Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

In the professorship, we address three main challenges for the fulfilment of this aspiration:

  • Consolidate the epistemological and methodological foundations of transdisciplinary sustainability research.
  • Enhance research at the science/society interface that has both scientific and societal relevance.
  • Enable students, researchers and societal actors to contribute to societal transformation with local and global impact.

We are rooted/embedded in the Faculty of  Sustainability and collaborate with different institutes at Leuphana and research institutions from around the world as well as with different societal actors and institutions from the private and public sector in Lueneburg and beyond. 

We creatively combine conceptual and empirical research with the development of new formats and environments.

  1. 2013
  2. 1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    09.09.201311.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  3. 1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Participant)

    09.09.201310.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Ultras: Jugendliche Fußballfans

    Martin Winands (Speaker)

    16.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. ProDoc Workshop VIII - 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    04.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  6. Research Development Workshop for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research - RIHN 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    14.11.201315.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Research Development Workshop for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research - RIHN 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    15.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  8. 2014
  9. Parks as societal mirrors of the 21st century

    Ulrike Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    26.02.201427.02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. Parks of the Future – Protected Areas in Europe Challenging Issues of Societal Transformation

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    26.02.201427.02.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  11. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Deputy member)

    04.201403.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  12. Leuphana Faculty Club

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    22.05.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  13. Why companies do district heating – the business model perspective on network expansion and renewable sources of energy

    Florian Reinert (Speaker), Jens Clausen (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    03.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Crossing boundaries in transdisciplinary sustainability research

    Ulrike Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    13.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  15. Räume transdisziplinären Lehrens und Forschens schaffen

    Ulrike Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    31.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference - RGS 2014

    Julia Mildorfová-Leventon (Speaker), Jen C. Dyer (Speaker) & Jamie Van Alstine (Speaker)

    26.08.201429.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Td Summer School 2014: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    01.09.201409.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  18. Gekoppelte Modellierung für inter- und transdisziplinäre, alpine Klimawandelfolgenforschung: Integrationsdimensionen und Beispiele zum Schnittstellendesign aus dem CC-snow Projekt

    Ulrich Strasser (Speaker), Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker), T. Marke (Speaker), F. Hanzer (Speaker) & Johann Stötter (Speaker)

    28.09.201401.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014

    Judith Kahle (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Coauthor), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor) & Matthias Bergmann (Coauthor)

    28.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 2015
  21. Arbeitstagung Lernortwechsel - 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    17.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Methoden transformativer Forschung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Lecturer)

    24.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  23. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Lecturer)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  24. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Ulli Vismaier (Speaker), Moritz Engbers (Coauthor) & Vera Brandner (Coauthor)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Stadt Forscht: Allianzen für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Lecturer)

    23.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  26. MECS Conference: Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrope in the Age of Simulation - 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    25.06.201526.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. A multi-criteria decision model for selecting a portfolio of sustainable phosphorus management strategies in different regions

    Annika Weiser (Coauthor)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  28. Integrating Time Aspects into the Assessment of Sustainable Resource Management

    Annika Weiser (presenter)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  29. Td Summer School 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    31.08.201508.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  30. International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Moderator) & Esther Maria Meyer (Organiser)

    08.09.201510.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  31. International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015

    Jens Newig (Speaker), Matthias Bergmann (Coauthor), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Coauthor), Judith Kahle (Coauthor) & Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor)

    08.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. Forschen im Ersten Semester?: Zum Anspruch und Potential Forschenden Lernens im Leuphana Semester

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    24.09.201525.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  33. Inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschung. Theoretische und methodologische Grundlagen

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. Das Begleitprogramm Gender und Diversity für Studentische Forschungsteams, die in Lehrveranstaltungen forschend lernen

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  35. Kick-Off des Projekts "Wohlstands-Transformation Wuppertal (WTW)" des TransZent - 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Moderator)

    22.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  36. Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - AASHE 2015

    Beatrice John (Speaker)

    26.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. Projekt ‚Demokratie leben’ der Hansestadt Lüneburg/Stadtjugendring - 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Moderator)

    27.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  38. Die Einbeziehung von ‚stakeholdern’ in den Forschungsprozess - Implikationen und Perspektiven

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. Auf der Suche nach Räumen generativer Bildung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    30.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  40. Räume generativer Bildung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    02.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  41. 2016
  42. German Future Earth Summit - 2016

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Moderator)

    28.01.201629.01.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  43. Tag der Lehre 2016

    Beatrice John (Speaker)

    29.01.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  44. Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding societal change

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    07.02.201609.02.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  45. Inter- y Transdisciplina en Acción Seminar 2016

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    03.03.201604.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  46. ‘LUNESCO – Proyecto de investigación transdisciplinaria sobre sostenibilidad y participación en Luneburgo‘

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker) & Esther Maria Meyer (Speaker)

    06.03.201611.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  47. Case-based Mutual Learning Session to Strengthen Familiy Farming in Colombia

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    31.03.201601.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  48. Zebensui Morales-Reyes

    Berta Martín-López (Host)

    04.201611.2016

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  49. Komplexe Systeme transformieren I - Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit (Nachhaltiger Konsum)

    Matthias Bergmann (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Judith Kahle (Speaker)

    04.04.201620.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  50. 1st Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference

    Annika Weiser (presenter)

    06.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch