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
Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding societal change
Vilsmaier, U. (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
Weiser, A. (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
Lam, D. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Time as management interface in sustainability transformations
Weiser, A. (presenter)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Sustainability of Local Living Economies. Exploratory evaluative transition research using Rough Set Analysis.
Bernert, P. (presenter)
06.09.2016 → 09.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
„Theorie und Praxis: Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven“
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
27.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The journey to Balance Brings Beauty
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Apetrei, C. (Participant) & Clarke, E. (Speaker)
07.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning
Weiser, A. (presenter)
28.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Global Classroom Curriculum - Virtual and Real in the University of the Anthropocene
John, B. (Speaker)
18.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices
John, B. (Speaker)
30.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research