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IYGU Publications

Publications on the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)

Werlen, B. (2009): Diverging Spatial Constellations of the Politics of Climate Change. In: The Politics of Climate Change. Policy Network. London: London School of Economics.

Werlen, B. (2011): La Iniciativa de la Union Geográfica Internacional por un Año Internacional de la Cultura y la Globalizaciόn de las Naciones Unidas. In: P. Zusman, R. Haesbeart & H.C. Adamo (eds.): Geografías Culturales. Aproximaciones, intersecciones y desaíos Buenos Aires: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universidad de Buenos Aires, 315-332. (Initiative of the International Geographical Union for an International Year of Culture and Globalization)

UNESCO Resolution

Werlen, B. (2012): True Global Understanding and Pertinent Sustainability Policies. In: Scheunemann, I. & L. Oosterbeek (eds.): A New Paradigm of Sustainability: Theory and Praxis of Integrated Landscape Management. Rio de Janeiro: IBIO. 163-174.

Werlen, B. (2012): True Global Understanding and Pertinent Sustainability Policies – Social Geography at Work. In: N. Weixlbauer (ed.): Anthologie zur Sozialgeographie. Abhandlungen zur Geographie und Regionalforschung, Band 16. Vienna: Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung Universität Wien. 177-184.

Werlen, B. (2012): Global Understanding. Public Service Review: European Science and Technology, 2012, 16, 152-153.

Werlen, B. (ed.) (2015): Global Sustainability, Cultural Perspectives and Challenges for Transdisciplinary Integrated Research. Dordrecht: Springer Publishers.

Werlen, B. (2015): International Year of Global Understanding. An Interview with Benno Werlen. J-Reading-Journal of Research and Didactics in Geography (2).

Werlen, B (2015): From Local to Global Sustainability: Transdisciplinary Integrated Research in the Digital Age. In: B. Werlen (ed.): Global Sustainabiltiy. Cultural Perspectives and Challenges for Transdisciplinary Integrated Research. Cham et al.: Springer. 3–16.

Werlen, B., L. Oosterbeek & M. H. Henriques (2016): International Year of Global Understanding. Building Bridges between Global Thinking and Local Action. Episodes, Vol. 39, No. 4, 604-611.

Werlen, B. (2016): Bridging the Gap Between Local Acts and Global Effects. The Importance of Global understanding for Sustainable Living. In: ArcNews, Spring 2016, 9-10.

Jackson, P., Spiess, W.E.L., & Sultana, F. (2016): Eating, Drinking: Surviving. The International Year of Global Understanding. Heidelberg: Springer Nature

Robinson, J., Scott, A. & Taylor, P. (2016):  Working, Housing: Urbanizing. The International Year of Global Understanding. Heidelberg: Springer Nature

Robertson, M. (ed.) (2016): Communicating, Networking: Interacting. The International Year of Global Understanding. Heidelberg: Springer Nature

Werlen, B. (2016): Everyday Actions, Global Understanding, and Sustainability. In: L. Oosterbeek, M. Quaglioulo & L. Caron (eds): Sustainability Dilemmas. Arkeos 38- 39, Maçao, 109-132.

Oosterbeek, L & Werlen, B. et al. (2017): APHELEIA. Building a European Strategic Partnership for Cultural Integrated Landscape Management for Sustainable Development and global understanding. In: L. Oosterbeek, B. Werlen,  & L. Caron (eds.): Sustainability and Sociocultural Matrices. Arkeos 40. Maçao, 25-44.

Demirci, A., de Miguel Gonzalez R., Bednarz, S.W. (2018) Geography Education for Global Understanding. Dordrecht: Springer.

Werlen, B. (2018): Preface: A New Paradigm for Geographical Education. In: Demirci, A. et al. (eds.): Geography Education for Global Understanding. Dordrecht: Springer.

Werlen, B. (2018): Global Understanding and Global Citizenship. Global Commons Review, Vol. 1. No.1, Los Angeles, 49-53.

Werlen, B., Kauffman, J. & Gaebler, K (2020): Future Knowledge Mobilization for Deep Societal Transformation. In: Imagining the future of Knowledge Mobilization Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs: Canadian Commission for UNESCO & Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Commission for UNESCO, 111-126.

Werlen, B., Kauffman, J. & Gaebler, K. (2020): La mobilisation des connaissances comme vecteur de profonds changements sociaux. In Commission Canadienne pour UNESCO & Conseil de Recherche en Science Humaine du Canada: Imaginer le futur de la mobilisation des Connaissances Perspectives des Chaires de recherche UNESCO. Ottawa: Commission pour UNESCO, 127-144.

Werlen, B. & H. Blumenthal (2020): Global Understanding, Education, and Sustainability. In: UNESCO (ed.): Humanistic futures of learning. Perspectives from UNESCO chairs and UNITWIN networks. Paris 2020, 87-90.

WERLEN, B. & H. Blumenthal (2020): Compréhension du monde, éducation et dévelopment durable. In: UNESCO (ed.): Les Future Humaniste de L’Apprentissage. Perspectrive des Chaires UNESCO et le Reseaux UNITWIN. Paris 2020, 95-99.

Werlen, B. (2021): Global Understanding. Eine praxiszentrierte geographische Weltsicht. In: Wintzer, J., Mossig, I., Hof, A. (Hrsg.): Prinzipien, Strukturen und Praktiken geographischer Hochschullehre, 67-87.

Werlen, B. (2021): „The Jena Declaration: Kunst und Kultur im Zentrum der Nachhaltigkeit.“ In Jahrbuch für Kulturpolitik 2021/22. Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit, herausgegeben von Franz Kröger, Henning Mohr, Norbert Sievers und Ralf Weiß, 95–106. Bielefeld: Transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839461730.

Werlen, B. (2021): Globalisierte Weltbeziehungen und Welt-Bindungen. In: Universität Erfurt (Hrsg.): Globalisierung und Weltbeziehungen. Forschungsperspektiven aus der Universität Erfurt. Erfurt, 24-25

Werlen, B. (2022): Global Understanding – Understanding the Global Condition. A geographical paradigm for the 21st century? In: Kolossov, V. et al. (eds). A Geographical Century: Essays for the Centenary of the International Geographical Union. Springer Nature. Heidelberg, 361-375

Werlen, B. (2022): Global Understanding. Geographische Weltbilder, Nachhaltigkeit und politische Orientierung. In: Beelmann, A. & Michelsen, D. (Hrsg.) Rechtsextremismus, Demokratiebildung, gesellschaftliche Integration. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 413-434

Werlen, B. (2023): Human Security & Global Understanding. In: New Perspectives on Major Global Issues, Cadmus Journal, Vol. 6

Werlen, B. (2026): „Viewpoint: Culturalization of Sustainability.“ Nature Sustainability.