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Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel

Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel

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Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
4666
World Ranking
1354
National Ranking
229

Overview

Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel is affiliated with the University of Hull in the United Kingdom and is active in research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including urban studies, political science and international relations, transportation, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their recent academic contributions focus on urban and regional governance with an emphasis on European Union policy frameworks, urban transport and accessibility, and urban planning. Wurzel's research also covers coastal and marine management, maritime ports and logistics, and aspects of regional resilience and development.

Recent scholarly papers include:

  • Climate urbanism and austerity in structurally disadvantaged cities, 2020, Urban Geography
  • Persistent informality: preparing the EU's input into international climate negotiations, 2025, Journal of European Public Policy

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Andrew E. G. Jonas
  • Maurizio Di Lullo
  • Duncan Liefferink
  • Jeremy G. Moulton
  • Winfried Osthorst

Wurzel's publications appear primarily in venues focused on urban and political studies. Notable journals involved are Urban Geography and the Journal of European Public Policy, each featuring one of their recent papers.

Themes of European Union policy and governance are prominent in their work, appearing in four publications. Other key topics addressed include urban transport and accessibility, urbanization and city planning, coastal and marine management, and regional development, each recurring across at least two papers.

The breadth of Wurzel's research reflects a multidisciplinary approach combining aspects of urban and regional planning, policy analysis, and engineering to address challenges in contemporary urban environments and international governance.

Best Publications

  • The Rise of ‘New’ Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective: Has Governance Eclipsed Government?

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel;Anthony Zito

  • 'New' Instruments of Environmental Governance: Patterns and Pathways of Change

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

  • The European Union as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics

    Rüdiger Wurzel;James Connelly

  • Environmental Policy-Making In Britain, Germany and the European Union: The Europeanisation of Air and Water Pollution Control

    Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel

  • European governance and the transfer of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments (NEPIs) in the European Union

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito;Lars Brückner

  • Comparative Conclusions - 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments: An Evolution or a Revolution in Environmental Policy?

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

  • 'New' instruments of environmental governance? : national experiences and prospects

    Andrew Jordan;Rudiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

  • Environmental Governance in Europe

    Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony Zito;Andrew Jordan

  • Still the century of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments? Exploring patterns of innovation and continuity

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

  • Environmental leaders and pioneers: agents of change?

    Duncan Liefferink;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel

  • The role of the Eli Presidency in the environmental field: Does it make a difference which member state runs the Presidency?

    Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel

  • Pioneers, leaders and followers in multilevel and polycentric climate governance

    Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Duncan Liefferink;Diarmuid Torney

  • From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? New Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany

    Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Andrew Jordan;Anthony R. Zito;Lars Brückner

  • The European Union in International Climate Change Politics. Still taking a lead

    R.K.W. Wurzel;J. Connelly;J.D. Liefferink

  • Policy Innovation or 'Muddling Through'? 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments in the United Kingdom

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;R. Zito;Lars Brückner

  • 'New' environmental policy instruments: An evolution or a revolution in environmental policy?

    A Jordan;R Wurzel;A Zito

  • Policy Instruments in Practice

    Andrew Jordan;David Benson;Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony Zito

  • New Instruments of Environmental Governance

    AJ Jordan;R Wurzel;A Zito

  • Environmental Policy: Governing by Multiple Policy Instruments?*

    Andrew Jordan;David Benson;Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony Zito

  • A new approach to EU environmental policy-making? The Auto-Oil I Programme

    Axel Friedrich;Matthias Tappe;Rudiger K. W. Wurzel

  • The European Council, the Council and the Member States: changing environmental leadership dynamics in the European Union

    Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Duncan Liefferink;Maurizio Di Lullo

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Anthony R. Zito
Anthony R. Zito Newcastle University
Andrew E. G. Jonas
Andrew E. G. Jonas University of Hull
David Benson
David Benson University of Exeter

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