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.
- 2019
One Earth (Journal)
Berta Martín-López (Editorial Board)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- 2018
Methods of boundary work for inter- and transdisciplinary research.
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
05.11.2018 → 06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Ecosystems and People (Journal)
Berta Martín-López (Editor-in-Chief)
11.2018 → 11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships II
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Cristina Apetrei (Organiser), Jörn Fischer (Organiser), David Lam (Speaker) & Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker)
27.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), David Lam (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Organiser), Jörn Fischer (Organiser) & Cristina Apetrei (Moderator)
09.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Programme of Ecosystems Change and Society (PECS) (External organisation)
Berta Martín-López (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
- 2017
Workshop: Wie kann Nachhaltigkeitsforschung an deutschen Hochschulen identifiziert und charakterisiert werden? Wie lässt sich aus bisherigen Erfahrungen und Beispielen für die Zukunft lernen?
Judith Kahle (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Panel participant)
23.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Towards a sustainable Southern Transylvania: Recognizing existing contributions to reach sustainable visions and empowering stakeholders
David Lam (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Speaker), Jörn Fischer (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research