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
- Editor of journals
Ecosystems and People (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)
11.2018 → 11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
One Earth (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editorial Board)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
- Conferences
13. Österreichischer Klimatag 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (presenter)
14.06.2012 → 15.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)
09.09.2013 → 10.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference
Weiser, A. (presenter)
06.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
32nd International Geographical Congress 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)
26.08.2012 → 30.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions - IST 2012
Lutz, L. M. (presenter)
29.08.2012 → 31.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arbeitstagung Lernortwechsel - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
17.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - AASHE 2015
John, B. (Speaker)
26.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modeling - 2013
Lutz, L. M. (Participant)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modelling - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference Transdisciplinary Intercultural Ecological Research for Sustainability - TIERS 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
08.06.2012 → 10.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachtagung Kosmopolitische Bibliothek Eisenstadt 2011
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
07.03.2011 → 09.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Football: Politics of the Global Game 2012
Winands, M. (presenter)
29.11.2012 → 30.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
II Conference of the programme on Ecosystem Change and Society - PECSII 2018
Riechers, M. (Participant), Lam, D. (Participant), Lam, D. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (presenter), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator)
07.11.2017 → 10.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management - IWRM BMBF 2011
Vilsmaier, U. (Keynote speaker)
12.10.2011 → 13.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Newig, J. (Speaker), Bergmann, M. (Coauthor), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Kahle, J. (Coauthor) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)
08.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konferenz "Zukunft der Wirtschaftsethik in Deutschland" - 2012
Mühling, M. (Opponent)
10.02.2012 → 11.02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MECS Conference: Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrope in the Age of Simulation - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MFA ConAccount Conference 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.09.2012 → 28.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Oikos - Theis Workshop
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Podiumsdiskussion zum Ukraine-Krieg: Keine Kriegspartei und doch im Wirtschaftskrieg
Kück, T. (Moderator) & Oermann, N. O. (Participant)
21.04.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Research Development Workshop for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research - RIHN 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
14.11.2013 → 15.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference - RGS 2014
Mildorfová-Leventon, J. (Speaker), Dyer, J. C. (Speaker) & Van Alstine, J. (Speaker)
26.08.2014 → 29.08.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
‘Statussymposium Wissenschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung‘
Herberg, J. (presenter), Leistert, O. (Coauthor), Meyer, E. M. (Coauthor), Schmieg, G. (Coauthor), Schrickel, I. (Coauthor), Caniglia, G. (Coauthor), Laubichler, M. (Coauthor), Hörl, E. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Vilsmaier, U. (Coauthor)
23.01.2017 → 24.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014
Kahle, J. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Bergmann, M. (Coauthor)
28.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Fußball und Fans. Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven" 2012
Winands, M. (Speaker)
12.12.2012 → 13.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.09.2013 → 10.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Td Summer School 2014: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.09.2014 → 09.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Td Summer School 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
31.08.2015 → 08.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Td Summer School 2016
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
29.08.2016 → 06.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
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
Transformations 2017
Freeth, R. C. (Participant), Lam, D. (Speaker), Freeth, R. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (presenter) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Transformative Research and Development in Urban and Regional Environments
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.09.2016 → 03.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop Transdisziplinäre Wissensproduktion in der Wasserforschung 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
19.04.2012 → 20.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop zur Konstituierung des Instituts für transdisziplinäre Sozialwissenschaft der Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe -2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
31.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Economic Forum 2017
John, B. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Leonie, B. (Speaker), Lang, D. J. (Speaker) & Laubichler, M. D. (Speaker)
17.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Students Environmental Summit
Lam, D. (Organiser)
2012 → 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
- External workshops, courses, seminars
10th ITdNet Meeting - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)
11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
09.09.2013 → 11.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
2nd CCES Winter School „Science Meets Practice“ 2012
Lutz, L. M. (Participant)
01.2012 → 02.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
4th Global TraPs Workshop "Defining Case Studies – Setting Priorities”
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
16.03.2012 → 18.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Case-based Mutual Learning Session to Strengthen Familiy Farming in Colombia
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
31.03.2016 → 01.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Co-Production of Knowledge
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Moderator), Fischer, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
05.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Co-Production of Tools and Strategies to Upscale the Local Model of the Viscri Association by Involving a Policy Expert
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Peukert, D. (Participant), Lam, D. (Organiser) & Fischer, J. (Organiser)
20.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
German Future Earth Summit - 2016
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
28.01.2016 → 29.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
How could this success model of the Agro-Eco-Viscri farming association (experience and knowledge) could be consolidated and transferred/adapted to Alma Vii?
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Lam, D. (Organiser)
21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017
Weiser, A. (Organiser)
25.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator) & Meyer, E. M. (Organiser)
08.09.2015 → 10.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Inter- y Transdisciplina en Acción Seminar 2016
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
03.03.2016 → 04.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Kick-Off des Projekts "Wohlstands-Transformation Wuppertal (WTW)" des TransZent - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
22.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Leuphana Faculty Club
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
22.05.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lam, D. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser) & Apetrei, C. (Moderator)
09.01.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships II
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Lam, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
27.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Methoden einer nomadischen Wissenschaft I - 2019
Vilsmaier, U. (Organiser), Schmitt, K. (Organiser), Michel, J. (Organiser) & Rillich, K. (Organiser)
01.02.2019 → 03.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Netzwerktreffen Studium Generale Nord - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
31.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Parks of the Future – Protected Areas in Europe Challenging Issues of Societal Transformation
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.02.2014 → 27.02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Problem Framing Workshop with Local NGOs
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Peukert, D. (Participant), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Organiser) & Lam, D. (Participant)
22.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
ProDoc Workshop VIII - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
04.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Projekt ‚Demokratie leben’ der Hansestadt Lüneburg/Stadtjugendring - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
27.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Research Development Workshop for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research - RIHN 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
15.11.2013Activity: 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
„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
Transformations 2017
Peukert, D. (Moderator), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator), Lam, D. (Moderator) & Lang, D. J. (Moderator)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Von Inter- zu Transdisziplinarität – Wissenschaft im Umbruch
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
15.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Waldgärten als multi-funktionale Nachhaltigkeitslösung verstehen
Albrecht, S. (Speaker)
06.04.2020 → 10.07.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Waldgarten Reallabor: nachhaltige und multi-funktionale Flächennutzung im urbanen Raum
Albrecht, S. (Speaker) & Friedel, A. (Speaker)
09.04.2019 → 09.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Workshop am Österreichischen Zentrum für Begabungsförderung und Begabungsforschung - ÖZBF 2011
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
22.12.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
- Guest lectures
About diversity, freedom, the open society and its enemies
Oermann, N. O. (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Auf der Suche nach Räumen generativer Bildung
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
30.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
„Bei uns ist alles ganz anders…” – Möglichkeiten der Implementierung und praktische Ausrichtung von Fanprojekten im kulturellen Kontext (Podiumsdiskussion)
Winands, M. (Panel participant)
17.10.2012 → 18.10.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Berufsstart und Karriereweg
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
25.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Corporate Responsibility Reporting
Lam, D. (Lecturer)
18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Coupled component modelling for inter- and transdisciplinariy climate change impact reserach: dimensions of integration and examples of interface design
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.12.2014 → 02.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Crossing boundaries in transdisciplinary sustainability research
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
13.06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Das Begleitprogramm Gender und Diversity für Studentische Forschungsteams, die in Lehrveranstaltungen forschend lernen
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
21.10.2015 → 23.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Einbeziehung von ‚stakeholdern’ in den Forschungsprozess - Implikationen und Perspektiven
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
11.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Ökologisierung des Denkens und transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigskeitsforschung. Ein Gespräch zwischen Ulli Vilsmaier und Erich Hörl
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
22.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Die Zukunft gestalten - Transdisziplinäre Projektarbeit
Jahn, S. V. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)
10.2016 → 03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Euro 2012: Im Osten geht die Sonne auf - und der Fußball unter?: Fankultur in Polen und der Ukraine zwischen Gewalt, Politik und neuen Ufern
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
31.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
04.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
08.06.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Forschen im Ersten Semester?: Zum Anspruch und Potential Forschenden Lernens im Leuphana Semester
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
24.09.2015 → 25.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Frame Conditions for Transdisciplinary Research
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
05.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Frame Conditions for Transdisciplinary Research. Transdisciplinary and historical rural and urban spatial transformation and development (TRUST)
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
05.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fußball und Diskriminierung: Einordnung und Entwicklungen
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
21.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Gender und Diversity: Welche Rolle spielt Vielfalt in der transdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitsforschung?
Kahle, J. (Speaker) & Jahn, S. V. (Speaker)
01.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschung. Theoretische und methodologische Grundlagen
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
30.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Inter- und transdisziplinäre Lehre
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
13.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Komplexe Systeme transformieren I - Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit (Nachhaltiger Konsum)
Bergmann, M. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)
04.04.2016 → 20.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Konflikte und Diskriminierung im Stadion: Auswirkungen und Prävention
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
16.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Konfliktreiche Begegnungen?!: Sozialwissenschaftliche Einwürfe zur Gewaltdiskussion im Fußball
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
16.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Konstitution transdisziplinärer Forschungsfelder
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
02.02.2013 → 03.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Methoden der (Kultur-)Landschaftsforschung
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
21.09.2016 → 23.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Methoden transformativer Forschung
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
24.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Methods of boundary work for inter- and transdisciplinary research.
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
05.11.2018 → 06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Multi, Inter, Pluri, Trans — Impulse zu Schlüsselbegriffen des Studienmodells der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
16.01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Parks as societal mirrors of the 21st century
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.02.2014 → 27.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Räume generativer Bildung
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
02.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education