Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
In the professorship, we address three main challenges for the fulfilment of this aspiration:
- Consolidate the epistemological and methodological foundations of transdisciplinary sustainability research.
- Enhance research at the science/society interface that has both scientific and societal relevance.
- Enable students, researchers and societal actors to contribute to societal transformation with local and global impact.
We are rooted/embedded in the Faculty of Sustainability and collaborate with different institutes at Leuphana and research institutions from around the world as well as with different societal actors and institutions from the private and public sector in Lueneburg and beyond.
We creatively combine conceptual and empirical research with the development of new formats and environments.
Topics
Im Bereich der Forschung liegt der Schwerpunkt von Dissertationen und Drittmittelprojekten im Bereich der Wirtschaftsethik im Zeichen der Globalisierung, in der Staatsphilosophie sowie in aktuellen Fragen der Medizinethik.
Auch hier ist der transdisziplinär verstandene Nachhaltigkeitsbegriff das Band, welches den Umgang mit ethischen Dilemmata in verschiedenen Wissenschafts- und Lebensbereichen miteinander verbindet.
Besonderes Gewicht wird problemorientierten Lernprozessen mit intensivem, wechselseitigem Austausch zwischen Wissenschaftlern/-innen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen sowie relevanten gesellschaftlichen Akteuren beigemessen. Ethik wird in diesem Kontext als eine Begleitwissenschaft verstanden, der eine Schlüsselrolle in inter- und transdisziplinärer Forschung zu Themen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung zukommt.
University and education – how to teach sustainability and change?
David Lam (Lecturer)
06.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Ultras: Jugendliche Fußballfans
Martin Winands (Speaker)
16.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Transformative Research and Development in Urban and Regional Environments
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
01.09.2016 → 03.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transformations 2017
Rebecca Claire Freeth (Participant), David Lam (Speaker), Rebecca Freeth (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (presenter) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Transformations 2017
Daniela Peukert (Moderator), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Moderator), David Lam (Moderator) & Daniel J. Lang (Moderator)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Transdisziplinäre Konstitution von Forschungsfeldern
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
02.02.2013 → 03.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Diversität und Differenz
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
26.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding societal change
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
07.02.2016 → 09.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Towards a sustainable use of indium – Relating technology options and governance interventions for dealing with indium criticality
Annika Weiser (presenter)
06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Towards a sustainable Southern Transylvania: Recognizing existing contributions to reach sustainable visions and empowering stakeholders
David Lam (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Speaker), Jörn Fischer (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research