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

  1. Presentations (poster etc.)
  2. Amplifying the Impact of Local Initiatives in Sustainability Transformations – A pragmatic Typology

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

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

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)

    2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

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

    Weiser, A. (Coauthor)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Bernert, P. (presenter)

    06.09.201609.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Schaal, T. (presenter)

    30.08.201602.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor), Fischer, J. (Coauthor), Peukert, D. (Coauthor) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)

    07.11.201710.11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  9. The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    28.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. The Sustainability of Local Living Economies. Exploratory evaluative transition research using Rough Set Analysis.

    Bernert, P. (presenter)

    06.09.201609.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. Time as management interface in sustainability transformations

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  12. talk or presentation in privat or public events
  13. Tag der Lehre 2016

    John, B. (Speaker)

    29.01.2016

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

  14. Conference Presentations
  15. 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 presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Hecher, M. (Speaker), Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker) & Binder, C. R. (Speaker)

    26.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  18. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Vismaier, U. (Speaker), Engbers, M. (Coauthor) & Brandner, V. (Coauthor)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Jahn, S. V. (Speaker), Kahle, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Panel participant), Bergmann, M. (Panel participant) & Lang, D. J. (Panel participant)

    14.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Forum for young researchers engaging in transdisciplinarity

    Kahle, J. (Speaker), Meyer, E. M. (Speaker) & Jahn, S. V. (Panel participant)

    12.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

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

    Clarke, E. A. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Abson, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    06.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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