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. International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management - IWRM BMBF 2011

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Keynote speaker)

    12.10.201113.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  2. Integrating Time Aspects into the Assessment of Sustainable Resource Management

    Annika Weiser (presenter)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3. Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research (Organisational unit)

    Nils Ole Oermann (Office)

    20092011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  4. II Conference of the programme on Ecosystem Change and Society - PECSII 2018

    Maraja Riechers (Participant), David Lam (Participant), David Lam (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (presenter), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Moderator) & Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Moderator)

    07.11.201710.11.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. How could this success model of the Agro-Eco-Viscri farming association (experience and knowledge) could be consolidated and transferred/adapted to Alma Vii?

    Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), Jörn Fischer (Organiser), Daniela Peukert (Speaker) & David Lam (Organiser)

    21.09.2016

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

  6. Governance scenarios for ecological and social goals in agricultural landscapes

    Tamara Schaal (presenter)

    30.08.201602.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  7. German Future Earth Summit - 2016

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Moderator)

    28.01.201629.01.2016

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

  8. Gender und Diversity: Welche Rolle spielt Vielfalt in der transdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitsforschung?

    Judith Kahle (Speaker) & Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker)

    01.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Gekoppelte Modellierung für inter- und transdisziplinäre, alpine Klimawandelfolgenforschung: Integrationsdimensionen und Beispiele zum Schnittstellendesign aus dem CC-snow Projekt

    Ulrich Strasser (Speaker), Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker), T. Marke (Speaker), F. Hanzer (Speaker) & Johann Stötter (Speaker)

    28.09.201401.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Fußball und Diskriminierung: Einordnung und Entwicklungen

    Martin Winands (Lecturer)

    21.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  11. From pushing levers to dancing with the system: Rethinking transformation for sustainability through metaphor

    Elizabeth Anne Clarke (Speaker), Guido Caniglia (Speaker), David Abson (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)

    06.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Frame Conditions for Transdisciplinary Research

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    05.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Forum for young researchers engaging in transdisciplinarity

    Judith Kahle (Speaker), Esther Maria Meyer (Speaker) & Stephanie Verena Jahn (Panel participant)

    12.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  14. Forschen im Ersten Semester?: Zum Anspruch und Potential Forschenden Lernens im Leuphana Semester

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    24.09.201525.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Football: Politics of the Global Game 2012

    Martin Winands (presenter)

    29.11.201230.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Fan-Projekt Bielefeld e. V. (External organisation)

    Martin Winands (Member)

    2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  17. Fachtagung Kosmopolitische Bibliothek Eisenstadt 2011

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    07.03.201109.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008

    Martin Winands (Lecturer)

    04.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  19. Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008

    Martin Winands (Lecturer)

    08.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  20. Establishing real-life laboratories: a transdisciplinary approach.

    Philip Bernert (presenter)

    06.09.201609.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  21. Ecosystems and People (Journal)

    Berta Martín-López (Editor-in-Chief)

    11.201811.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  22. Does transdisciplinarity improve academic and societal research outcomes? Empirical results from a large-N empirical study

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

    14.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Die Zukunft gestalten - Transdisziplinäre Projektarbeit

    Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Judith Kahle (Speaker)

    10.201603.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. Die Einbeziehung von ‚stakeholdern’ in den Forschungsprozess - Implikationen und Perspektiven

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  25. Das Begleitprogramm Gender und Diversity für Studentische Forschungsteams, die in Lehrveranstaltungen forschend lernen

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  26. Crossing boundaries in transdisciplinary sustainability research

    Ulrike Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    13.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  27. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Lecturer)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Ulli Vismaier (Speaker), Moritz Engbers (Coauthor) & Vera Brandner (Coauthor)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Creating pathways for transformation through amplifying approaches: a case-study from Southern Transylvania

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

    2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  30. Corporate Responsibility Reporting

    David Lam (Lecturer)

    18.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  31. Co-Production of Tools and Strategies to Upscale the Local Model of the Viscri Association by Involving a Policy Expert

    Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), Daniela Peukert (Participant), David Lam (Organiser) & Jörn Fischer (Organiser)

    20.09.2016

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

  32. Co-Production of Knowledge

    Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Cristina Apetrei (Moderator), Jörn Fischer (Speaker) & Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker)

    05.06.2017

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

  33. Conference Transdisciplinary Intercultural Ecological Research for Sustainability - TIERS 2012

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    08.06.201210.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modelling - 2013

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Chair)

    10.04.201311.04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modeling - 2013

    Lotte Marie Lutz (Participant)

    10.04.201311.04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Combining material flow analysis and actor analysis to characterise the development of energy regions in Austria.

    M. Hecher (Speaker), Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker) & Claudia R. Binder (Speaker)

    26.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    31.03.201601.04.2016

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

  38. Berufsstart und Karriereweg

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Lecturer)

    25.01.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  39. Auf der Suche nach Räumen generativer Bildung

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    30.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  40. Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - AASHE 2015

    Beatrice John (Speaker)

    26.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. Arbeitstagung Lernortwechsel - 2015

    Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)

    17.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Anwendbarkeit des "Reflexionsrahmen für Forschen in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung des BMBF-Projekts LeNa" im Kontext von Hochschulen

    Markus Vogt (Speaker), Jürgen Kopfmüller (Speaker) & Judith Kahle (Speaker)

    29.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. A multi-criteria decision model for selecting a portfolio of sustainable phosphorus management strategies in different regions

    Annika Weiser (Coauthor)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  44. Amplifying the Impact of Local Inititatives in Sustainability Transformations - A pragmatic Typology

    David Lam (Speaker), Berta Martín-López (Coauthor), Arnim Wiek (Coauthor), Elena M. Bennett (Coauthor), Niki Frantzeskaki (Coauthor) & Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Coauthor)

    2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  45. Amplifying the Impact of Local Initiatives in Sustainability Transformations – A pragmatic Typology

    David Lam (Speaker), Berta Martín-López (Coauthor), Arnim Wiek (Coauthor), Elena M. Bennett (Coauthor), Niki Frantzeskaki (Coauthor) & Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Coauthor)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer