Als Leiterin des Teams Public Policy Research verantworte ich unsere Forschung zum Zusammenspiel von Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft.

Publikationen

æ Nath, S., Kirschke, S. (2023). Groundwater Monitoring through Citizen Science: A Review of Project Designs and Results. Groundwater, 61(4), 481-493. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13298

æ Kirschke, S., Van Emmerik, T.H., Nath, S., Schmidt, C., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2023). Barriers to plastic monitoring in freshwaters in the Global South. Environmental Science & Policy, 146, 162-170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.011

æ Kirschke, S., Bennett, C., Ghazani, A.B., Kirschke, D., Lee, Y., Loghmani Khouzani, S.T., Nath, S. (2023). Design impacts of citizen science. A comparative analysis of water monitoring projects. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 1186238. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1186238

æ Kirschke, S., Van Emmerik, T.H., Schreyers, L.J., Nath, S., Schmidt, C., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2023). Estimating plastic pollution in rivers through harmonized monitoring strategies. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196, 115503. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115503

æ Orou Sannou, R., Kirschke, S., Günther, E. (2023). Integrating the social perspective into the sustainability assessment of agri-food systems: A review of indicators. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 39, 175-190. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.05.014

Kirschke, S., Akif, N.U. (2024). How do the social sciences approach wicked resource nexus problems? A bibliometric review. Environmental Earth Sciences, 83(21), 607. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11884-9

æ Brouwer, F., Caucci, S., Karthe, D., Kirschke, S., Madani, K., Mueller, A., Zhang, L., Guenther, E. (2024). Advancing the resource nexus concept for research and practice. Sustainability Nexus Forum, 31(1-4), 41-65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-024-00533-1

æ Earthwatch Institute, Warner, S., Kirschke, S., Loiselle, S., Bishop, I., Mongo Castro, J., Wu, Y. (2024). Technical Brief - The role of citizen science in improving ambient water quality. (48) [Technical Brief]. "Earthwatch Europe on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme-coordinated World Water Quality Alliance". DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.12634359

æ Earthwatch Institute, Warner, S., Loiselle, S., Bishop, I., Wu, Y., Mongo Castro, J. (2024). Policy Brief - The role of citizen science in improving ambient water quality. (4) [Policy Brief]. "Earthwatch Europe on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme-coordinated World Water Quality Alliance". DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12650972

æ Kirschke, S., Glahe, J., Ahrend, C., Brandt, M., Hecker, S., Krohmer, J., Lentz, S., Marzinek, N., Molthagen-Schnöring, S., Stewart, M., Voigt-Heucke, S. (2024). Perspectives on Science Communication. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 10, e136750. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e136750

æ Schmidtke, L., Van Emmerik, T.H.M., Pinto, R.B., Schreyers, L.J., Schmidt, C., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Kirschke, S. (2024). Sustainable Implementation of Citizen-Based Plastic Monitoring of Fresh Waters in Western Africa. Sustainability, 16(22), 10007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su162210007

æ Kirschke, S., Kosow, H. (2025). Structuring wicked problems in science communication. Review of Policy Research, 42(5), 1277-1302. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12641

æ Kirschke, S., Schreyers, L., Van Emmerik, T.H., Pinto, R., Schmidtke, L., Schmidt, C., Wendt-Potthoff, K. (2025). Suitability of river plastic monitoring methods for citizen science. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, 3, e31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/plc.2025.10027

æ Kirschke, S., Glahe, J., Kirschke, D. (2025). Exploring impacts of participatory science communication on science, politics, and society. Frontiers in Communication, 10, 1566429. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1566429

æ Glahe, J., Kirschke, S. (2025). Workshop "Partizipative Wissenschaftskommunikation". [Workshopbericht]. Zenodo. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17978264

æ Ramisch, M., Kirschke, S., Weber, N. (2025). Multi‐Level Policy Coherence Analysis in Wicked Nexus Problem Settings: The Case of Nitrogen Pollution in Germany. Environmental Policy and Governance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70018