ( Economic Theory ), ( Transdisciplinary theory )
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Defining, assessing and valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services is an exemplary field, illustrating the necessity as well as the obstacles to interdisciplinary collaboration between natural scientists and economists. Despite the frequent use of identical individual motivations and similarities in the terminology, the discrepancies and misunderstandings run deep. A main reason for the lack of reflection regarding the disciplinary and partly...