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
- Conferences
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
Fachtagung Kosmopolitische Bibliothek Eisenstadt 2011
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
07.03.2011 → 09.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Football: Politics of the Global Game 2012
Winands, M. (presenter)
29.11.2012 → 30.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
II Conference of the programme on Ecosystem Change and Society - PECSII 2018
Riechers, M. (Participant), Lam, D. (Participant), Lam, D. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (presenter), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management - IWRM BMBF 2011
Vilsmaier, U. (Keynote speaker)
12.10.2011 → 13.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Newig, J. (Speaker), Bergmann, M. (Coauthor), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Kahle, J. (Coauthor) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)
08.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konferenz "Zukunft der Wirtschaftsethik in Deutschland" - 2012
Mühling, M. (Opponent)
10.02.2012 → 11.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MECS Conference: Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrope in the Age of Simulation - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MFA ConAccount Conference 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research