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
- Presentations (poster etc.)
Time as management interface in sustainability transformations
Weiser, A. (presenter)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
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
- talk or presentation in privat or public events
Tag der Lehre 2016
John, B. (Speaker)
29.01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
- Conference Presentations
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)
29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
26.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development
Vismaier, U. (Speaker), Engbers, M. (Coauthor) & Brandner, V. (Coauthor)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Forum for young researchers engaging in transdisciplinarity
Kahle, J. (Speaker), Meyer, E. M. (Speaker) & Jahn, S. V. (Panel participant)
12.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
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)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research