Publications

Academic incentives need to change if we are to build trust in science.
Academic incentives need to change if we are to build trust in science.

Global Young Academy "Trust in Science Group", Time Higher Education, February 2019 (Adewale Adewuyi, Aysha Fleming, Lisa Herzog, Robert Lepenies, Clarissa  Rios Rojas and Koen Vermeir are members of the Global Young Academy, a 200-member global organisation of young scientists.)

Dimensions of Poverty Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism.
Dimensions of Poverty Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism.

Beck, V., Hahn, H. and Lepenies, R. eds., 2020. Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism.

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Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic?
Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic?

Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M., 2019. 24. Behaviour change: extralegal, apolitical, scientistic?. Handbook of Behavioural Change and Public Policy, p.344-360DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367854.00032

Beyond Boundaries: A global message from young scientists on COVID-19. Group of 23 international scientists of the Global Young Academy.

Beyond Boundaries: A global message from young scientists on COVID-19. 

Citizen Science for Transformative Air Quality Policy in Germany and Niger.
Civil Rights.
Civil Rights.

Lepenies, Robert. 2012. “Civil Rights” in Mark Juergensmeyer and Helmut K. Anheier (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Studies: Sage Publications

Dealing with interlinkages – a focused approach for implementing the SDGs and overcoming the COVID-19 crisis. Imme, Scholz, Kloke-Lesch, Adolf, Lepenies, Robert, Godoy-Faúndez, Alex, Režek Jambrak, Anet, Kablan, Armand Ketcha Malan, … Shimpuku, Yoko.

  http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3859573

Discovering the Political Implications of Coproduction in Water Governance. Lepenies, R., Hüesker, F., Beck, S. and Brugnach, M., 2018. Water, 10(10), p.1475..
Discovering the Political Implications of Coproduction in Water Governance. Lepenies, R., Hüesker, F., Beck, S. and Brugnach, M., 2018. Water, 10(10), p.1475..

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Economists as Political Philosophers: A Critique of Normative Trade Theory.
Economists as Political Philosophers: A Critique of Normative Trade Theory.

Lepenies, Robert. 2014. Economists as Political Philosophers: A Critique of Normative Trade Theory, EUI Department of Law Research Paper No. MWP 2014/11. 

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Environmental Sustainability Post-COVID-19: Scrutinizing Popular Hypotheses from a Social Science Perspective.
Is Globalization to Blame?
Is Globalization to Blame?

http://bostonreview.net/forum/globalization-blame/robert-lepenies-robert-lepenies-responds-dean-baker

Is the behavioral approach a form of scientific imperialism? An analysis of law and policy.
Is the behavioral approach a form of scientific imperialism? An analysis of law and policy.

Małecka, Magdalena & Lepenies, Robert: "Is the behavioural approach a form of scientific imperialism? An analysis of law and policy". in Maki U., Fernandez-Pinto M., Walsh A., Scientific imperialism: exploring the boundaries of interdisciplinarity, Routledge
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Keynesian Economics.
Keynesian Economics.

Lepenies, Robert and Lepenies, Philipp. 2012. Keynesian Economics. n Mark Juergensmeyer and Helmut K. Anheier (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Studies: Sage Publications.

Losers in Trade: Economics and Normative Justifications.
Losers in Trade: Economics and Normative Justifications.

Lepenies, Robert. 2015. PhD Dissertation: “Losers in Trade: Economics and Normative Justifications”. Published with Hertie School of Governance Library.

Making the COVID-19 crisis a real opportunity for environmental sustainability.
Mehr als nur Werkzeuge. Kritik an Experimenten in der Ökonomik..
Mehr als nur Werkzeuge. Kritik an Experimenten in der Ökonomik..

Kersting, F., Lepenies, R. and Neef, T., 2019. Mehr als nur Werkzeuge. In Perspektiven einer pluralen Ökonomik (pp. 209-229). Springer VS, Wiesbaden.

Nudges, Recht und Politik: Institutionelle Implikationen.
Nudges, Recht und Politik: Institutionelle Implikationen.

Lepenies, Robert & Malecka, Magdalena. 2016. “Nudges, Recht und Politik: Institutionelle Implikationen” Zeitschrift Für Praktische Philosophie, 3(1), 487–530. Special Issue on the Ethics of Choice Architecture (Johannes Drerup & Aaron Voloj Dessauer eds.)
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Perception of bottlenecks in the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. Zingraff-Hamed, A.; Schröter, B.; Schaub, S.; Lepenies, R.; Stein, U.; Hüesker, F.; Meyer, C.; Schleyer, C.; Schmeier, S. and Pusch, M.T. 2020. Water Alternative.

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Policy Brief: A new vision of water and sustainability management in mining and post-mining landscapes, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC), the Centre for Water and Environmental Research at the Univers.

A new vision of water and sustainability management in mining and post-mining landscapes,

Risks of producing and using indicators of sustainable development goals.

Lyytimäki, J., Salo, H., Lepenies, R., Büttner, L. and Mustajoki, J., Risks of producing and using indicators of sustainable development goals. Sustainable Development.

The ethics of behavioural public policy. Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M., 2019. In: The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy (pp. 513-525). Routledge..
The ethics of behavioural public policy. Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M., 2019. In: The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy (pp. 513-525). Routledge..

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The Institutional Consequences of Nudging: Nudges, Politics, and the Law.
The Institutional Consequences of Nudging: Nudges, Politics, and the Law.

Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M., 2015. The Institutional Consequences of Nudging–Nudges, Politics, and the Law. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 6(3), pp.427-437.
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The Poor Have No Money – So Just Give it to Them! In Favour of Inclusive Aid and Unconditional Cash Transfers..
The Poor Have No Money – So Just Give it to Them! In Favour of Inclusive Aid and Unconditional Cash Transfers..

Lauer, Lorenz and Lepenies, Robert, The Poor Have No Money – So Just Give it to Them! In Favour of Inclusive Aid and Unconditional Cash Transfers (February 2015). EUI Department of Law Research Paper MWP 2015/02. 

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Three challenges for behavioural science and policy: the empirical, the normative and the political. Lepenies, R., MacKay, K. and Quigley, M., 2018. Three challenges for behavioural science and policy: the empirical, the normative and the political. Behav.
Three challenges for behavioural science and policy: the empirical, the normative and the political. Lepenies, R., MacKay, K. and Quigley, M., 2018. Three challenges for behavioural science and policy: the empirical, the normative and the political. Behav.

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Why we need independent critique to achieve the SDGs : the role of academics.
Why we need independent critique to achieve the SDGs : the role of academics.

Blackshaw, Ruth & Lepenies, Robert & Max, Henrieke. 2016. 

Wissenschaft als politischer Beruf: Die Sustainable Development Goals als realistische Utopie.
Wissenschaft als politischer Beruf: Die Sustainable Development Goals als realistische Utopie.

Hahn, H. and Lepenies, R., 2017, April. Wissenschaft als politischer Beruf: Die Sustainable Development Goals als realistische Utopie. In Globale politische Ziele. Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick des Post-2015 Prozesses. Lepenies P., Sondermann, E. (Hrsg.). Nomos. pp. 169-194
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