RIMAS - Research Institute for Managing Sustainability

Gerald Berger has been a senior fellow and project manager at the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability since 2006. He holds a Master degree in Political Science from the University of Salzburg (Austria) and an MSc in Sustainability, Planning and Environmental Policy from Cardiff University (Wales, UK). His current research activities focus on sustainable development policy, governance for sustainable development, environmental policy, policy analysis and policy advice, and knowledge brokerage in the area of sustainable consumption (mainly in food, mobility and housing). He has extensive experience in EU funded research projects (FP5, FP6 and FP7), the exchange between policy-making and research, and the design and organization of European-wide conferences and workshops. He is also managing the European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN), the largest European network of policy-makers and experts SD strategies and policies.

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Journal Article (6)

Chapter in Book (6)

Contribution to the Proceedings of a Meeting (1)

Paper presented at scientific Meeting (18)

Working/Discussion Paper, Preprint (15)

Research Report, Expertise (18)

Multimedia (1)

Unpublished Lecture (2)

Publications
Journal Article
2012 Sedlacko, Michal, Pisano, Umberto, Berger, Gerald, Lepuschitz, Katrin. Forthcoming. Do Joint Research Agendas Have Impact on usage of knowledge in policy? The Case of the CORPUS JRA on Sustainable Food Consumption. Sustainability: Science, Practice & Policy (Details)
2011 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2011. The EU's double-track pursuit of sustainable development in the 2000s: How Lisbon and sustainable development strategies ran past each other. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 18 (2): 99-108. (Details)
2010 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald, Hametner, Markus. 2010. The vertical integration of Lisbon and sustainable development strategies across the EU: How different governance architectures shape the European coherence of policy documents. Natural Resources Forum 34 71-84. (Details)
2004 Berger, Gerald, Michael, Narodoslawsky. 2004. Editorial: Regional Sustainable Development - The Role of Structural Funds. Innovation 17 (1): 3-9. (Details)
2003 Berger, Gerald. 2003. Reflections on Governance: Power Relations and Policy Making in Regional Sustainable Development. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 5 (3): 219-234. (Details)
2001 Berger, Gerald, Flynn, Andrew, Hines, Frances, Johns, Richard. 2001. Ecological Modernization as a Basis for Environmental Policy: Current Environmental Discourse and Policy and the Implications on the Envrinmental Supply Chain Management. Innovation 14 (2): 55-72. (Details)
Chapter in Book
2011 Berger, Gerald. 2011. Good governance. In: Sustainable development in the European Union - 2011 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy, Hrsg. Eurostat, 339-359. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (Details)
2010 Berger, Gerald, Zwirner, Wilhelm, von Raggamby, Anneke, Sedlacko, Michal, Knoblauch, Doris, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre. 2010. Partizipation in der Entwicklung, Umsetzung und Evaluierung von nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien. In: Nachhaltigkeit regieren: Eine Bilanz zu Governance-Prinzipien und -Praktiken, Hrsg. Steurer, R., Berger, G., Trattnig, R., 143-168. München: Ökom Verlag. (Details)
2010 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2010. Horizontal policy integration: Concepts, administrative barriers and selected practices. In: Nachhaltigkeit regieren: Eine Bilanz zu Governance-Prinzipien und -Praktiken [Governing Sustainability: Taking stock of governance principles and practices], Hrsg. Steurer, R., Trattnigg, R., 55-74. München: Ökom Verlag. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald. 2009. Good governance. In: Sustainable development in the European Union - 2009 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy, Hrsg. EUROSTAT, 258-274. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2008. The Regional Level in National Sustainable Development Strategy Processes: Experiences with Vertical Policy Integration in Europe. In In Pursuit of Sustainable Development: New Governance Practices at the Sub-National Level in Europe, Hrsg. Baker, S. & Eckerberg, K., forthc.-forthc.. London: Routledge. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald. 2008. Sustainability Impact Assessment: European Approaches. In: Conducting Sustainability Assessments, Hrsg. OECD, 15-34. Paris: OECD. (Details)
Contribution to the Proceedings of a Meeting
2006 Berger, Gerald. 2006. Policy Integration and Capacity-Building in Regional Sustainable Development: Analysis of Experiences in Europe. In 2004 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, FFU-Report, Hrsg. FFU, ?-?. Berlin: (Details)
Paper presented at scientific Meeting
2012 Berger, Gerald. 2012. CORPUS - A European research project on knowledge brokerage in sustainable consumption policies. ESDN Conference 2012, Copenhagen, Dänemark, 28-29 June 2012. (Details)
2012 Berger, Gerald. 2012. SD strategies and governance in Europe after Rio+20: Reflections from the ESDN Conference 2012. EESC Rio+20 Debriefing Session, "Bringing Rio home", Brussels, Belgien, 5 July 2012. Invited Talk (Details)
2011 Berger, Gerald. 2011. Challenges and requirements for sustainable development policy & governance in Europe in the context of EU policy strategies. GLOBE Europe – Annual Strategy Conference, Berlin, Deutschland, 28.10.-29.10.. (Details)
2011 Berger, Gerald. 2011. CORPUS - A European research project on knowledge brokerage in sustainable consumption policies. ESDN Conference 2011, Szentendre, Ungarn, 27.06.-29.06.. (Details)
2009 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2009. Comparing the multilevel governance architecture of two EU Strategies: The Lisbon Process and the EU Sustainable Development Strategy. ECPR Joint Sessions, The Politics of Governance Architectures: Institutions, Power and Public Policy in the EU Lisbon Strategy (Workshop "The Politics of Governance Architectures: Institutions, Power and Public Policy in the EU Lisbon Strategy), Lissabon, Portugal, 14.04.-19.04.. (Details)
2009 Sedlacko, Michal, Berger, Gerald. 2009. Evaluation of Participation and Participation in Evaluation: Lessons from the Reviews of National Sustainable Development Strategies. EASY-ECO International Conference, Budapest, Ungarn, 16.10.-18.10.. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald. 2009. Governance for Sustainable Development: Concepts, principles and challenges. Expert Workshop of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Brussels, Belgien, 03.12.. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald. 2009. Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP): Experiences in Europe. International Conference on Sustainable Public Procurement, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 26.11.. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald. 2009. Governance for Sustainable Development: Concepts, prinicples and challenges. Expert Workshop of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Brussels, Belgien, 3 December 2009. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald. 2009. Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP): Experiences in Europe. International Conference on Sustainable Public Procurement, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 26 November 2009. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald. 2008. Sustainability Impact Assessment: Definitions, Approaches and Applications in Europe. EASY-ECO Vienna Conference 2008 "Governance by Evaluation: Institutional Capacities and Learning for Sustainable Development", Vienna, Österreich, 12.03.-14.03.. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald. 2008. Survey Results – Link between the Lisbon Strategy and the EU SDS and coordination in the EU Member States. ESDN Workshop "Post-2010: The Future of the EU SDS and its Interface with the Lisbon Process", Brüssel, Belgien, 19 November. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald. 2008. Sustainability Imapct Assessment: Definitions, Approaches and Objectives. OECD Workshop on Sustainability Assessment Methodologies, Amsterdam, Niederlande, 14.01.-15.01.. (Details)
2007 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2007. CSR Policies in EU Member States. International Workshop on "The Role of Government in (C)SR", Side Event to the 5th ISO Social Responsibility Plenary Meeting; Vienna School of International Studies, Vienna, Österreich, 03.11.. (Details)
2007 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2007. Policies on CSR in Europe: An Overview of Topics and Instruments. Tagung der Kommission Umweltwirtschaft im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V., Wien, Österreich, 05.10.-05.10.. (Details)
2007 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2007. Raising Awareness for CSR in EU Member States: Case Studies & Synthesis (presentation of project results). 15th meeting of the EU High-Level Group on CSR (CSR HLG), Brussels, Belgien, 07.05.-07.05.. (Details)
2007 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2007. Sustainable Public Procurement in EU Member States – Case studies and conclusions. 16th meeting of the EU High-Level Group on CSR (CSR HLG), Brussels, Belgien, 16.10.. (Details)
2005 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2005. National Strategies for Sustainable Development and their Implications on the Regional Level: Overview of Experiences with Vertical Policy Integration in Europe. ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop 17: “Initiating Sustainable Development: Patterns of Sub-National Engagement and their Significance”, Granada, Spanien, 14.04.-19.04.. (Details)
Working/Discussion Paper, Preprint
2012 Berger, Gerald, Endl, Andreas, Pisano, Umberto. 2012. Rio+20 and its implications for Sustainable Development Policy at the EU and national level. Conference Discussion Paper for the ESDN Conference 2012, Copenhagen 28-29 June 2012. (Details)
2011 Berger, Gerald, Sedlacko, Michal, Gjoksi, Nisida. 2011. Framing and Focussing: European Resource Policies in the Context of Sustainable Development, Conference Discussion Paper, ESDN Conference 2011 27-29 June 2011 in Szentendre, Hungary. (Details)
2011 Berger, Gerald, Pisano, Umberto. 2011. Perspectives for European SD Policy and Governance in the context of recent EU policy strategies and Rio+20. Background and Discussion Paper, ESDN Workshop, 27-28 October 2011. (Details)
2011 Berger, Gerald, Pisano, Umberto, Szlezak, Jozsef, Csobod, Eva. 2011. The CORPUS Research Agenda for Sustainable Food Consumption in Europe, CORPUS project. (Details)
2010 Berger, Gerald, Sedlacko, Michal. 2010. From Green Growth to a Sustainable Economy? Workshop Background & Discussion Paper, 5th European Sustainable Development Network Workshop, Madrid, 25-26 March 2010.. (Details)
2010 Berger, Gerald, Gjoksi, Nisida. 2010. Linking economic growth and sustainable development: Strategies, initiatives and activities on the international, EU and national level, ESDN Case Study No. 1. (Details)
2010 Berger, Gerald, Gjoksi, Nisida, Sedlacko, Michal. 2010. Reforms for Measuring Welfare and Wealth in the Context of Sustainable Development. Workshop Background & Discussion Paper. 6th ESDN Workshop, Berlin, 2-3 December 2010. (Details)
2010 Sedlacko, Michal, Berger, Gerald, Gjoksi, Nisida. 2010. Towards an Economy compatible with Sustainable Development Principles: "Green" Strategies in the context of Sustainable Development, Conference Discussion Paper, ESDN Conference 2010 4 - 6 July 2010 in Ghent, Belgium. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald. 2009. New Drive for Sustainable Development Strategies - The Power of Smart Linkages, Background and Discussion Paper, ESDN Workshop, 3-4 November 2009 in Brussels. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald, Gjoksi, Nisida, Zwirner, Wilhelm. 2009. Options and Opportunities for the Future EU Sustainable Development Strategy, Discussion Paper, ESDN Conference 2009; 17-19 June 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. (Details)
2008 Steurer, Reinhard, Margula, Sharon, Berger, Gerald. 2008. Coordinating SCP and CSR policies with Sustainable Development Strategies; Discussion Paper for the European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) Conference 2008; June 29-July 1, 2008 in Paris, France. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald, Hametner, Markus, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre. 2008. “Coordinating SCP and CSR policies with Sustainable Development Strategies” - Proceedings of the European Sustainable Development Network/ESDN Conference 2008, June 29 – July 1, Paris/France. (Details)
2007 Berger, Gerald, Hametner, Markus, Steurer, Reinhard. 2007. European Sustainability Berlin 07: Conference Proceedings of the European Sustainable Development Network/ESDN Conference 2007, June 3-5, 2007, Berlin/Germany. (Details)
2007 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2007. Linking Politics and Administration in SD Policy Making. Discussion Paper I for the ESDN Conference "European Sustainability Berlin 2007", 3-5 June 2007, Berlin/Germany. (Details)
2006 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2006. Sustainable Development goes Mozart: Conference Proceedings of the European Sustainable Development Network/ESDN Conference 2006, June 1-2, 2006, Salzburg/Austria. (Details)
Research Report, Expertise
2012 Pisano, Umberto, Endl, Andreas, Berger, Gerald. 2012. The Rio+20 Conference 2012: Objectives, processes and outcomes, ESDN Quarterly Report June 2012. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2012 Endl, Andreas, Berger, Gerald, Sedlacko, Michal. 2012. Renewing the commitment for SD: Stock-taking of international and European SD objectives and goals pre-Rio+20, ESDN Quarterly Report March 2012. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2011 Pisano, Umberto, Berger, Gerald, Endl, Andreas, Sedlacko, Michal. 2011. Sustainable development governance & policies in the light of major EU policy strategies and international developments, ESDN Quarterly Report September 2011. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2010 Gjoksi, Nisida, Sedlacko, Michal, Berger, Gerald. 2010. National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe: Status quo and recent developments, ESDN Quarterly Report, September 2010. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2009 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald, Schäfer, Astrid. 2009. Public policies on CSR awareness raising in the EU-25: Background paper for the working group 6 of the German CSR forum, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2009. Horizontal Policy Integration and Sustainable Development: Conceptual remarks and governance examples, ESDN Quarterly Report, June 2009. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald, Sedlacko, Michal. 2009. Involvement of sub-national authorities in National Sustainable Development Strategy processess, ESDN Quarterly Report, March 2009. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2009 Berger, Gerald, Gjoksi, Nisida. 2009. Sustainable development strategies beyond Europe, ESDN Quarterly Report, September 2009. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2008 Steurer, Reinhard, Margula, Sharon, Berger, Gerald. 2008. Public policies on CSR in EU Member States: Overview of government initiatives and selected cases on Awareness Raising for CSR, Sustainable Public Procurement and Socially Responsible Investment. Vienna: ESDN Quarterly Report June 2008. (Details)
2008 Steurer, Reinhard, Hametner, Markus, Berger, Gerald, Rametsteiner, Ewald. 2008. The Governance of the Lisbon Process: National Reform Programmes, Structural Indicators and Sustainable Development Strategies. ESDN Quarterly Report March 2008. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2008 Berger, Gerald, Sedlacko, Michal. 2008. Contributions of the Regional and Local Authorities to the Sustainable Development Strategies, Final Report, Project commissioned by the Committee of the Regions (CDR/ETU/24/2007). Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2007 Berger, Gerald, Hametner, Markus, Steurer, Reinhard. 2007. Strategic Approaches to Climate Change in Europe: EU policies and strategies, provisions in SD strategies and overview of national climate change strategies. ESDN Quarterly Report September 2007. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2007 Berger, Gerald. 2007. Sustainability Impact Assessment: Approaches and applications in Europe. ESDN Quarterly Report, June 2007. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2007 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2007. The EU SDS Process in the Member States: SDS Coordinators, National Progress Reports and the Open Method of Coordination. ESDN Quarterly Report March 2007. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2007 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard, Konrad, Astrid, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre. 2007. Raising Awareness for CSR in EU Member States: Overview of government initiatives and selected cases. Vienna: Final Report to the High-Level Group on CSR. (Details)
2007 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald, Konrad, Astrid, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre. 2007. Sustainable Public Procurement in EU Member States: Overview of government initiatives and selected cases. Vienna: Final Report to the EU High-Level Group on CSR. (Details)
2006 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2006. Evaluation and Review of National Sustainable Development Strategies. ESDN Quarterly Report September 2006. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
2006 Berger, Gerald, Steurer, Reinhard. 2006. The Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development (SD) and the UK's SD Commission: Two distinct models of involving stakeholders in SD policy making. ESDN Quarterly Report December 2006. Vienna: Research Institute for Managing Sustainability. (Details)
Multimedia
2006 Steurer, Reinhard, Kopp, Ursula, Hametner, Markus, Berger, Gerald. 2006. Homepage of the European Sustainable Development Network/ESDN. European Sustainable Development Network/ESDN. (Details)
Unpublished Lecture
2006 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald. 2006. Mutual learning through the European Sustainable Development Network (ESDN) and Peer Reviews. start-up meeting of the peer-review of Norway's national strategy for sustainable development, Stockholm, 08.12. (Details)
2006 Steurer, Reinhard, Berger, Gerald, Konrad, Astrid, Martinuzzi, Robert-Andre. 2006. CSR Awareness Raising in EU Member States. 14th meeting of High-Level Social Representatives on CSR (CSR HLG), Brussels, 23.10. (Details)

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