Timo von Wirth

3.6k citations

37 papers · 2.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 24

Impact in

Management of Technology and Innovation top 0.5%
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Business and International Management top 2%

Papers in

Management of Technology and Innovation 10
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development 10
Global and Planetary Change 17
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance 13
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 6

Co-authors: Niki Frantzeskaki Derk Loorbach Lars Coenen Lea Fuenfschilling Roman Seidl Adrienne Grêt‐Regamey Michael Stauffacher Jonas Torrens
Journals: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (4 papers)Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (4 papers)Landscape and Urban Planning (2 papers)Journal of Environmental Psychology (2 papers)Nature Sustainability (2 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Timo von Wirth

34 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability 2020 · 228 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature Sustainability
2018 European Planning Studies

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1	Ontological (in)security and sustainability transitions: A theoretical perspective and future research prospects Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions ·Timo von Wirth	2025	1
2	Impacts of urban real-world labs: Insights from a co-evaluation process informed by structuration theory in Wuppertal-Mirke GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society ·Matthias Wanner, Karoline Augenstein, Timo von Wirth, Daniel J. Lang	2024	1
3	Neither right nor wrong? Ethics of collaboration in transformative research for sustainable futures Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ·Julia M. Wittmayer, Y.V. Botsman, Kristina Bogner, Titin Wulan Sari, Katharina Hölscher, Timo von Wirth, V. D�Intini, Jyoti Sisodiya, Yogi Hale Hendlin, Mariangela Lavanga, Derk Loorbach, Setyana Laspar Vianti, Lamhot Willy Afredo, S. A. Wotton, Ana Vasques	2024	6
4	Stellungnahme des Netzwerks Reallabore der Nachhaltigkeit zur Reallabore-Gesetz-Initiative GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society ·Oliver Parodi, Sarah S. Lütke-Lanfer, Franziska Stelzer, Regina Rhodius, 原岡直美, Timo von Wirth, Daniel J. Lang, Oskar Marg, F. Wagner, Markus Egermann, Dierk Bauknecht, Matthias Wanner	2023	2
5	Comparing Societal Impact Planning and Evaluation Approaches across Four Urban Living Labs (in Food-Energy-Water Systems) Sustainability ·Daniel Black, Susanne M. Charlesworth, Valentina Della Gala, Érika Cristina Francisco, Adina Paytan, Deepak C Rathod, Timo von Wirth, Kevin Winter	2023	2
6	An actionable understanding of societal transitions: the X-curve framework Sustainability Science ·Aniek Hebinck, Gijs Diercks, Timo von Wirth, Pieter J. Beers, Ngọc Võ Trương Như, C. Dragoiu, Rachel Greer, Frank van Steenbergen, Derk Loorbach	2022	78
7	The Circular Decision-Making Tree: an Operational Framework Circular Economy and Sustainability ·Zheng-fei Li, Timo von Wirth, Derk Loorbach	2022	10
8	Contextualising Urban Experimentation: Analysing the Utopiastadt Campus Case with the Theory of Strategic Action Fields Urban Planning ·Matthias Wanner, B. Wood, Timo von Wirth	2021	5
9	Transport and Mobility: A Social Sciences and Humanities annotated bibliography Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) ·Cary MacMahon, Marianne Ryghaug, Emilia Smeds, Nidia Wulansari, Leonardo de Vasconcellos Ceglinski, Park Yeri, Timo von Wirth	2021	0
10	Experimentation or projectification of urban change? A critical appraisal and three steps forward SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jonas Torrens, Timo von Wirth	2021	85
11	Lokale Nachhaltigkeitsexperimente als raumwirksame Interventionen: Theoretische Grundlagen und Handlungskonzepte GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society ·Timo von Wirth, Meike Levin-Keitel	2020	13
12	From niche to mainstream: the dilemmas of scaling up sustainable alternatives GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society ·Karoline Augenstein, B. Wood, Markus Egermann, Markus Flugen, Éric Janicot, Melanie Jaeger‐Erben, Kasiyati Kasiyati, David P. M. Lam, 唐文强, محمد عصام عبده عبد الفتاح, Timo von Wirth	2020	48
13	Transformative innovation and translocal diffusion Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions ·Derk Loorbach, Julia M. Wittmayer, Flor Avelino, Timo von Wirth, Niki Frantzeskaki	2020	188
14	Municipalities as enablers in urban experimentation Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning ·Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren, Annica Kronsell, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Timo von Wirth	2019	55
15	Between fixities and flows: Navigating place attachments in an increasingly mobile world Journal of Environmental Psychology ·Andrés Di Masso, Daniel R. Williams, Christopher M. Raymond, Matthias Buchecker, Barbara Degenhardt, Patrick Devine‐Wright, Yunita Ayuningsih, Maria Lewicka, Lynne C. Manzo, Peter Boone, Richard C. Stedman, Laura Verbrugge, Timo von Wirth	2019	146
16	Co-Creation Dynamics in Urban Living Labs Sustainability ·鞆田昴一郎, Jotte de Koning, Timo von Wirth, Philip Marcel Karré, Ingrid Mulder, Derk Loorbach	2018	149
17	Impacts of urban living labs on sustainability transitions: mechanisms and strategies for systemic change through experimentation European Planning Studies ·Timo von Wirth, Lea Fuenfschilling, Niki Frantzeskaki, Lars Coenen Hit paper breakdown →	2018	282
18	Distributed energy systems on a neighborhood scale: Reviewing drivers of and barriers to social acceptance Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Timo von Wirth, Diana Fernando, Roman Seidl	2017	106
19	Combining three modelling and visualization tools for collaborative planning of urban transformation Ulrike Wissen Hayek, 俞霞婷, Timo von Wirth, Stephen Dating The Cape, M. Gooderham, Gerhard Schmitt, Adrienne Grêt‐Regamey	2014	1
20	Mediating Effects Between Objective and Subjective Indicators of Urban Quality of Life: Testing Specific Models for Safety and Access Social Indicators Research ·Timo von Wirth, Adrienne Grêt‐Regamey, Michael Stauffacher	2014	40

About Timo von Wirth

Timo von Wirth is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Global and Planetary Change, Transportation, Media Technology and Business and International Management, having authored 37 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (10 papers), Smart Cities and Technologies (6 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (5 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (5 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management of Technology and Innovation (611 citations), Business and International Management (99 citations), Media Technology (283 citations), Global and Planetary Change (650 citations) and Transportation (161 citations). Timo von Wirth has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Niki Frantzeskaki, Derk Loorbach, Lars Coenen, Lea Fuenfschilling, Roman Seidl, Adrienne Grêt‐Regamey, Michael Stauffacher, Jonas Torrens, Flor Avelino and Julia M. Wittmayer. Their work appears in journals such as GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal of Environmental Psychology and Nature Sustainability.

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