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
Combining material flow analysis and actor analysis to characterise the development of energy regions in Austria.
Hecher, M. (Speaker), Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker) & Binder, C. R. (Speaker)
26.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modeling - 2013
Lutz, L. M. (Participant)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modelling - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference Transdisciplinary Intercultural Ecological Research for Sustainability - TIERS 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
08.06.2012 → 10.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Co-Production of Knowledge
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Moderator), Fischer, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
05.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Co-Production of Tools and Strategies to Upscale the Local Model of the Viscri Association by Involving a Policy Expert
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Peukert, D. (Participant), Lam, D. (Organiser) & Fischer, J. (Organiser)
20.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Corporate Responsibility Reporting
Lam, D. (Lecturer)
18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Coupled component modelling for inter- and transdisciplinariy climate change impact reserach: dimensions of integration and examples of interface design
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.12.2014 → 02.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Creating pathways for transformation through amplifying approaches: a case-study from Southern Transylvania
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research