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.

  1. 2017
  2. 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

  3. Wie wirkt Transdisziplinarität? Abschlusssymposium des Forschungsprojekts MONA - Modi nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Forschung im Vergleich

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

    14.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices

    Beatrice John (Speaker)

    30.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Time as management interface in sustainability transformations

    Annika Weiser (presenter)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8. Transformations 2017

    Rebecca Claire Freeth (Participant), David Lam (Speaker), Rebecca Freeth (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (presenter) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  9. Transformations 2017

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

    30.08.201701.09.2017

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

  10. Teaching and Learning in an Interconnected World. A Guide to Transnational Education for Sustainability

    Beatrice John (Speaker), Guido Caniglia (Speaker), Bellina Leonie (Speaker), M.D. Laubichler (Speaker) & Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker)

    31.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 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

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

    Annika Weiser (presenter)

    28.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  13. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017

    Annika Weiser (Organiser)

    25.06.2017

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

  14. The journey to Balance Brings Beauty

    Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), David Lam (Speaker), Cristina Apetrei (Participant) & Elizabeth Clarke (Speaker)

    07.06.2017

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

  15. 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

  16. Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza

    Berta Martín-López (Host)

    05.201708.2017

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  17. Key competencies in sustainability- Application in sustainable entrepreneurship

    Daniel J. Lang (Reviewer)

    15.03.2017

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantEducation

  18. ‘Statussymposium Wissenschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung‘

    Jeremias Herberg (presenter), Oliver Leistert (Coauthor), Esther Maria Meyer (Coauthor), Gregor Schmieg (Coauthor), Isabell Schrickel (Coauthor), Guido Caniglia (Coauthor), Manfred Laubichler (Coauthor), Erich Hörl (Coauthor), Daniel J. Lang (Coauthor) & Ulrike Vilsmaier (Coauthor)

    23.01.201724.01.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  19. World Economic Forum 2017

    Beatrice John (Speaker), Guido Caniglia (Speaker), Bellina Leonie (Speaker), Daniel J. Lang (Speaker) & M.D. Laubichler (Speaker)

    17.01.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 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

  21. 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