Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The aim of research and teaching at our institute is to make an active contribution to shaping societal transformation towards sustainability. We work on appropriate scientific and philosophical foundations as well as on ways to include different (civil) societal actors in research processes.

The institute is subdivided into the following four core areas: (i) Sustainability Ethics (ii) Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, (iii) Sustainability Science and (iv) Social Sustainability.

Main research areas

Unsere Forschung deckt ein breites Spektrum an thematischen und methodischen Zugängen ab. Innerhalb der Fakultät Nachhaltigkeit am Schnittpunkt von natur- und sozialwissenschaftlich fokussierter Forschung angesiedelt, ist unsere Arbeit geprägt durch inter- und transdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit - innerhalb der Universität und über ihre Grenzen hinaus.
Im Rahmen dieser Kooperationen arbeiten wir lösungsorientiert und zielen darauf ab, im wechselseitigen Austausch zwischen Wissenschaftlern/-innen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen sowie relevanten gesellschaftlichen Akteuren sozial robustes Wissen zu erzeugen.

Forschungsschwerpunkte und Kernkonzepte

Sustainability Science
Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Nachhaltigkeitsethik

  1. Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201310.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

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

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201409.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  3. Td Summer School 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.08.201508.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  4. Td Summer School 2016

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    29.08.201606.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. Teaching and Learning in an Interconnected World. A Guide to Transnational Education for Sustainability

    John, B. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Leonie, B. (Speaker), Laubichler, M. D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    31.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices

    John, B. (Speaker)

    30.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. The Global Classroom Curriculum - Virtual and Real in the University of the Anthropocene

    John, B. (Speaker)

    18.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  8. The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    28.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  9. The journey to Balance Brings Beauty

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Apetrei, C. (Participant) & Clarke, E. (Speaker)

    07.06.2017

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

  10. „Theorie und Praxis: Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven“

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    27.09.201228.09.2012

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

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