Joachim H. Spangenberg is a biologist, ecologist and economist. In addition to SERI Germany, he has worked on sustainable development and biodiversity at the Institute for European Environmental Policy, the Wuppertal Institute, the Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research UFZ and the Jülich Research Centre. He served as a volunteer on expert committees for the UN, OECD, EU and German federal government. After retiring at the end of 2025 he now works as a volunteer for BUND/FoE Germany and SERI Germany.
Joachim H. Spangenberg ist Biologe, Ökologe und Volkswirt. Er hat – neben SERI – u.a. beim Institut für Europäische Umweltpolitik, dem Wuppertal Institut, dem Helmholtzzentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ und dem Forschungszentrum Jülich zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung und zu Biodiversität gearbeitet. Ehrenamtlich war er in Fachkommissionen von UN, OECD, EU und Bundesregierung tätig. Seit Ende 2025 ist er pensioniert und arbeitet ehrenamtlich für den BUND/FoE Germany und SERI Deutschland.
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Some recent publications
Turrini, S., De Souza Marcon, C., Spangenberg, J. H. In press. Degrowth – A new Era of Limits to Growth and Misery? In M.J. Cohen, M. Bengtsson, R. Lambino, S. Lorek, S. McGreevy (eds). Handbook of Research on Sustainable Lifestyles. Edward Elgar Publ. 2026.
Spangenberg, Joachim H. In press. The Antropocene: Populocene, Technocene or Consumocene? In M.J. Cohen, M. Bengtsson, R. Lambino, S. Lorek, S. McGreevy (eds). Handbook of Research on Sustainable Lifestyles. Edward Elgar Publ. 2026
O’Connor, J., Spangenberg, J.H., Nguyen, N.H., Emidi, G., Kappenberg, A., Klamann, L., Kupfer, N., Ky, H., Nga, N.T.T., Khoi, C.M.G., Cao, D.A., Ott, J., Thiele, B.,Wu, B., Weihermüller, L.. 2025. Organic rice transition in a changing environment: linking farmers’ benefits to adaptation and mitigation. Land 2025(14): 2074. Open access @ https://doi.org/10.3390/land14102074
Spangenberg, Joachim H. 2025. The Roadmap to Collapse: whatever the last summers have been like for you, one thing is clear: you are currently experiencing the coolest period of your lives. Consumption and Society 4(1): 141-155. https://doi.org/10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000040
Stubenrauch, Jessica, Demand, Maike, Spangenberg, Joachim H. 2025. Extended Producer Responsibility. In Akenji, L., Vergragt, P., Brown, H.S., Smith, T.S.J., Wallnöfer, L.M. (eds.), Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: A Language for Our Common Future. Routledge Publ., London. 362-369. Open access @ https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003584056-88/extended-producer-responsibility-jessica-stubenrauch-maike-demandt-joachim-spangenberg?context=ubx&refId=e0388e7f-e7da-436b-9a65-ff73214a109a
Spangenberg, Joachim H. 2025. Sozialstaat in der Polykrise – Kollaps oder radikale Umgestaltung? In: Uwe Hochmuth, Rudi Kurz, Michael Mangold (Hg): Wachstum am Wendepunkt. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld. Open access @ https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7872-7/wachstum-am-wendepunkt/. Open access English version @ https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.22234.04801.
Spangenberg, Joachim H. 2025. Zeitenwende: Unbequeme Einsichten, unsichere Aussichten. SERI Background Paper. Open access @ https://seri.de/1398/zeitenwende-unbequeme-einsichten-unsichere-aussichten.