Curriculum Vitae
- Since 08/2023
Researcher, Scientific Advisory Board for Forest Policy, University of Freiburg, Germany - Since 04/2025 + 09/2022 – 08/2024
Researcher, Chair of Forest and Environmental Policy, University of Freiburg, Germany - Since 04/2023
Researcher & Co-leader, BioGeCo – Colombian-German Network for Science and Innovation - Since 08/2021
PhD Candidate, Humboldt University of Berlin, Thaer Institute, Resource Economics
Topic: Understanding the Emergence and Development of Governance Innovations for Forest Ecosystem Service Provision in Europe and the Coastal Regions of Colombia
Supervisors: Prof. Klaus Eisenack, Prof. Carsten Mann - 06/2021 – 09/2022
Researcher, Project Coordination (Agriculture & Technology) and Stakeholder Management, University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Germany - 01/2018 – 03/2021
Researcher – Sustainable Governance Innovations, University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Germany - 04/2017 – 06/2021
Researcher & Project Manager iNNoPiangua, Binational BMBF Project in Colombia, University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin, Germany - 02/2014 – 08/2017
Consultant and Staff Member, Economic Division & Sustainable development and human settlements, United Nations ECLAC, Santiago, Chile
Research
- Socio-ecological/-technical systems
- Transition studies
- Forest governance innovations
- Payments for ecosystem services
- Networks
- Socio-economic analysis (mangroves/coastal regions, terrestrial forests)
- Electromobility on water
- Renewable energies (decentralised in rural areas)
Teaching
- SoSe 2025
International Forest Governance (MSc International Forestry)
Forstgeschichte und -politik (BSc Waldwissenschaften)
Publications
- Willig, J., Häublein, S., Sorge, S., Brudermann, A. D., Cantarello, E., Maria Espelta, J., … & Bauhus, J. (2025). Information Access, Governance Support and Operational Flexibility are Needed to Drive Adaptation of European Forests to Global Change. Forest Policy and Economics, 181, 103654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103654
- Sorge, S., Zapata Delgado, N., Romero Mera, C.A., Mosquera Murillo, M., Salazar Ibargüen, M.L., Sinisterra Vergara, M., Mosquera, L.F. (2025). Piangüeras: guardians of the mangrove in the Colombian Pacific. TFI63: Women as Stewards of Forests, 1.1, 3–10. https://doi.org/10.55515/GKIO9649
- Charria-Girón, E., Sorge, S., Martin, A., Bolívar, S., Gutiérrez, M.I., Matiz-Rubio, N. (2025). Globale Ziele, lokale Stimmen: Jugend führt multilaterale Dialoge. Biospektrum 31, 116–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-025-2399-7
- Sorge, S., Mann, C., Schleyer, C., Loft, L., Spacek, M., Hernández-Morcillo, M., Kluvankova, T. (2022). Understanding dynamics of forest ecosystem services governance: A socio-ecological-technical-analytical framework. Ecosystem Services 55, 101427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101427
- Hernández-Morcillo, M., Torralba, M., Baiges, T., Bernasconi, A., Bottaro, G., Brogaard, S., Bussola, F., Díaz-Varela, E., Geneletti, D., Grossmann, C.M., Kister, J., Klingler, M., Loft, L., Lovric, M., Mann, C., Pipart, N., Roces-Díaz, J.V., Sorge, S., Tiebel, M., Tyrväinen, L., Varela, E., Winkel, G., Plieninger, T. (2022). Scanning the solutions for the sustainable supply of forest ecosystem services in Europe. Sustainability Science, 17, 2013–2029. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01111-4
Functions, Positions and Memberships
- Since May 2025
Member of ForGEDI – Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) in forestry and forest-related sectors - Since September 2022
Researcher at CEMarin – Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences, Colombia - Since June 2020
Member of the GAto Network – Greening Africa together, Africa - Since 2019
Member of the International Society for Ecological Economics