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
- 2017
- Time as management interface in sustainability transformations- Weiser, A. (presenter) 30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017- Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research 
- Transformations 2017- Freeth, R. C. (Participant), Lam, D. (Speaker), Freeth, R. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (presenter) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker) 30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer 
- Transformations 2017- Peukert, D. (Moderator), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator), Lam, D. (Moderator) & Lang, D. J. (Moderator) 30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education 
- Teaching and Learning in an Interconnected World. A Guide to Transnational Education for Sustainability- John, B. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Leonie, B. (Speaker), Laubichler, M. D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker) 31.07.2017- Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research 
- Anwendbarkeit des "Reflexionsrahmen für Forschen in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung des BMBF-Projekts LeNa" im Kontext von Hochschulen- Vogt, M. (Speaker), Kopfmüller, J. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker) 29.06.2017- Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research 
- The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning- Weiser, A. (presenter) 28.06.2017- Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research 
- 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 event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer 
- The journey to Balance Brings Beauty- Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Apetrei, C. (Participant) & Clarke, E. (Speaker) 07.06.2017- Activity: 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) 05.06.2017- Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer 
- Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza- Martín-López, B. (Host) 05.2017 → 08.2017- Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor 
