Martina Schäfer
Current Organizations / Institutes
The organizations/institutes from the scholar's latest article
Martina Schäfer has a total of 88 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Emilia Nagy
Technische Universität Berlin
7 shared publications - Josefa Kny
Betterplace lab
3 shared publications - Lena Theiler
Research Unit Transdisciplinarity, ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research , Hamburger Allee 45 , 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3 shared publications - Oskar Marg
Research Unit Transdisciplinarity, ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research , Hamburger Allee 45 , 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3 shared publications - Alexandra Lux
Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2 shared publications - Antonietta Di Giulio
University of Basel
2 shared publications
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 10 September 2026
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 445-457
Ein partizipatives Forschungsprojekt durchführen: Systematisches Vorgehen zur wirkungsorientierten Projektbegleitung und formativen Evaluation
Zusammenfassung: Transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung zielt darauf ab, gesellschaftliche Wirkung zu entfalten und zur Lösung realweltlicher Probleme beizutragen. Allerdings bleibt es eine Herausforderung, während der Forschungsprozesse eine durchgehende Wirkungsreflexion sicherzustellen, die auch mittel- und langfristige Effekte berücksichtigt. In diesem Beitrag geben wir eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung zur systematischen Reflexion, Verfolgung und Erfassung gesellschaftlicher Wirkungen. Wir entwickelten und erprobten unseren Ansatz im Rahmen mehrerer Projekte iterativ und fallstudienbasiert am Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft der TU Berlin (Schäfer et al., 2024; Wiefek et al., 2024; Nagy et al., 2023). Zentrale Elemente des systematischen Vorgehens zur wirkungsorientierten Projektbegleitung und formativen Evaluation partizipativer und transdisziplinärer Forschungsprojekte sind 1) ein Wirkungsworkshop, der zu Beginn, in regelmäßigen Abständen während des Projektverlaufs und zum Projektabschluss eingesetzt werden kann, 2) ein wirkungsorientiertes Monitoringkonzept mit 3) Datenerhebung und -auswertung sowie die daraus folgende Ableitung von Nachsteuerungsbedarfen. Im Folgenden beschreiben wir diese Elemente und reflektieren unseren Ansatz zum Abschluss.
- 10 September 2026
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 445-457
Open AccessEin partizipatives Forschungsprojekt durchführen: Systematisches Vorgehen zur wirkungsorientierten Projektbegleitung und formativen Evaluation
Zusammenfassung: Transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung zielt darauf ab, gesellschaftliche Wirkung zu entfalten und zur Lösung realweltlicher Probleme beizutragen. Allerdings bleibt es eine Herausforderung, während der Forschungsprozesse eine durchgehende Wirkungsreflexion sicherzustellen, die auch mittel- und langfristige Effekte berücksichtigt. In diesem Beitrag geben wir eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung zur systematischen Reflexion, Verfolgung und Erfassung gesellschaftlicher Wirkungen. Wir entwickelten und erprobten unseren Ansatz im Rahmen mehrerer Projekte iterativ und fallstudienbasiert am Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft der TU Berlin (Schäfer et al., 2024; Wiefek et al., 2024; Nagy et al., 2023). Zentrale Elemente des systematischen Vorgehens zur wirkungsorientierten Projektbegleitung und formativen Evaluation partizipativer und transdisziplinärer Forschungsprojekte sind 1) ein Wirkungsworkshop, der zu Beginn, in regelmäßigen Abständen während des Projektverlaufs und zum Projektabschluss eingesetzt werden kann, 2) ein wirkungsorientiertes Monitoringkonzept mit 3) Datenerhebung und -auswertung sowie die daraus folgende Ableitung von Nachsteuerungsbedarfen. Im Folgenden beschreiben wir diese Elemente und reflektieren unseren Ansatz zum Abschluss.
- Open Access
- 10 September 2026
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 85-102
Wirkungen partizipativer Forschungsformate – Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede von transdisziplinärer Forschung und Citizen Science
Zusammenfassung: Transdisziplinäre Forschung und Citizen Science treten an, um mit dem Einbezug nicht wissenschaftlicher Akteur:innen (Vertreter:innen aus Politik, Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft sowie Bürger:innen) einen Beitrag zur Wissensgenerierung für die Lösung komplexer gesellschaftlicher Probleme zu leisten. In den letzten Jahren wird von externen Akteur:innen (Politik, Forschungsförderung) vermehrt gefordert, den angenommenen gesellschaftlichen Nutzen und wissenschaftlichen Mehrwert dieser Forschungsansätze zu belegen. Aber auch von partizipativ und transdisziplinär Forschenden besteht der Anspruch, die Wirkungen in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft nachzuzeichnen und – wo möglich – zu messen, um die Qualität der Forschung und die Anerkennung für diese Ansätze zu verbessern. Übergreifend wird angenommen, dass Wirkungen durch die Gestaltung des Forschungsprozesses und die erzielten Ergebnisse entstehen. Dabei unterscheiden sich transdisziplinäre Forschung und Citizen Science erheblich in ihren Zielsetzungen sowie methodischen Vorgehensweisen und besitzen unterschiedliche Potenziale der Generierung von Wirkungen. In diesem Artikel wird auf Basis vorliegender Literatur und der Erfahrungen der Autorinnen auf unterschiedliche Wirkungsformen und Herausforderungen der Erfassung von Wirkungen eingegangen. Es werden Erkenntnisse aus transdisziplinärer Forschung und Citizen Science verglichen und Gemeinsamkeiten sowie Unterschiede herausgearbeitet.
- 10 September 2026
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 85-102
Open AccessWirkungen partizipativer Forschungsformate – Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede von transdisziplinärer Forschung und Citizen Science
Zusammenfassung: Transdisziplinäre Forschung und Citizen Science treten an, um mit dem Einbezug nicht wissenschaftlicher Akteur:innen (Vertreter:innen aus Politik, Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft sowie Bürger:innen) einen Beitrag zur Wissensgenerierung für die Lösung komplexer gesellschaftlicher Probleme zu leisten. In den letzten Jahren wird von externen Akteur:innen (Politik, Forschungsförderung) vermehrt gefordert, den angenommenen gesellschaftlichen Nutzen und wissenschaftlichen Mehrwert dieser Forschungsansätze zu belegen. Aber auch von partizipativ und transdisziplinär Forschenden besteht der Anspruch, die Wirkungen in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft nachzuzeichnen und – wo möglich – zu messen, um die Qualität der Forschung und die Anerkennung für diese Ansätze zu verbessern. Übergreifend wird angenommen, dass Wirkungen durch die Gestaltung des Forschungsprozesses und die erzielten Ergebnisse entstehen. Dabei unterscheiden sich transdisziplinäre Forschung und Citizen Science erheblich in ihren Zielsetzungen sowie methodischen Vorgehensweisen und besitzen unterschiedliche Potenziale der Generierung von Wirkungen. In diesem Artikel wird auf Basis vorliegender Literatur und der Erfahrungen der Autorinnen auf unterschiedliche Wirkungsformen und Herausforderungen der Erfassung von Wirkungen eingegangen. Es werden Erkenntnisse aus transdisziplinärer Forschung und Citizen Science verglichen und Gemeinsamkeiten sowie Unterschiede herausgearbeitet.
- Open Access
- 1 September 2026
- Published by Bristol University Press in Consumption and Society
- Vol. 5 (3) , 401-413
Future directions for sustainable consumption research and action
This article identifies ten priorities for future sustainable consumption research and action, prioritising questions of (in)justice. It emerged from a series of interdisciplinary exchanges between sustainable consumption scholars from across Europe, reflecting their expert perspectives and research practices.
- 1 September 2026
- Published by Bristol University Press in Consumption and Society
- Vol. 5 (3) , 401-413
Open AccessFuture directions for sustainable consumption research and action
This article identifies ten priorities for future sustainable consumption research and action, prioritising questions of (in)justice. It emerged from a series of interdisciplinary exchanges between sustainable consumption scholars from across Europe, reflecting their expert perspectives and research practices.
- Open Access
- 13 March 2026
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
- Vol. 35 (1) , 8-12
Can you have your cake and eat it too? Managing societal and scientific impacts in transdisciplinary research
Ideal-typical transdisciplinary research (TDR) aims to generate impacts both in science and society. This results in challenges for everybody who is involved. This article sheds light on this ambivalent field of TDR and introduces a Special Section of two articles addressing the tensions that may emerge when aiming for impacts in both realms. With this opening article, we present institutional, individual, and project strategies that enable and support TDR, and we reveal ambivalences that arise from their interplay with the current academic system.
- 13 March 2026
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
- Vol. 35 (1) , 8-12
Open AccessCan you have your cake and eat it too? Managing societal and scientific impacts in transdisciplinary research
Ideal-typical transdisciplinary research (TDR) aims to generate impacts both in science and society. This results in challenges for everybody who is involved. This article sheds light on this ambivalent field of TDR and introduces a Special Section of two articles addressing the tensions that may emerge when aiming for impacts in both realms. With this opening article, we present institutional, individual, and project strategies that enable and support TDR, and we reveal ambivalences that arise from their interplay with the current academic system.
- Open Access
- 13 March 2026
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
- Vol. 35 (1) , 22
Coping with dual impact orientation in transdisciplinarity: tdAcademy Brief Reflection Guide #1
- 13 March 2026
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
- Vol. 35 (1) , 22
Open AccessCoping with dual impact orientation in transdisciplinarity: tdAcademy Brief Reflection Guide #1
- Open Access
- 6 August 2025
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences
- Vol. 22 (1)
How real-world experiments create and strengthen impact. A generic impact pathway
- 6 August 2025
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences
- Vol. 22 (1)
Open AccessHow real-world experiments create and strengthen impact. A generic impact pathway
- Open Access
- 25 June 2025
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis
- Vol. 34 (2) , 61-67
Comparing two constellation analyses: Insights from the development of weeding robots and autonomous shuttles
Constellation analysis is a bridging concept for transdisciplinary strategy development. This article compares how constellation analysis was applied in two projects to map strategies for establishing new socio-technical constellations. The focus is on comparing the methodological approach and the question of how certain decisions affected the potential for strategy development and knowledge integration. The results show that the constellation analysis in both projects facilitated the integration of different perspectives as well as strategy development. In one project, an analytical focus on the project goals and project duration enabled a better understanding of the roles and tasks of the project partners and the adaptation of strategies to the current state of technology. In the other project, constellation analysis was used for strategy development beyond the project context and for knowledge transfer.
- 25 June 2025
- Published by Oekom Publishers GmbH in TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis
- Vol. 34 (2) , 61-67
Open AccessComparing two constellation analyses: Insights from the development of weeding robots and autonomous shuttles
Constellation analysis is a bridging concept for transdisciplinary strategy development. This article compares how constellation analysis was applied in two projects to map strategies for establishing new socio-technical constellations. The focus is on comparing the methodological approach and the question of how certain decisions affected the potential for strategy development and knowledge integration. The results show that the constellation analysis in both projects facilitated the integration of different perspectives as well as strategy development. In one project, an analytical focus on the project goals and project duration enabled a better understanding of the roles and tasks of the project partners and the adaptation of strategies to the current state of technology. In the other project, constellation analysis was used for strategy development beyond the project context and for knowledge transfer.
- 23 May 2025
- Published by Edward Elgar Publishing
- p. 205-223
Sustainable food for all: challenges and potentials of the German public catering sector
Ensuring worldwide equal access to nutritious food and promoting sustainable and healthy production and consumption practices are two important Sustainable Development Goals. Public procurement in the food sector has the potential for relevant contributions to achieve these goals since it reaches a broad variety of target groups. In the German context, the public catering sector has gained political attention with the aim of encouraging sustainable and healthy consumer behaviour. For instance, the German government’s Food and Nutrition Strategy calls for significant improvements in catering services for day-care centres and schools, canteens, healthcare facilities and hospitals. This chapter provides a systematic overview of the state of research in Germany on improving food environments in public catering that enable consumers to adopt responsible food choices. Insights from the author’s own research on sustainable catering will also be presented. The findings will encompass the challenges and potentials of providing more vegetarian/vegan, healthy and regional/organic food options in consideration of the direct food environment and external factors shaping it. The findings point towards the importance of value-oriented public catering, which creates enabling food environments to realise the sector’s potential and to meet sustainability targets.
- 23 May 2025
- Published by Edward Elgar Publishing
- p. 205-223
Sustainable food for all: challenges and potentials of the German public catering sector
Ensuring worldwide equal access to nutritious food and promoting sustainable and healthy production and consumption practices are two important Sustainable Development Goals. Public procurement in the food sector has the potential for relevant contributions to achieve these goals since it reaches a broad variety of target groups. In the German context, the public catering sector has gained political attention with the aim of encouraging sustainable and healthy consumer behaviour. For instance, the German government’s Food and Nutrition Strategy calls for significant improvements in catering services for day-care centres and schools, canteens, healthcare facilities and hospitals. This chapter provides a systematic overview of the state of research in Germany on improving food environments in public catering that enable consumers to adopt responsible food choices. Insights from the author’s own research on sustainable catering will also be presented. The findings will encompass the challenges and potentials of providing more vegetarian/vegan, healthy and regional/organic food options in consideration of the direct food environment and external factors shaping it. The findings point towards the importance of value-oriented public catering, which creates enabling food environments to realise the sector’s potential and to meet sustainability targets.
- Open Access
- 22 December 2024
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 33-48
For and By Citizens: The Various Faces of Energy Citizenship in Germany
Since the term Energiewende (energy transition) was coined in the early 1980s, Germany has often been seen as a pioneer in the transition towards an energy system based on renewable energy sources. However, to what extent is the German energy transition linked to the environmental and anti-nuclear movements of the 1980s and shaped by different forms of energy citizenship? Beyond the strong support it receives from a large part of the population, the energy transition encompasses highly diversified faces of citizen involvement. Our empirical investigation of energy citizenship in Germany underlines the key role of engaged individuals (or groups of individuals) in promoting both energy democracy and citizenship by enabling and empowering other citizens to be part of the energy transition in various ways and scales. The latter addresses a large range of issues, from energy saving to renewable energy production and sustainable mobility. The outcome orientation of energy citizenship initiatives differs between rather reformative approaches that try to improve the current energy system and more transformative approaches that question current structures and aim to create a more decentralised, democratic and just energy system. This chapter presents insights into the diversity of forms of energy citizenship in Germany and the legal and political context in which they operate.
- 22 December 2024
- Published by Springer Nature
- p. 33-48
Open AccessFor and By Citizens: The Various Faces of Energy Citizenship in Germany
Since the term Energiewende (energy transition) was coined in the early 1980s, Germany has often been seen as a pioneer in the transition towards an energy system based on renewable energy sources. However, to what extent is the German energy transition linked to the environmental and anti-nuclear movements of the 1980s and shaped by different forms of energy citizenship? Beyond the strong support it receives from a large part of the population, the energy transition encompasses highly diversified faces of citizen involvement. Our empirical investigation of energy citizenship in Germany underlines the key role of engaged individuals (or groups of individuals) in promoting both energy democracy and citizenship by enabling and empowering other citizens to be part of the energy transition in various ways and scales. The latter addresses a large range of issues, from energy saving to renewable energy production and sustainable mobility. The outcome orientation of energy citizenship initiatives differs between rather reformative approaches that try to improve the current energy system and more transformative approaches that question current structures and aim to create a more decentralised, democratic and just energy system. This chapter presents insights into the diversity of forms of energy citizenship in Germany and the legal and political context in which they operate.
- Open Access
- 7 August 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Rural Studies
- Vol. 110
Analysing micrologistics initiatives in rural areas – Approaches to typologise and assess complex logistics solutions in regional supply networks
- 7 August 2024
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Rural Studies
- Vol. 110
Open AccessAnalysing micrologistics initiatives in rural areas – Approaches to typologise and assess complex logistics solutions in regional supply networks