Kirschke, Sabrina
Senior Research Associate
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-FLORES
- OFFICE:
- UNU-FLORES, Ammonstrasse 74, Dresden, 01067, Germany
- E-MAIL:
- kirschke@unu.edu
- PHONE:
- + 49 351 7999 3805
- NATIONALITY:
- German
Research Interests
- Governance of complex and wicked problems
- Integrated management of water, soil, and waste
- Mixed methods designs
- Transdisciplinary research and citizen science
Education
- PhD, Political Science, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany (2018)
- Diplom, Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (2009)
Appointments
- Member of the environmental management committee "Anwendung eines Umweltmanagementsystems innerhalb des Umweltthemengebietes Wasser" (NA 172-00-02-02) of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) (2020)
- Focal point for the external evaluation of UNU-FLORES (2020)
- Member of the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2 Technical Feedback Group, coordinated by UN Environment GEMS/Water (2018/2019)
Biographical Statement
Sabrina Kirschke is a Senior Research Associate at UNU-FLORES. She contributes to the research, academic, and capacity development activities in water resources management within the resource nexus. Before joining UNU-FLORES, she worked as a research associate in several water-related projects at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Magdeburg, Germany and as a consultant and intern at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung GmbH in Eschborn and Uganda. She is particularly interested in conceptualising complexities of water quality-related nexus problems and to developing governance strategies to addressing these problems in practice. Her work refers to various regional levels (e.g., transboundary, national, local) and regulations (e.g., European Water Framework Directive). She is experienced with interdisciplinary and problem-oriented research, in-depth cooperation with stakeholders, and the application of qualitative and quantitative research methods. During her PhD, she worked on the role of complexity in addressing the water quality challenge.
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Articles
- Kirschke, Sabrina and Kosow, Hannah (2021). Designing policy mixes for emerging wicked problems. The case of pharmaceutical residues in freshwaters. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 1-12
- Kirschke, Sabrina, Avellán, Tamara, Bärlund, Ilona, Bogardi, Janos J., Carvalho, Laurence, Chapman, Deborah, Dickens, Chris W. S., Irvine, Kenneth, Lee, SungBong, Mehner, Thomas and Warner, Stuart (2020). Capacity challenges in water quality monitoring: understanding the role of human development. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(298), 1-16
- San Llorente Capdevila, Anna, Kokimova, Ainur, Sinha Ray, Saunak, Avellán, Tamara, Kim, Jiwon and Kirschke, Sabrina (2020). Success factors for citizen science projects in water quality monitoring. Science of the Total Environment, 728, 1-17
- Kirschke, Sabrina, Häger, Astrid, Kirschke, Dieter and Völker, Jeanette (2019). Agricultural Nitrogen Pollution of Freshwater in Germany. The Governance of Sustaining a Complex Problem. Water, 11(12), 1-19
- Kirschke, S., Franke, C., Newig, J., Borchardt, D. (2019). Clusters of water governance problems and their effects on policy delivery. Policy & Society
(https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14494035.2019.1586081) - Thinyane, Mamello and Kirschke, Sabrina (2019). Data assemblages for enhanced citizen participation in sustainable development. Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, n/a-n/a
- Benavides, Lucía, Avellán, Tamara, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea (2019). Assessing Sustainability of Wastewater Management Systems in a Multi-Scalar, Transdisciplinary Manner in Latin America. Water, 11(2), 1-51
- Kirschke, Sabrina, Zhang, Lulu and Meyer, Kristin (2018). Decoding the Wickedness of Resource Nexus Problems — Examples from Water-Soil Nexus Problems in China. Resources, 7(4), 1-15
- Kim, Jiwon, Kirschke, Sabrina and Avellán, Tamara (2018). Well-Designed Citizen Science Projects Can Help Monitor SDG 6. SDG Knowledge Hub, n/a-n/a
- Kirschke, Sabrina and Avellán, Tamara (2018). Political Challenges in Monitoring SDG 6. SDG Knowledge Hub, n/a-n/a
- Lee, SungBong, Avellán, Tamara and Kirschke, Sabrina (2017). Too Many Indicators Make Monitoring Murky. The Source, n/a-n/a
- Hagemann, N. and Kirschke, S. (2017): Key Issues of Interdisciplinary NEXUS Governance Analyses: Lessons Learned from Research on Integrated Water Resources Management. Resources 6, 9
- Kirschke S., Newig J., Völker J., and Borchardt D. (2017): Does problem complexity matter for environmental policy delivery? How public authorities address problems of water governance. Journal of Environmental Management 196, 1-7
- Kirschke, S.; Newig, J. Addressing Complexity in Environmental Management and Governance. Sustainability 2017, 9, 983
- Kirschke, S., Borchardt, D., Newig, J. (2017). Mapping Complexity in Environmental Governance: A comparative analysis of 37 priority issues in German water management. Environmental Policy and Governance 27(6), 534-559
- Kirschke, S., Völker, J., Richter, S. (2016): Evaluating water management processes in Germany, Conceptual approach and practical applications. Environmental Earth Sciences 75:1098
- Kirschke, S., Hagemann, N. (2014): Stärkung der Wasser-Governanceforschung. Impulse aus der Forschung zum Integrierten Wasserressourcen-Management. GAIA 23(4), pp. 313-317
Book Chapters
- Kirschke, Sabrina and Newig, Jens, “Complexity in Water Management and Governance” in Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples, ed. Bogardi, Janos J., Gupta, Joyeeta, Nandalal, K.D.W., Salamé, Léna, van Nooijen, Ronald R. P., Kumar, Navneet, Tingsanchali, Tawatchai, Bhaduri, Anik and Kolechkina, Alla G. (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2021), 801-810.
- Fekete, Balázs M., Andreu, Ana, Argent, Robert, Avellán, Tamara, Birkett, Charon, Caucci, Serena, Cohen, Sagy, Dube, Timothy, Kirschke, Sabrina and Looser, Ulrich, “Observations, Monitoring and Data Management” in Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples, ed. Bogardi, Janos J., Gupta, Joyeeta, Nandalal, K.D.W., Salamé, Léna, van Nooijen, Ronald R. P., Kumar, Navneet, Tingsanchali, Tawatchai, Bhaduri, Anik and Kolechkina, Alla G. (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2021), 385-442.
- Benavides, Lucía, Avellán, Tamara, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea, “Assessing Sustainability of Wastewater Management Systems in a Multi-Scalar, Transdisciplinary Manner in Latin America” in The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities (Basel, Switzerland: MDPI, 2019), 79-129.
- Kirschke, S., Horlemann, L., Brenda, M., Deffner, J., Jokisch, A., Mohajeri, S., Onigkeit, J. (2016): Benefits and barriers of participation: Experiences of applied research projects in integrated water resources management. In: Borchardt, D., Bogardi, J. und Ibisch, R. (eds.): Integrated water resources management: Concepts, research and implementation. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 303-331
Conference Proceedings
- Kirschke, S., Richter, S., Völker, J. (2015): Management-Indikatoren zur Bewertung des Umsetzungsprozesses der WRRL. Ein konzeptioneller und empirischer Beitrag. In: Evers, M., Diekkrüger, B. (eds.): Aktuelle Herausforderungen im Flussgebiets- und Hochwassermanagement: Prozesse, Methoden, Konzepte. Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 19./20. März 2015 an der Universität Bonn. Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 35. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall (DWA), Hennef, pp. 255-264
- Kirschke, S., Ibisch, R., Stärz, C., Borchardt, B. (2013): Report from the Dresden International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management. In: Borchardt, D., Ibisch, R. (Hrsg.): Integrated Water Resources Management in a changing world. Lessons learnt and innovative perspectives. London: IWA Publishing. XV–XXIV
Reports
- Wendt-Potthoff, Katrin, Avellán, Tamara, van Emmerik, Tim, Hamester, Meike, Kirschke, Sabrina, Kitover, Danielle and Schmidt, Christian (2020). Monitoring Plastics in Rivers and Lakes: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies. United Nations Environment Programme.
- Wendt-Potthoff, Katrin, Avellán, Tamara, van Emmerik, Tim, Hamester, Meike, Kirschke, Sabrina, Kitover, Danielle and Schmidt, Christian (2020). Monitoring Plastics in Rivers and Lakes: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies. United Nations Environment Programme.
- Avellán, Tamara, Benavides, Lucía, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea (2019). Towards Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Systems: Implementing a Nexus Approach in Two Cases in Latin America. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
- Avellán, Tamara, Benavides, Lucía, Caucci, Serena, Hahn, Angela, Kirschke, Sabrina and Müller, Andrea (2019). Hacia sistemas sostenibles de tratamiento de aguas residuals: Implementando el enfoque nexo en dos casos en América Latina. United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).
- Dombrowski, I., Hagemann, N., Huppert, W., Kirschke, S. (2013): Governance als Erfolgsfaktor für ein Integriertes Wasserressourcen-Management. Eckpunktepapier
- Brenda, M., Jokisch, A., Kirschke, S., Lee-Peuker, M.-Y., Onigkeit, J., Sigel, K., Walk, H. (2013): Partizipationsprozesse in Forschungsprojekten zum Integrierten Wasserressourcen-Management. Eckpunktepapier
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- Understanding Water Quality Indicators and Their Application
- Resource recovery from wastewater in the Americas – Assessing the Water-Soil-Waste Nexus (SludgeTec)
- Addressing Wicked Resource Management Problems
- The Role of Citizen Science in Water Quality Monitoring
- Monitoring plastics in freshwaters – A participatory approach
- Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center – Aachen, Bangkok, Chennai, Dresden
- Monitoring plastics in freshwaters – A participatory approach: Phase II
- The social dimension of sustainability in agricultural systems
- Resource Nexus for Sustainability Transformations (NEXtra)