Udo E. Simonis

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Udo Ernst Simonis (2008)

Udo Ernst Simonis (born October 11, 1937 in Hilgert near Koblenz ) is a professor emeritus for environmental policy at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).

Scientific career

The graduate economist from the University of Freiburg and doctorate in economics from Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel was personal advisor to President Kenneth Kaunda from 1967 to 1969 in the Zambian capital Lusaka , where he worked on projects for regional development. In 1970 he was one of twelve scientists worldwide to receive a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, which enabled him to work as a research fellow at the Institute for Developing Countries Research and at the University of Tokyo.

In 1974 Simonis was appointed professor of economics at the Technical University of Berlin. From 1981 to 1987 he was director of the International Institute for Environment and Society (IIUG) at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), and from 1988 to 2003 research professor for environmental policy there, since then Professor Emeritus.

From 1992 to 1996 Simonis was a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). From 1993 to 2002 he was chairman of the scientific advisory board and member of the board of trustees of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). From 1999 to 2006 he was a member of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) of the United Nations, from 2000 to 2002 President of the World Society for EKISTICS (WSE) and from 2004 to 2007 Co-Chairman of the Task Force on Environmental Governance for China. For a long time he was chairman of the board of trustees of the German Environmental Foundation and is still active on several scientific committees.

His main research interests are ecological structural change in the economy and society and global environmental policy . Among other things, he examined the possibilities of founding a world environmental organization .

Simonis has published the book series Contributions to municipal and regional planning by Verlag Peter Lang (20 volumes). From 1991 to 2016 he was the responsible editor and co-editor of the Jahrbuch Ökologie (25 volumes), which were published by CH Beck and S. Hirzel.

He has been married to the SPD politician Heide Simonis since 1967 .

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • The development policy of the People's Republic of China 1949 to 1962. (= Volkswirtschaftliche Schriften. Vol. 123). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1968
  • with Reimut Jochimsen (Ed.): Theory and Practice of Infrastructure Policy. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1970.
  • with Heide Simonis (Ed.): Socioeconomic Development in Dual Economies. The Example of Zambia. World Forum, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-8039-0057-3 .
  • with Heide Simonis (Ed.): Japan. Economic and Social Studies in Development. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1974, ISBN 3-447-01579-9 .
  • as publisher: infrastructure. Theory and politics. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1977, ISBN 3-462-01173-1 .
  • with Tzong-Biau Lin and Rance Lee (eds.): Hong Kong. Economic, Social and Political Studies in Development . ME Sharpe, Dawson & Sons, White Plains, New York / Folkstone, England 1979, ISBN 0-87332-151-0 .
  • with Heide Simonis and Rainer Autzen: urban development, urban renewal. A selection bibliography on urban quality of life. Lang, Frankfurt / Bern / Cirencester 1980, ISBN 3-8204-6168-X .
  • as publisher: Economy and Ecology. Ways out of a conflict. Müller, Karlsruhe 1980, ISBN 3-7880-9647-0 ; seventh supplemented edition ibid. 1994, ISBN 3-7880-9859-7 .
  • with Hans Christoph Binswanger , Heinz Frisch, Hans G. Nutzinger , Bertram Schefold , Gerhard Scherhorn and Burkhard Strümpel: Work without environmental destruction. Strategies for a New Economic Policy. A publication by the Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND) . S. Fischer, Frankfurt 1983, ISBN 3-10-006403-8 . (Revised version as paperback, ibid. 1988, ISBN 3-596-24189-8 )
  • as publisher: Regulatory issues on the North-South conflict. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05277-3 .
  • as editor: Developing countries in the financial crisis. Problems and Perspectives. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-428-05473-3 .
  • as publisher: More technology - less work? Appeals for socially and environmentally compatible technologies. Müller, Karlsruhe 1984, ISBN 3-7880-9697-7 .
  • as publisher: External debt - internal adjustment. Developing countries in the financial crisis. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-428-05681-7 .
  • as publisher: Development Theory - Development Practice. A critical accounting. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-428-05973-5 .
  • Ecological orientations. Lectures on the structural adjustment of economy, technology and science. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-924859-37-X .
  • as publisher: Preventive environmental policy. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 1988, ISBN 3-593-33953-6 .
  • as publisher: Learning from the environment - learning for the environment. Theoretical challenges and practical problems of a qualitative environmental policy. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-924859-51-5 .
  • We have to do business differently. Starting points for an ecological reorientation of industrial society. VAS, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-88864-101-2 .
  • Beyond growth. Elements of Sustainable Development. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-924859-56-6 .
  • as publisher: Basic knowledge of environmental policy. Causes, effects and combating environmental problems. The contributions of the RIAS Radio University. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-89404-308-3 .
  • with Otmar Wassermann and Carsten Alsen-Hinrichs: The creeping poisoning. The limits of resilience have been reached. The need for an independent environmental toxicology. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt 1990, ISBN 3-596-24126-X .
  • with Frank J. Dietz and Jan van der Straaten (eds.): Sustainability and Environmental Policy. Restraints and advances. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-89404-343-1 .
  • as publisher: Lexicon of Ecology Experts. Öko-Test-Verlag, Frankfurt 1993, ISBN 3-929530-00-7 .
  • with Robert U. Ayres (Ed.): Industrial Metabolism. Restructuring for Sustainable Development. United Nations University Press, 1994, ISBN 92-808-0841-9 .
  • as publisher: Weltumweltpolitik. Ground plan and building blocks of a new policy area. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89404-161-7 .
  • Global environmental policy. Approaches and Perspectives. BI-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-411-10581-X .
  • with Rolf Kreibich (Ed.): Global Change - Globaler Wandel. Cause complexes and solution approaches. Causal Structures and Indicative Solutions. Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-8305-0098-X .
  • with Frank Biermann: Institutional Reform of World Environmental Policy? On the political debate about the establishment of a world environmental organization. In: Journal for International Relations . 7th vol., 1, 2000, pp. 163-183.
  • as editor: The Rousseau question - ecologically defined. Has the advancement of science and the arts contributed to protecting and preserving the environment? Edition Sigma, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89404-227-3 .
  • with Ullrich Heilemann (Ed.): Economy for politics - politics for economy. Selected writings by Reimut Jochimsen . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11167-2 .
  • as publisher: Öko-Lexikon. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49477-3 .
  • Advancing the Debate on a World Environment Organization. In: Andreas Rechkemmer (Ed.): UNEO - Towards an International Environment Organization. Approaches to a Sustainable Reform of Global Environmental Governance. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2005, ISBN 3-8329-1120-0 , pp. 155-175.
  • as publisher: thought leader and pioneer of the ecological movement. 40 selected portraits. S. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-7776-2394-8 .

literature

  • Frank Biermann, Sebastian Büttner, Carsten Helm (eds.): Sustainable development. Challenges to science and politics. Festschrift for Udo E. Simonis on his 60th birthday. Edition Sigma, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89404-174-9 .
  • Günter Altner, Gerd Michelsen (ed.): Peace to the peoples. Sustainability as an intercultural process. Festschrift for Udo E. Simonis on his 65th birthday. VAS, Frankfurt 2003, ISBN 3-88864-361-9 .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ About us
  2. ^ Yearbook Ecology: Imprint
  3. ↑ Staying on course in difficult times - DUH awards UmweltMedienpreis 2011. In: press release. November 28, 2011. German environmental aid. On DUH.de, accessed on October 24, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Simonis, Udo E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simonis, Udo Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist, professor of environmental policy and economics
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hilgert near Koblenz