The research in my laboratory for Planning and Environmental Innovation, focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of spatial planning and decision making in a complex world. Students in the laboratory lead research with an emphasis on social and environmental policy challenges pertain to climate change, such as: barriers to promote renewable energies, energy poverty, institutional arrangements for water resource management, socio-technical transitions and the science-policy interface. The laboratory encourages a trans-disciplinary and comparative, international approach to research design and implementation, including stakeholder participation and policy application.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Avni N., Teschner, N. (2019). Urban waterfronts: Streams of planning conflicts, Journal of Planning Literature. 34(4), 408–420.

Teschner, N. (2018) The conflict over the commons in port-cities, Urban Geography 40 (7): 918-937.

Teschner, N., Alterman, A. (2018) Preparing the ground for renewable energy: Regulatory challenges in siting small-scale wind turbines in urban areas, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 81(2):1660-1669.

Schmidt, N., Teschner, N., Negev, M. (2018) Scientific advice and administrative traditions: The role of Chief Scientists in climate change adaptation, Review of Policy Research 35(6): 859-880. Open access.

Teschner, N., Orenstein, E.D, Shapira I., Keasar, T. (2017) Commentary: Socio-ecological research and the transition toward sustainable agriculture, International Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 15(2):99-101.

Teschner, N., Paavola, Y. (2013) Discourses of Abundance: Transitions in Israel’s Energy Regime, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 15(3): 447-466.

Negev, M., Teschner, N. (2013) Rethinking the relationship between technical and local knowledge: Toward a multi-type approach, Environmental Science & Policy, 30: 50-59.

Teschner, N., Garb, Y., Paavola, Y. (2013) The Role of Technology in Policy Dynamics: The Case of Desalination in Israel, Environmental Policy and Governance, 23(2): 91-103.

Teschner, N., McDonald, A., Foxon, T.J., Paavola, J. (2012) Integrated transitions toward sustainability: The case of water and energy policies in Israel, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 79(3):457-468.

Teschner, N, Garb, Y., Tal, A. (2010) The environment in successive regional development plans for Israel’s periphery, International Planning Studies 15(2): 79-97.

2009-2012 PhD at the School of Geography and the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), The University of Leeds, United Kingdom
2014-2016 Post Doc at the Center of Urban and Regional Planning, the Technion, Israel