Reports
DiBella, J. (2022) “Rapid guide for planning business model innovations for disaster risk reduction” United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Office for the Americas and the Caribbean – Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies
Burch, S., J. Di Bella, J. Rao-Williams, N. Forrest, V. Hermelingmier, S. Morton Ninomiya and K. Chisholm (2020) “Sustainable business practices can build resilient local economies for a post-COVID-19 recover“. TRANSFORM
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Journal Articles
2025
- Orr, C.J., Burch, S. Transformative capacities for navigating system change: a framework for sustainability research and practice. Sustain Sci 20, 975–992 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01658-y
- DiBella, J., Burch, S. Sequencing sustainability and climate solutions: a systems view of implementation. Sustain Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01769-6
- Cabral-Ramírez, M., Niño-Barrero, Y. & DiBella, J. Lessons from the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction from Latin America and the Caribbean. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 16, 72–83 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-025-00613-w
2024
2023
- Pickering, J., Patterson, J., Biermann, F., Burch, S., Elliott, L., Gupta, A., … Persson, Å. (2023). Pluralizing Debates on the Anthropocene Requires Engaging with the Diversity of Existing Scholarship. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 113(2), e-i-e-vi. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2105296
- Luederitz, C., Westman, L., Mercado, A. et al. Conceptualizing the potential of entrepreneurship to shape urban sustainability transformations. Urban Transform 5, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-023-00048-w
- DiBella, J., & Burch, S. (2023). Building parliamentary capacities for advancing the disaster risk reduction agenda: Notes and reflections from a capacity-building field training for parliamentarians of the Americas and the Caribbean. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103970
- Romero-Lankao, P., Rosner, N., Brandtner, C. et al. A framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations. Nat Energy 8, 1192–1198 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01351-3
- Stubbs W, Farrelly M, Fabianke K, Burch S, Ramesh P. Sustainable business models in ‘lighthouse’ small to medium enterprises. Journal of Management & Organization. 2024;30(3):466-489. doi:10.1017/jmo.2023.53
2022
- Burch, S., DiBella, J., Wiek, A. et al. “Building urban resilience through sustainability-oriented small- and medium-sized enterprises.” Urban Transform 4, 12 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42854-022-00041-9
- DiBella, J., Forrest, N., Burch, S., Rao‐Williams, J., Ninomiya, S. M., Hermelingmeier, V., & Chisholm, K. (2022). Exploring the potential of SMEs to build individual, organizational, and community resilience through sustainability‐oriented business practices. Business Strategy and the Environment.
- Westman, L., Luederitz, C., Kundurpi, A., Mercado, A. J., & Burch, S. L. (2022). Market transformations as collaborative change: Institutional co‐evolution through small business entrepreneurship. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3083
2021
- Burch, S. & Di Bella, J. (2021) Business models for the Anthropocene: accelerating sustainability transformations in the private sector. Sustainability Science, 16(6), 1963-1976.
- Kundurpi, A., Westman, L., Luederitz, C., Burch, S., & Mercado, A. (2021). Navigating between adaptation and transformation: How intermediaries support businesses in sustainability transitions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 283, 125366.
- Westman, Linda., Moores, Ericha., Burch, Sarah Lynn., 2021. Bridging the governance divide: The role of SMEs in urban sustainability interventions, Cities, Vol. 108, 102994.
2020
- Ann Dale, John Robinson, Leslie King, Sarah Burch, Rob Newell, Alison Shaw & Francois Jost (2020) Meeting the climate change challenge: local government climate action in British Columbia, Canada, Climate Policy, 20:7, 866-880.
- Coenen, Lars ; Davidson, Kathryn ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Grenfell, Maree ; Håkansson, Irene ; Hartigan, Martin ; 2020. Metropolitan governance in action? Learning from metropolitan Melbourne’s urban forest strategy, Australian Planner (Mar 2020).
- Dumitru, Adina ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Collier, Marcus ; 2020. Identifying principles for the design of robust impact evaluation frameworks for nature-based solutions in cities, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 112 (Oct 2020), pp. 107-116.
- Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Vandergert, Paula ; Connop, Stuart ; Schipper, Karlijn ; Zwierzchowska, Iwona ; Collier, Marcus ; Lodder, Marleen ; 2020. Examining the policy needs for implementing nature-based solutions in cities: Findings from city-wide transdisciplinary experiences in Glasgow (UK), Genk (Belgium) and Poznań (Poland), Land Use Policy, Vol. 96 (Jul 2020), 104688.
- Hoffmann, Sabine ; Feldmann, Ulrike ; Bach, Peter M. ; Binz, Christian ; Farrelly, Megan ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Hiessl, Harald ; Inauen, Jennifer ; Larsen, Tove A. ; Lienert, Judit ; Londong, Jorg ; Luthi, Christoph ; Maurer, Max ; Mitchell, Cynthia ; Morgenroth, Eberhard ; Nelson, Kara L. ; Scholten, Lisa ; Truffer, Bernhard ; Udert, Kai M. ; 2020. A Research Agenda for the Future of Urban Water Management: Exploring the Potential of Nongrid, Small-Grid, and Hybrid Solutions, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 54, no. 9 (May 2020), pp. 5312-5322.
- Lam, D.P.M., Martín-López, B., Wiek, A. et al. Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes. Urban Transform 2, 3 (2020).
- Malekpour, Shirin ; Walker, Warren E. ; de Haan, Fjalar J. ; Frantzeskaki, Niki ; Marchau, Vincent A. W. J. ; 2020. Bridging Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) and Transition Management (TM) to improve strategic planning for sustainable development, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 107 (May 2020), pp. 158-167.
- Westman Linda., McKenzie Janetta., Burch, Sarah Lynn., 2020, Political participation of businesses: A framework to understand contributions of SMEs to urban sustainability politics, Earth System Governance, Vol: 3.
2019
- Di Bella, Jose. (2019). The spatial representation of business models for climate adaptation: An approach for business model innovation and adaptation strategies in the private sector. Business Strategy and Development.
