• Resilience of social-ecological systems
• Sustainability in agriculture and plant breeding
• Commons and New Commons
• Serious Games in the context of Education for Sustainable Development

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Kliem, L, Wolter H, Sievers-Glotzbach S. Consumer perceptions and evaluations of the open source seeds license. International Conference on Breeding and Seed Sector Innovations for Organic Food Systems, March 08-10 2021, Online.

Sievers-Glotzbach S, Wolter H, Tschersich J, Gmeiner N, Kliem L, Ficiciyan A. The promise of commons for the organic breeding sector: conceptualizing seed commons. International Conference on Breeding and Seed Sector Innovations for Organic Food Systems, March 08-10 2021, Online.

Wolter H. Influencing factors for the further expansion of organic apple cultivation and breeding. Ecofruit. 19th International Conference on Organic-Fruit Growing, February 17-19 2020, Hohenheim (Germany).

Wolter H. Tele-coupling effects in fruit breeding and cultivation. ESP 10 World Conference, October 21-25 2019, Hannover (Germany).

Wolter H. Improving the resilience of fruit cultivation with commons-based fruit breeding. ESP 10 World Conference, October 21-25 2019, Hannover (Germany).

Wolter H. Tensions between the Creation and Management of Variety Commons - The Case of Fruit Breeding. IASC Thematic Workshop: Conceptualizing the New Commons – the examples of Knowledge Commons & Seed and Variety Commons, June 06-08 2018, Oldenburg (Germany).

Wolter H, Howard NP, Ristel M, Sievers-Glotzbach S, Albach DC, Sattler I, Siebenhüner B. Research Project EGON: Development of organically bred fruit varieties in commons-based initiatives. Ecofruit. 18th International Conference on Organic-Fruit Growing, 19-21 February 2018, Hohenheim (Germany).

Sievers-Glotzbach S, Wolter H. Bringing Commons Elements into fruit breeding. Ecofruit. 18th International Conference on Organic-Fruit Growing, 19-21 February 2018, Hohenheim (Germany).

Monographs

Wolter, H. (2023). Sustainable Apple Breeding and Cultivation in Germany: Commons-Based Agriculture and Social-Ecological Resilience (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003355724

Peer-reviewed journal contributions

Berg, Sophie; Wolter, Hendrik (2025): „Spielend in die (Un)Sicherheit? Eine Lehrveranstaltung für den reflexiven Umgang mit Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit" Im Sammelband „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Kontroversen und Debatten” Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Kontroversen und Debatten (S. 59-83)

Sievers-Glotzbach, S.; Wolter, H.; Siebenhüner, B. (2023). Harvesting the fruits of transdisciplinary knowledge integration: The EGON project on commons-based organic fruit breeding. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 32 (2), 257-263. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.2.9

Rohe, S.; Oltmer, M.; Wolter, H.; Gmeiner, N.; Tschersich, J. (2022): Forever niche: Why do organically bred vegetable varieties not diffuse? Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 45, 83-100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2022.09.004

Kliem L, Wolter H. (2022). How do consumers perceive open‐source seeds licenses? Exploring a new type of credence attribute. International Journal of Consumer Studies. doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12780

Karrasch L, Grothmann T, Michel TA, Wesselow M, Wolter H, Unger A, Wegner A, Giebels D, Siebenhüner B. (2022). Integrating knowledge within and between knowledge types in transdisciplinary sustainability research: Seven case studies and an indicator framework. Environmental Science & Policy, 131, 14-25. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.014

Wolter H, Sievers-Glotzbach S. (2019). Bridging traditional and new commons: The case of fruit breeding. International Journal of the Commons, 13 (1), 303–328. DOI: doi.org/10.18352/ijc.869

Policy and working papers

Rohe, S.; Oltmer, M., Wolter, H.; Gmeiner, N.; Tschersich, J. (2022). Forever Niche: Why do organic vegetable varieties not diffuse? Papers in Innovation Studies no. 2022/08. Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.

Wolter H, Gmeiner N, Rohe S, Tschersich J. (2020). „Wie, wir lesen?“ Leseseminare als Bausteine forschenden Lernens in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Working Paper series of the working group research-based learning at dghd. No. 5, 2020. Download.

Flieger B, Schachtschneider U, Wolter H, Lautermann C, Aretz A, Gährs S, Broekmans J. (2018). Zukunftsfeld Mieterstrommodelle. Potentiale von Mieterstrom in Deutschland mit einem Fokus auf Bürgerenergie. Edited by research project BuergEn. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. ISBN: 978-3-00-065971-3. Download.

Conference papers

Wolter H. (2020). Influencing factors for the further expansion of organic apple cultivation and breeding. In: Ecofruit. 19th International Conference on Organic-Fruit Growing: Proceedings, 17-19 February 2020, Hohenheim, Germany. pp. 19-26. Fördergemeinschaft Ökologischer Obstbau e.V. (FÖKO). Download.

Sievers-Glotzbach S, Wolter H. (2018). Bringing Commons elements into fruit breeding. In: Ecofruit. 18th International Conference on Organic-Fruit Growing: Proceedings, 19-21 February 2018, Hohenheim, Germany. pp. 19-28. Fördergemeinschaft Ökologischer Obstbau e.V. (FÖKO). Download.

Wolter H, Howard NP, Ristel M, Sievers-Glotzbach S, Albach DC, Sattler I, Siebenhüner B. (2018). Research Project EGON: Development of organically bred fruit varieties in commons-based initiatives. In: Ecofruit. 18th International Conference on Organic-Fruit Growing: Proceedings, 19-21 February 2018, Hohenheim, Germany. pp. 92-95. Fördergemeinschaft Ökologischer Obstbau e.V. (FÖKO. Download.

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