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. 2015
  2. 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

  3. 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

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

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

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

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Auf der Suche nach Räumen generativer Bildung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    30.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  11. Räume generativer Bildung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    02.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. 2016
  13. 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

  14. Tag der Lehre 2016

    Beatrice John (Speaker)

    29.01.2016

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

  15. Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding societal change

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    07.02.201609.02.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  16. 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

  17. ‘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

  18. 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

  19. Zebensui Morales-Reyes

    Berta Martín-López (Host)

    04.201611.2016

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  20. 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

  21. 1st Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference

    Annika Weiser (presenter)

    06.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch