Our Planetary Condition
Foundations for a Politics with the Earth
2026 · MIT Press
with Bauer, Finkelstein & Leggewie
Publications
Monographs
The Politics of Deep Time
2023 · Cambridge University Press
Planetar denken. Ein Einstieg
2021 · transcript
with Leggewie & Meyer
Democracy and Climate Change
2018 · Routledge
In progress
Planetary Infrastructures. The Built Environment in Earth Politics
Finkelstein & Hanusch · Cambridge University Press, under contract
Edited volumes
Demokratie säen. Impulse für demokratische Zukünfte
2026 · transcript
edited with Katsman · German edition of Seeds for Democratic Futures
Seeds for Democratic Futures
2024 · transcript
edited with Katsman
In progress
Handbook of Planetary Methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Hanusch & Finkelstein (eds.) · Oxford University Press, under contract
Journal articles
2025
The State of Global Catastrophic Risk Research: A Bibliometric Review
Jehn, Engler, Arnscheidt, Wache, Ilin, Cook, Sundaram, Hanusch & Kemp · Earth System Dynamics 16(4), 1053–1084 · doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-1053-2025
2022
Das Planetarische Politisch(e) Denken
Pauls, Oppelt, Weber, Huni Kui, Leggewie, Hanusch, Bauer, Hartl, Finkelstein, Chakrabarty, Mendoza & Schreurs · Politische Vierteljahresschrift 63(4), 703–728 · doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00433-3
2022
The Temporal Cleavage: The Case of Populist Retrotopia vs. Climate Emergency
Hanusch & Meisch · Environmental Politics 31(5), 883–903 · doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2044691
2021
(De)Futuring Democracy: Labs, Playgrounds, and Ateliers as Democratic Innovations
Asenbaum & Hanusch · Futures 134, 102836 · doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102836
2021
Hydrogen Research: Technology First, Society Second?
Hanusch & Schad · GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 30(2), 82–86 · doi.org/10.14512/gaia.30.2.5
2021
Embeddedness as an Integrative Quality Assessment Tool for Student-Centered Extracurricular Studies
Hanusch · HINT – Heidelberg Inspirations for Innovative Teaching 2(2), 93–117 · doi.org/10.11588/hint.2021.1.84509
2020
Deep-Time Organizations: Learning Institutional Longevity from History
Hanusch & Biermann · The Anthropocene Review 7(1), 19–41 · doi.org/10.1177/2053019619886670
2014
Zur Feindschaft zwischen Erkenntnisfortschritt und Plagiarismus
Hanusch · Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 23(4), 627–638 · doi.org/10.5771/1430-6387-2013-4-627
Book chapters
2026
The United Times – A Chronopolitan Thought Experiment in Earth System Law
Hanusch · In: Kotzé (ed.), Earth System Law: Governing Planetary Transformations in the Anthropocene. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 287–302
2026
Planetary Thinking for Planetary Flourishing
Hanusch & Leggewie · In: Zwitter (ed.), Human Flourishing Across Cultures and Disciplines. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 195–208 · doi.org/10.5040/9781350547841.ch-12
2026
Demokratische Zukünfte säen
Hanusch & Katsman · In: Hanusch & Katsman (eds.), Demokratie säen. Bielefeld: transcript, 9–19 · doi.org/10.14361/9783839456705-001
2026
Planetare Demokratie: Auf dem Weg zu einer radikalen Inklusion
Hanusch · In: Hanusch & Katsman (eds.), Demokratie säen. Bielefeld: transcript, 193–202 · doi.org/10.14361/9783839456705-015
2024
Introduction
Hanusch & Katsman · In: Hanusch & Katsman (eds.), Seeds for Democratic Futures. Bielefeld: transcript, 9–18 · doi.org/10.1515/9783839469439-001
2024
Planetary Democracy
Hanusch · In: Hanusch & Katsman (eds.), Seeds for Democratic Futures. Bielefeld: transcript, 167–175 · doi.org/10.1515/9783839469439-015
2023
We Are In, Not On, a Planet
Hanusch · In: Webb (ed.), Multispecies Lexicon. Proposals for Planetary Flourishing, Vol. 01. Berggruen Institute, 62–65
2023
Introduction
Bauer, Finkelstein, Hanusch, Hartl, Kessler & Leggewie · In: Finkelstein, Hartl & Kessler (eds.), Planetary Forest. Berlin: Distanz, 8–9
2023
Planetary Forest Policy
Bauer, Hanusch & Leggewie · In: Finkelstein, Hartl & Kessler (eds.), Planetary Forest. Berlin: Distanz, 73–75
2023
Thought
Leggewie & Hanusch · In: Wallenhorst & Wulf (eds.), Handbook of the Anthropocene. Cham: Springer, 485–490 · doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_76
2023
Agenda
Leggewie & Hanusch · In: Wallenhorst & Wulf (eds.), Handbook of the Anthropocene. Cham: Springer, 1577–1581 · doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_256
2016
Einleitung
Leggewie, Hanusch, Schmitt & Reicher · In: Leggewie, Reicher & Schmitt (eds.), Geschichten einer Region. AgentInnen des Wandels für ein nachhaltiges Ruhrgebiet. Dortmund: Kettler, 8–17
2015
The Role of Norms for U.S. Foreign Climate Policy
Hanusch · In: Sommer (ed.), Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in Northern America. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 77–105 · doi.org/10.1163/9789004300712_005
2012
Karl Polanyi: The Great Transformation
Hanusch & Müngersdorff · In: Leggewie, Zifonun, Lang, Siepmann & Hoppen (eds.), Schlüsselwerke der Kulturwissenschaften. Bielefeld: transcript, 274–276 · doi.org/10.1515/9783839413272-091
Reports & other
2025
Differenz verstehen. Warum Vielfalt politischer Zündstoff ist
Leggewie, Hanusch & Bauer · politische ökologie 181, 24–31
2020
Demokratie und Klimawandel
Hanusch · Demokratie gegen Menschenfeindlichkeit 5(2), 18–21
2016
Humanity on the Move: Unlocking the Transformative Power of Cities
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), co-author · Flagship Report. Berlin: WBGU
2016
Development and Justice through Transformation: The Four Big ‘I’s
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), co-author · Special Report. Berlin: WBGU
2015
Building Europe’s (Energy) Future. A Manifesto for a European Community for Energy Transition
Müngersdorff, Hanusch, Schad, Schmitt, Schönborn, Siepmann & Voss · Essen: Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI)
2014
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), co-author · Special Report. Berlin: WBGU
2014
Human Progress within Planetary Guard Rails. A Contribution to the SDG Debate
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), co-author · Policy Paper. Berlin: WBGU
2012
Klimawandel als Chance für mehr Demokratie
Hanusch, Müngersdorff & Voß · In: Jahrbuch Gerechtigkeit V. Menschen, Klima, Zukunft. Glashütten: C & P Verlagsgesellschaft, 130–137
2010
Ökosozial ist sexy. Über die soziale Dimension der Umweltpolitik
Fischer, Hanusch, Hörisch, Löw, Raecke, Schöneborn & Zech · Neue Gesellschaft Frankfurter Hefte 57(5), 44–47