Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez
Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation
Department
MGG Global Network
Function
Former Senior Researcher
Specialization
Political science, economy, sociology
Work areas
- Decision and Negotiation Analysis
- Game Theory
- Simulation
- Scenario Design
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Conflict Management (Mediation)
- Risks and Sustainability Analysis
- global energy and environmental policy
- Energy security
- Sustainability Governance
- Urban mobility
- Knowledge diplomacy
- Transformations
- Due diligence and voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) in biodiversity, environmental protection and human rights
- Latin America and South East Asia
Vita
| Since 2021 | University of Duisburg-Essen Private Lecturer |
| 2019-2021 | University of Duisburg-Essen Habilitation in Political Science |
| Since 2019 | University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Political Science University Lecturer |
| 2019 | University of Duisburg-Essen, Current Habilitation Project in Political Science |
| 2018-6/2024 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation" and Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability" |
| 2018-2019 | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Scientific Officer, Science Platform Sustainability 2030 |
| 2016-2017 2014-2016 | Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Research Fellow, Research Unit 1 'The (Im)Possibility of Cooperation' Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy, Leipzig, Research Fellow, Sustainability Management and Infrastructure Economics Division, Unit Stakeholder Dialogue and Social Acceptance |
| 2014 | University of Cologne, Germany, Doctoral Degree (Dr. rer. pol) in Economics and Social Science (summa cum laude) |
| 2011-2014 | University of Leipzig, Germany, Research Fellow / Senior Lecturer, Institute for Infrastructure and Resources Management |
| 2011 | University of Vienna, Austria, Doctoral Degree (Dr. phil.) in Philosophy (summa cum laude) |
| 2009-2010 | European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder and Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany, Master's Degree (M.A.) in Mediation |
| 2008-2010 | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, Program Coordinator and Research Associate, Processes of International Negotiation |
| 2007 | Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Germany, Magister Artium (M.A.) in Political Science, Sociology and Pedagogy |
Refereed Publications
- Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Sarah E Cornell / Dorothee Keppler / Vassilis Daioglou / Bjoern Soergel (2024)
Re-imagining the use of integrated assessment models from a social science perspective—lessons from the Sustainable Development Pathways (SDP)
in: Environmental Research Letters 19, article 124070 - Soergel, Bjoern / Sebastian Rauner / Vassilis Daioglou et al. (2024)
Multiple pathways towards sustainable development goals and climate targets
in: Environmental Research Letters 19, article 124009 - Hernandez, Ariel (2022)
Tying the knot: questions on voluntary sustainability standards and corporate due diligence laws
in: United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) (ed.), Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS), Sustainability Agenda and Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges, Geneva: UNFSS, 49-50 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2022)
The phases model of the transformation to sustainability (T2S): structuring through the negotiation perspective
in: Sustainability 14 (9), 5024 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Daniel Alejandro Pacheco Rojas / Diana Barrón Villaverde (2021)
Carbon lock-in and contradictions - applied guide to academic teaching of Mexico’s energy transition
in: Applied Sciences 11 (18), article 8289 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Prakoso, Yudhi Timor Bimo (2021)
The learning activation approach - understanding Indonesia’s energy transition by teaching it
in: Energies 14 (17), article 5224 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2021)
Knowledge diplomacy and the future(s) of global cooperation
in: e-International Relations, 05.04.2021 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby (2020)
Securitization of climate and environmental protection in China's New Normal
in: Decision-Making in Public Policy & the Social Good eJournal, 22.10.2020 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2020)
Taming the big green elephant. Setting the motion for transformation towards sustainability
Wiesbaden: Springer VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2019)
Can 'biased' mediators be helpful? Four decades in the Southern Philippines (1971-2008)
in: Emmanuel Vivet (ed.), Landmark negotiations from around the world: lessons for modern diplomacy, Paris: Intersentia, 359-368 - Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
Facilitar la toma de decisiones: escenarios de transformación de las economías bajas en carbon
in: Helena Cabal / Efraín Gómez-Arias / Antonio Rodriquez Martínez (eds.), Perspectivas de Sustentabilidad en México, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Technológicas, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, 93-107 - Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
Knowledge diplomacy in climate politics: global policy-making through regional lens
published on Matthias Middell (ed.), The Routledge handbook of transregional studies, London: Routledge - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2017)
Migration and "unfinished" modernization in the Philippines, Indonesia and Mexico
in: Juan Gabino González Becerril / Bernardino Jaciel Montoya Arce / Eduardo Andrés Sandoval Forero (eds.), Migración internacional: voces del sur, Toluca, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 265-282 - Schulte-Uebbing, Lena / Gerrit Hansen / Ariel Macaspac Hernández / MartenWinter (2015)
Chapter scientists in the IPCC AR5: experience and lessons
in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14 (June), 250-256 - Hernandez, Ariel (2014)
Nation-building and identity conflicts
Wiesbaden: Springer - Hernandez, Ariel (2014)
Strategic facilitation of complex decision-making: how process and context matter in global climate change negotiations
Heidelberg, New York: Springer - Hernandez, Ariel (2014)
A principle of equitable access to sustainable development: internalizing externalities in the global climate talks
in: Review of Business and Economic Studies 2 (1), 74-87 - Penetrante, Ariel Macaspac (2014)
The case of Arcania: perspectives in point-of-entry negotiations
in: Mordechai Melamud / Paul Meerts / I. William Zartman (eds.), Banning the bang or the bomb? Negotiating the nuclear test ban regime, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 277-296 - Bruckner, Thomas / Igor Alexeyevich Bashmakov / Yacob Mulugetta, with contributions from Ariel Macaspac Hernandez et al. (2014)
Energy systems, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of WGIII: mitigation of climate change
in: Ottmar Edenhofer / Ramón Pichs-Madruga / Youba Sokona et al. (eds.), Climate change 2014: mitigation of climate change (Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 511-597 (Chapter 7) - Sjöstedt, Gunnar / Ariel Macaspac Penetrante (2013)
Climate change negotiations: a guide to resolving disputes and facilitating multilateral cooperation
London: Routledge - Penetrante, Ariel (2013)
Common but differentiated responsibilities: the North-South divide in climate change negotiations
in: Gunnar Sjöstedt / Ariel Penetrante (eds.), Climate change negotiations: a guide to resolving disputes and facilitating multilateral cooperation, London: Routledge, 249-276 - Penetrante, Ariel (2012)
Simulating climate change negotiations: lessons from modeled experience
in: Negotiation Journal 27 (3), 278-314 - Greene, Owen / Ariel Penetrante (2011)
Arms, private militias and fragile state dynamics
in: Owen Greene / Nicholas Marsh (eds.), Small arms, crime and conflict: global governance and the threat of armed violence, Berlin, Heidelberg & London: Routledge, 138-159 - Hernandez, Ariel / Ariel Penetrante (2011)
The entanglement of climate change in north-south relations: stumbling blocks and opportunities for negotiation
in: Katherine Richardson / Steffen Will / Diane Liverman (eds.), Climate change: global risks, challenges and decisions, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 356-359 - Penetrante, Ariel Macaspac (2011)
Mass-violence and struggle for recognition in identity conflicts: negotiating memories and justice in the Philippines
in: Mark Anstey, Mark / I. William Zartman (eds.), To block the slippery slope: reducing identity conflicts and preventing genocide, New York: Oxford Univ. Pr., 85-109 - Penetrante, Ariel (2010)
Politics of equity and justice in climate change negotiations in North–South relations
in: Hans Günter Brauch / Úrsula Oswald Spring / Czeslaw Mesjasz / John Grin / Patricia Kameri-Mbote / Béchir Chourou / Pál Dunay / Jörn Birkmann (eds.), Coping with global environmental ehange, disasters and security: threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York : Springer, 1355-1366
Non-refereed Publications
- von Haaren, Paula / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez / Axel Berger (2024)
The EU’s support for the global Sustainable Development Agenda: how to accelerate progress until 2030
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 66-69 - Rafliana, Irina / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez (2024)
Who owns the outcomes of transnational science and technology cooperation: reflections about German-Indonesian cooperation on the tsunami warning system
in: Sven Grimm / Stephan Klingebiel (eds.), Transnational cooperation – an explorative collection, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability, 52-56 - Thorstensen, Vera / Ariel Macaspac Hernandez / Rogerio de Oliveira Corrêa / Dolores Teixeira de Brito / Mauro Kiithi Arima Junior / Catherine Rebouças Mota / Tiago Matsuoka Megale / Amanda Mitsue Zuchieri / Fabio Jorge Thomazella (2024)
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the “greening” of high-emitting industry sectors in Brazil: mapping the sustainability efforts of the private sector
(Discussion Paper 1/2024) - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Ines Dombrosky / Dorothee Keppler / Merle Remy (2022)
Die Macht von Geschichten: Warum brauchen wir neue Narrative für eine nachhaltige Zukunft – und wie können quantitative Analysen diese unterstützen?
published on www.sdsngermany.de, 05.12.2022 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Niklas Fockenberg (2022)
Security cooperation and partnership between Germany, Europe and the Indo-Pacific region: addressing new threats and vulnerabilities through the convening power approach
published on www.factsasia.org, 03.11.2022 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2022)
The exports of morality and ethics vs. the morality and ethics of exports: exploring the side-effects of the European corporate social and environmental due diligence regulations in the Indo-Pacific region
published on www.factsasia.org, 25.10.2022 - Hernandez, Ariel (2022)
When cooperation meets negotiations: an approach to address the complexity of transformation to sustainability
in: Imme Scholz / Lilian Busse / Thomas Fues (eds.), Transboundary Cooperation and Global Governance for Inclusive Sustainable Development (Festschrift Dirk Messner), Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 199-205 - Hernandez, Ariel (2021)
SDG-aligned futures and the governance of transformation to sustainability: reconsidering governance perspectives on the futures we aspire to
(Discussion Paper 30/2021) - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2021)
Between disaster resilience & energy security – the imperative for a PH climate change discourse
published on Philippine Strategic Forum, 12.08.2021 - Hernandez, Ariel / Wulf Reiners / Sven Grimm (2021)
Managing Global Governance (MGG) und freiwillige Nachhaltigkeitsstandards (VSS) – Die Mobilisierung öffentlicher und privater Entscheidungsträger
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Zweiseiter - Hernandez, Ariel / Wulf Reiners / Sven Grimm (2021)
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) – Mobilising public and private rule-makers in managing global governance
(Two Pager 1/2021) - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Anna Schwachula / Eva Lynders / Steffen Bauer / Gregor Hagedorn (2020)
Klimagerechtigkeit: Materialsammlung von Scientists for Future
Wissenschaftliche Materialsammlung von Scientists for Future für Schulen (Mittelstufe & Oberstufe) sowie für Interessierten mit einsteiger- und fortgeschrittenen Kenntnisse über Klimagerechtigkeit, published on scientists4future.org - Nakicenovic, Nebojsa et al. (2020)
Innovations for sustainability: pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future
3rd report prepared by The World in 2050 Initiative (TWI2050), Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
Knowledge diplomacy as kingmaker in the post-factual era
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 10/2018 - Hernandez, Ariel (2018)
Trump’s USA and climate negotiations – quo vadimus?
in: PIN Points 45, 29-34
Opinion Pieces
- Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac / Johanna Vogel (2022)
Transnational networks as relational governance infrastructure
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, Future of Globalisation, 09.02.2022 - Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2020)
2020 as the Anno Commotio (Year of Yearning): academia needs to change for diversity, too!
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, Future of Globalisation, 19.08.2020 - Hernandez, Ariel / Jacqueline Götze (2019)
From networks and platforms to forums: knowledge cooperation in implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, 09.10.2019 - Hernandez, Ariel (2019)
Science needs to confront its critics (again)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 9 October 2019)