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
- Conference Presentations
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
Vismaier, U. (Speaker), Engbers, M. (Coauthor) & Brandner, V. (Coauthor)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does transdisciplinarity improve academic and societal research outcomes? Empirical results from a large-N empirical study
Jahn, S. V. (Speaker), Kahle, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Panel participant), Bergmann, M. (Panel participant) & Lang, D. J. (Panel participant)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Forum for young researchers engaging in transdisciplinarity
Kahle, J. (Speaker), Meyer, E. M. (Speaker) & Jahn, S. V. (Panel participant)
12.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
From pushing levers to dancing with the system: Rethinking transformation for sustainability through metaphor
Clarke, E. A. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Abson, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gekoppelte Modellierung für inter- und transdisziplinäre, alpine Klimawandelfolgenforschung: Integrationsdimensionen und Beispiele zum Schnittstellendesign aus dem CC-snow Projekt
Strasser, U. (Speaker), Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker), Marke, T. (Speaker), Hanzer, F. (Speaker) & Stötter, J. (Speaker)
28.09.2014 → 01.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutionalizing transdisciplinary learning on different levels
Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Weiß, M. (Speaker)
09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Komplexe Systeme transformieren II - Kooperation mit der Praxis (Nachhaltiger Konsum)
Bergmann, M. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)
23.05.2016 → 31.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
‘LUNESCO – Proyecto de investigación transdisciplinaria sobre sostenibilidad y participación en Luneburgo‘
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker) & Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)
06.03.2016 → 11.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
„Now I Appreciate the Small Things in Life.“ – An Inquiry into Learning Potentials for ESE by Researching Students' Time Use During “Lockdown”
Grauer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research