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.

  1. Td Summer School 2014: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    01.09.201409.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  2. Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    01.09.201310.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  3. Tagung "Fußball und Fans. Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven" 2012

    Martin Winands (Speaker)

    12.12.201213.12.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014

    Judith Kahle (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Coauthor), Jens Newig (Coauthor), Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor) & Matthias Bergmann (Coauthor)

    28.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Tag der Lehre 2016

    Beatrice John (Speaker)

    29.01.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  6. ‘Statussymposium Wissenschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung‘

    Jeremias Herberg (presenter), Oliver Leistert (Coauthor), Esther Maria Meyer (Coauthor), Gregor Schmieg (Coauthor), Isabell Schrickel (Coauthor), Guido Caniglia (Coauthor), Manfred Laubichler (Coauthor), Erich Hörl (Coauthor), Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor) & Ulrike Vilsmaier (Coauthor)

    23.01.201724.01.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  7. Stadt Forscht: Allianzen für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Lecturer)

    23.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Rural sustainability transitions in Southern Transylvania: Scaling sustainability initiatives from local non-governmental organizations

    David Lam (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Coauthor), Jörn Fischer (Coauthor), Daniela Peukert (Coauthor) & Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor)

    07.11.201710.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  9. Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference - RGS 2014

    Julia Mildorfová-Leventon (Speaker), Jen C. Dyer (Speaker) & Jamie Van Alstine (Speaker)

    26.08.201429.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Research Development Workshop for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research - RIHN 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    15.11.2013

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

  11. Research Development Workshop for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research - RIHN 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    14.11.201315.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Räume und Orte für transdisziplinäre Forschung schaffen

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    30.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  13. Räume transdisziplinären Lehrens und Forschens schaffen

    Ulrike Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    31.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Räume generativer Bildung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    02.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  15. Qualitätskritieren und Wirkungen von nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Forschung

    Daniel J. Lang (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker), Judith Kahle (Speaker) & David Lam (Speaker)

    07.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Projekt ‚Demokratie leben’ der Hansestadt Lüneburg/Stadtjugendring - 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Moderator)

    27.10.2015

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

  17. Programme of Ecosystems Change and Society (PECS) (External organisation)

    Berta Martín-López (Member)

    2018 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  18. ProDoc Workshop VIII - 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    04.10.2013

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