Daniel Hausknost

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Daniel Hausknost is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Hausknost has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Daniel Hausknost's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers), Economic and Social Issues (4 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (3 papers). Daniel Hausknost is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers), Economic and Social Issues (4 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (3 papers). Daniel Hausknost collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Daniel Hausknost's co-authors include Gerald Kalt, Mélanie Pichler, Helmut Haberl, Tomer Fishman, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Barbara Plank, Felix Creutzig, Doris Virág, Andreas Mayer and Tânia Sousa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Climate Change, Ecological Economics and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Hausknost

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP,... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part II: synthesizing the insights
    2020 494 citations Helmut Haberl, Dominik Wiedenhofer et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Hausknost Austria 11 350 278 233 231 209 19 1.1k
Mélanie Pichler Austria 16 411 1.2× 384 1.4× 338 1.5× 286 1.2× 250 1.2× 41 1.5k
Sebastian Strunz Germany 17 350 1.0× 285 1.0× 87 0.4× 180 0.8× 257 1.2× 43 908
Giacomo D’Alisa Spain 17 177 0.5× 234 0.8× 87 0.4× 102 0.4× 424 2.0× 30 1.2k
Hanspeter Wieland Austria 13 387 1.1× 147 0.5× 618 2.7× 205 0.9× 158 0.8× 23 1.3k
Anne‐Sophie Stevance Austria 5 245 0.7× 294 1.1× 154 0.7× 123 0.5× 121 0.6× 9 1.1k
David A. Sonnenfeld United States 20 233 0.7× 342 1.2× 84 0.4× 93 0.4× 364 1.7× 47 1.2k
J. Peter Clinch Ireland 23 367 1.0× 169 0.6× 126 0.5× 284 1.2× 178 0.9× 48 1.5k
Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Germany 10 437 1.2× 284 1.0× 302 1.3× 208 0.9× 188 0.9× 32 1.5k
Nina Weitz Sweden 12 221 0.6× 338 1.2× 174 0.7× 62 0.3× 137 0.7× 27 1.3k
Barbara Plank Austria 12 435 1.2× 169 0.6× 443 1.9× 284 1.2× 157 0.8× 16 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Hausknost

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Hausknost

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Hausknost

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel Hausknost. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel Hausknost based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Daniel Hausknost. Daniel Hausknost is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Brand, Ulrich, et al.. (2025). Structural limitations of the decarbonization state. Nature Climate Change. 15(9). 927–934. 2 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Can liberal democracies thrive with consumption limits? Barriers to implementing consumption corridors. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33(2). 243–249. 1 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel. (2023). Opacity and Transparency. Theoria. 70(177). 26–53. 3 indexed citations
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Blühdorn, Ingolfur, et al.. (2020). Nachhaltige Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit. 19 indexed citations
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Wiedenhofer, Dominik, Doris Virág, Gerald Kalt, et al.. (2020). A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part I: bibliometric and conceptual mapping. Environmental Research Letters. 15(6). 63002–63002. 117 indexed citations
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Haberl, Helmut, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Doris Virág, et al.. (2020). A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part II: synthesizing the insights. Environmental Research Letters. 15(6). 65003–65003. 494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blühdorn, Ingolfur, et al.. (2019). Nachhaltige Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit. WU Research. 4 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel, et al.. (2019). Nachhaltige Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit. transcript Verlag eBooks.
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Hausknost, Daniel & Marit Hammond. (2019). Beyond the environmental state? The political prospects of a sustainability transformation. Environmental Politics. 29(1). 1–16. 65 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel & Willi Haas. (2019). The Politics of Selection: Towards a Transformative Model of Environmental Innovation. Sustainability. 11(2). 506–506. 26 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel. (2019). The environmental state and the glass ceiling of transformation. Environmental Politics. 29(1). 17–37. 111 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Martina, Sabine Hielscher, Willi Haas, et al.. (2018). Facilitating Low-Carbon Living? A Comparison of Intervention Measures in Different Community-Based Initiatives. Sustainability. 10(4). 1047–1047. 39 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel, Willi Haas, Sabine Hielscher, et al.. (2018). Investigating patterns of local climate governance: How low‐carbon municipalities and intentional communities intervene in social practices. Environmental Policy and Governance. 28(6). 371–382. 31 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel, et al.. (2017). A Transition to Which Bioeconomy? An Exploration of Diverging Techno-Political Choices. Sustainability. 9(4). 669–669. 140 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel. (2017). There never was a categorical ecological imperative: a response to Ingolfur Blühdorn. Global Discourse. 7(1). 62–65. 3 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel. (2017). Degrowth and Democracy. 457–466. 1 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel, Nelson Grima, & Simron Jit Singh. (2016). The political dimensions of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): Cascade or stairway?. Ecological Economics. 131. 109–118. 54 indexed citations
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Hausknost, Daniel. (2014). Decision, choice, solution: ‘agentic deadlock’ in environmental politics. Environmental Politics. 23(3). 357–375. 29 indexed citations
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Fischer‐Kowalski, Marina, et al.. (2013). Developing Resource Use Scenarios for Europe. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 25. WIFO Studies.

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