Dombrowsky, Ines

Photo: Dr. Ines Dombrowsky,Head of Research programme: Environmental Governance

Prof. Dr. Ines Dombrowsky

Research programme
Environmental Governance

Function
Head of Programme

Specialization
Institutional economics

Work areas

  • Sustainable use of natural resources
  • Multilevel environmental governance
  • Integrated water resources management / transformation of water governance
  • Transboundary water management
  • Water-energy-food-climate nexus
  • Integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda

Responsibilities in education and training

  • Honorary Professor, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Sustainability Governance

Vita

since 1/2018German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
(bis 06/2022 Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
Head of Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability"
since 6/2024Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Sustainability Governance
Honorary Professor
2010-12/2017German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Head of Department „Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management“
2005-2010Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig
Department of Economics
senior scientist
2001-2005Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig
Department of Economics
PhD student
1997-2001The World Bank, Urban and Water, Africa Region, Washington DC
Water Resources Management Specialist
Member of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) team
1995-1997Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Eschborn
Consultant
Member of project management team for the Middle East Regional Study on Water Supply and Demand Development within the Middle East Peace Process
2001-2006Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Economics (PhD)
2000School of Advanced Inter­national Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
International Relations
1988-1995Technische Universität Berlin
Environmental Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)

Member of

  • International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)
  • International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC)
  • Netzwerk Neue Institutionenökonomik und Natürliche Ressourcen (NIÖ)

Awards

  • World Bank Performance Award ‘for building trust and confidence of the Nile Basin countries and laying the basis for a shared vision and investment program’ (2000)

Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects

Contact

E-mail Ines.Dombrowsky@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-170
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130

Video: ClimEQ

Highlight

Pathways towards enhanced capacity in water governance to deal with complex management challenges
Pahl-Wostl, Claudia / Ines Dombrowsky / Andreas Lenschow / Andreas Thiel (2023)

in: Environmental Science & Policy, 146, article 103556 (Editorial)

Highlight

Germany's Energiewende: synergies, trade-offs and political drivers
Faus Onbargi, Alexia / Ines Dombrowsky (2023)

Policy Brief 18/2023

Highlight

The UN Water conference – time to govern water as a global commons!
Dombrowsky, Ines / Annabelle Houdret / Olcay Ünver (2023)

The Current Column of 20 March 2023