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. External workshops, courses, seminars
  2. 2nd CCES Winter School „Science Meets Practice“ 2012

    Lutz, L. M. (Participant)

    01.201202.2012

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

  3. 4th Global TraPs Workshop "Defining Case Studies – Setting Priorities”

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    16.03.201218.03.2012

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

  4. Case-based Mutual Learning Session to Strengthen Familiy Farming in Colombia

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.03.201601.04.2016

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

  5. Co-Production of Knowledge

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Moderator), Fischer, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    05.06.2017

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

  6. 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)

    20.09.2016

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

  7. German Future Earth Summit - 2016

    Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)

    28.01.201629.01.2016

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

  8. 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)

    21.09.2016

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

  9. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017

    Weiser, A. (Organiser)

    25.06.2017

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

  10. International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator) & Meyer, E. M. (Organiser)

    08.09.201510.09.2015

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

  11. Inter- y Transdisciplina en Acción Seminar 2016

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    03.03.201604.03.2016

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

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