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
10th ITdNet Meeting - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)
11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
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. (Speaker)
09.09.2013 → 11.09.2013Activity: 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. (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
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
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
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
About diversity, freedom, the open society and its enemies
Oermann, N. O. (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Amplifying the Impact of Local Initiatives in Sustainability Transformations – A pragmatic Typology
Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)
30.08.2017 → 01.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Amplifying the Impact of Local Inititatives in Sustainability Transformations - A pragmatic Typology
Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
A multi-criteria decision model for selecting a portfolio of sustainable phosphorus management strategies in different regions
Weiser, A. (Coauthor)
07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
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
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
Ecosystems and People (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)
11.2018 → 11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Establishing real-life laboratories: a transdisciplinary approach.
Bernert, P. (presenter)
06.09.2016 → 09.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
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
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
Fan-Projekt Bielefeld e. V. (External organisation)
Winands, M. (Member)
2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
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
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
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
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
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