The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ortwin Renn sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 643 publications — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ortwin Renn sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 88 D-Index — 97th percentile
97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.
Ortwin Renn is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany and focuses on research within the Social Sciences, with a particular concentration on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Political Science and International Relations, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Economics and Econometrics.
The main topics covered in Renn's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Risk Perception and Management, Disaster Management and Resilience, Complex Systems and Decision Making, Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis, Public Administration and Political Analysis, and Innovation, Technology, and Society.
Renn has contributed numerous papers published in several frequent venues. These include:
Recent papers authored or coauthored by Renn include:
Frequent co-authors in Renn's publications include:
Renn has also published books through various publishers, such as Verlag Barbara Budrich, where two editions of Gefühlte Wahrheiten were released in 2022.
Another book titled Transformationsanspruch in Forschung und Bildung. Konzepte, Projekte, empirische Perspektiven was published in 2023 by Waxmann Verlag GmbH eBooks.
Throughout their career, Renn has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002 and membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Roger E. Kasperson;Ortwin Renn;Paul Slovic;Halina S. Brown
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Gisela Wachinger;Ortwin Renn;Chloe Begg;Christian Kuhlicke
Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Peter M. Wiedemann
Terje Aven;Ortwin Renn
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Andreas Klinke;Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn;Debra Levine
Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Peter Wiedemann
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Ortwin Renn;Katherine D. Walker
Carlo C. Jaeger;Thomas Webler;Eugene A. Rosa;Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn;William J. Burns;Jeanne X. Kasperson;Roger E. Kasperson
Thomas Webler;Hans Kastenholz;Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn;Thomas Webler;Horst Rakel;Peter Dienel
Igor Linkov;Todd Bridges;Felix Creutzig;Jennifer Decker
Ortwin Renn;Andreas Klinke;Marjolein van Asselt
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