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.
- 2021
„Now I Appreciate the Small Things in Life.“ – An Inquiry into Learning Potentials for ESE by Researching Students' Time Use During “Lockdown”
Claire Grauer (Speaker)
09.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2020
Promoting the SDGs through transdisciplinary learning: Innovative approaches of transdisciplinary cooperation in transnational partnerships
Lina Bürgener (Speaker), Matthias Barth (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
01.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Waldgärten als multi-funktionale Nachhaltigkeitslösung verstehen
Stefanie Albrecht (Speaker)
06.04.2020 → 10.07.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
National Autonomous University of Mexico
David Lam (Visiting researcher)
02.01.2020 → 31.03.2020Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2019
Was macht ein Investment nachhaltig?
Nils Ole Oermann (Reviewer)
19.10.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Waldgarten Reallabor: nachhaltige und multi-funktionale Flächennutzung im urbanen Raum
Stefanie Albrecht (Speaker) & Agnes Friedel (Speaker)
09.04.2019 → 09.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
About diversity, freedom, the open society and its enemies
Nils Ole Oermann (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
From pushing levers to dancing with the system: Rethinking transformation for sustainability through metaphor
Elizabeth Anne Clarke (Speaker), Guido Caniglia (Speaker), David Abson (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Methoden einer nomadischen Wissenschaft I - 2019
Ulli Vilsmaier (Organiser), Katharina Schmitt (Organiser), Jenny Michel (Organiser) & Kati Rillich (Organiser)
01.02.2019 → 03.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Lemonaid and ChariTea foundation (External organisation)
Berta Martín-López (Member)
2019 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
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
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)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Forum for young researchers engaging in transdisciplinarity
Judith Kahle (Speaker), Esther Maria Meyer (Speaker) & Stephanie Verena Jahn (Panel participant)
12.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
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)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices
Beatrice John (Speaker)
30.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Time as management interface in sustainability transformations
Annika Weiser (presenter)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Transformations 2017
Rebecca Claire Freeth (Participant), David Lam (Speaker), Rebecca Freeth (Speaker), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (presenter) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Transformations 2017
Daniela Peukert (Moderator), Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Moderator), David Lam (Moderator) & Daniel J. Lang (Moderator)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
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)
31.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning
Annika Weiser (presenter)
28.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017
Annika Weiser (Organiser)
25.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
The journey to Balance Brings Beauty
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), David Lam (Speaker), Cristina Apetrei (Participant) & Elizabeth Clarke (Speaker)
07.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Co-Production of Knowledge
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Cristina Apetrei (Moderator), Jörn Fischer (Speaker) & Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker)
05.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza
Berta Martín-López (Host)
05.2017 → 08.2017Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Key competencies in sustainability- Application in sustainable entrepreneurship
Daniel J. Lang (Reviewer)
15.03.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
‘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)
23.01.2017 → 24.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
World Economic Forum 2017
Beatrice John (Speaker), Guido Caniglia (Speaker), Bellina Leonie (Speaker), Daniel J. Lang (Speaker) & M.D. Laubichler (Speaker)
17.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
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)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
- 2016
Corporate Responsibility Reporting
David Lam (Lecturer)
18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Gender und Diversity: Welche Rolle spielt Vielfalt in der transdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitsforschung?
Judith Kahle (Speaker) & Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker)
01.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Qualitätskritieren und Wirkungen von nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Forschung
Daniel J. Lang (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker), Judith Kahle (Speaker) & David Lam (Speaker)
07.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Zukunft gestalten - Transdisziplinäre Projektarbeit
Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Judith Kahle (Speaker)
10.2016 → 03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Diversität und Differenz
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
26.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Problem Framing Workshop with Local NGOs
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniela Peukert (Participant), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), Jörn Fischer (Organiser) & David Lam (Participant)
22.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
How could this success model of the Agro-Eco-Viscri farming association (experience and knowledge) could be consolidated and transferred/adapted to Alma Vii?
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), Jörn Fischer (Organiser), Daniela Peukert (Speaker) & David Lam (Organiser)
21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Methoden der (Kultur-)Landschaftsforschung
Ulli Vilsmaier (Speaker)
21.09.2016 → 23.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Co-Production of Tools and Strategies to Upscale the Local Model of the Viscri Association by Involving a Policy Expert
Andra Ioana Horcea-Milcu (Organiser), Daniel Johannes Lang (Speaker), Daniela Peukert (Participant), David Lam (Organiser) & Jörn Fischer (Organiser)
20.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
What could university look like in the 21st Century. The Global Classroom Curriculum
Beatrice John (Oral presentation)
14.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research