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
- External workshops, courses, seminars
2nd CCES Winter School „Science Meets Practice“ 2012
Lutz, L. M. (Participant)
01.2012 → 02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
4th Global TraPs Workshop "Defining Case Studies – Setting Priorities”
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
16.03.2012 → 18.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Case-based Mutual Learning Session to Strengthen Familiy Farming in Colombia
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
31.03.2016 → 01.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
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
German Future Earth Summit - 2016
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
28.01.2016 → 29.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
How could this success model of the Agro-Eco-Viscri farming association (experience and knowledge) could be consolidated and transferred/adapted to Alma Vii?
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Lam, D. (Organiser)
21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017
Weiser, A. (Organiser)
25.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator) & Meyer, E. M. (Organiser)
08.09.2015 → 10.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Inter- y Transdisciplina en Acción Seminar 2016
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
03.03.2016 → 04.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research