Dr. Philipp Gorris

My work is broadly focused on sustainable development and environmental governance. I am particularly interested in the factors that shape dynamics in integrated collaborative approaches to governance, and the effects of these dynamics on the capacity of governance to develop environmentally sustainable and socially just policies. Moreover, I study sources of resilience to environmental change in resource dependent communities.

Research Interests:

• Integrated Approaches to Environmental Governance
• Governance Networks
• Livelihood Resilience
• Protected Areas & Spatial Planning
• Research Methods
• Sustainable Development

Publications:

with peer-review

Gorris, P. & Glaser, M. (accepted). Information transmission capacity and robustness of natural resource governance networks in Brazil and Indonesia: A comparative analysis. Human Ecology Review.

Pahl-Wostl, C., Gorris, P., Jager, N., Koch, L., Lebel, L., Stein, C., Venghaus, S. & Withanachchi, S. (2020). Scale-related governance challenges in the water–energy–food nexus: toward a diagnostic approach. Sustainability Science. [online first]

Kluger, L., Gorris, P., Kochalski, S., Müller, M. & Romagnoni, G. (2020). Studying human-nature relationships through a network lens: A systematic review. People and Nature 2:1100-1116. [open access: here]

Gorris, P., Glaser, M., Idrus, R. & Yusuf, A.M. (2019). The role of social structure for governing natural resources in decentralized systems: Insights from governing a fishery in Indonesia. Public Administration 97(3):654-670.

Gorris, P. (2019). Mind the gap between aspiration and practice in co-managing marine protected areas: A case study from Negros Occidental, Philippines. Marine Policy 105:12–19.

Glaser, M., Gorris, P., Ferreira, P.B. & Breckwoldt, A. (2018). Analysing Ecosystem User Perceptions of the Governance Interactions Surrounding a Brazilian Near Shore Coral Reef. Sustainability 10(5):1464. [open access: here]

Gerhardinger, L.C., Gorris, P., Gonçalves, L.R. Herbst, D.F., Vila-Nova, D.A., De Carvalho, F.G., Glaser, M., Zondervan, R. & Glavovic, B. (2018). Healing Brazil's Blue Amazon: The role of knowledge networks in nurturing cross-scale transformations at the frontlines of ocean sustainability. Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Affairs and Policy 4:395. [open access: here]

Glaeser, B., Ferse, S. & Gorris, P. (2017). Fisheries in Indonesia between livelihoods and environmental degradation: Coping strategies in the Spermonde Archipelago, Sulawesi. In Global Change in Marine Systems: Societal and Governing Responses (Eds.: Guillotreau, P., Bundy, A., Perry, I. R.), Oxon/New York, pp. 67-82.

Gorris, P. (2016). Deconstructing the Reality of Community-Based Management of Marine Resources in a Small Island Context in Indonesia. Frontiers in Marine Science 3:120. [open access: here]

Kluger, L., Kochalski, S.,Müller, M.S., Gorris, P., & Romagnoni, G. (2015). Towards a holistic analysis of social-ecological systems (SES) in the marine realm. In Proceedings of the YOUMARES 6 Conference – A journey into the blue: Ocean research and innovation, 16-18. Sept. 2015 (Eds.: C. Jessen, S. Kalita & V. Golz), Bremen, Germany, pp. 107-122.
[online: here]

Ferrol-Schulte, D., Gorris, P., Baitoningsih, W., & Ferse, S. (2015). Coastal livelihood vulnerability to marine resource degradation: A review of the Indonesian national coastal and marine policy framework. Marine Policy 52:163–171.

Wever, L., Glaser, M., Gorris, P., & Ferrol-Schulte, D. (2012). Decentralization and participation in integrated coastal management: Policy lessons from Brazil and Indonesia. Ocean & Coastal Management 66:63–72.

without peer-review

Gorris, P. & Javaid, A. (2017). Fischen mit Gift und Dynamit - Ursachen und Lösungen. In Technologie-Information - Wissen und Innovation aus niedersächsischen Hochschulen (Leibniz-Universität Hannover, Hrsg.), Themenschwerpunkt: Wasser und Meer 3/2017, S. 21.

PainelMar. (2016). Painel Brasileiro para o Futuro do Oceano PainelMar. Brasilia. [online: here]

Gorris, P. (2015). Community-based management for sustainable fishing or organizing the battle over the remaining resources? Analysis of an island’s micro cosmos in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia. Paper presented at the workshop on environmental governance approaches in the local context: Evidence from Indonesia, 7-8 September 2015, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen. [online: here]

Glaeser B., Ferse S. & Gorris P. (2013). Case study Indonesia. Spermonde Archipelago: Island development & livelihoods. Report for ADApT. IMBER HDWG: Version 2013-05-17.

Gorris, P. (2012). Aspiration and reality in participatory management of marine protected areas: A case study in Negros Occidental, Philippines. In Proceedings of the ISEE 2012 Conference - Ecological Economics and Rio+20: Challenges and Contributions for a Green Economy, 16-19. June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PhD thesis:

Gorris, P. (2015). Entangled? Linking governance systems for regional-scale coral reef management: Analysis of case studies in Brazil and Indonesia, Bremen. [online: here]