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

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  1. 2042: A transformative longitudinal study - Collaborative Economy

    Soetebeer, I. (Project staff) & Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic)

    31.03.1531.03.18

    Project: Research

  2. TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1831.03.25

    Project: Other

  3. ForReal: Accompanying, systematizing and transferring research in Real-World Laboratories

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Schäpke, N. (Coordination), Bergmann, M. (Partner), Stelzer, F. (Partner) & Singer-Brodowski, M. (Partner)

    01.01.1530.06.18

    Project: Research

  4. BOTTOM-UP SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATIONS: Supporting local actors fostering change towards sustainability

    Lam, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1631.12.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  5. Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Linking High-Performance Modeling and Transition Experiments to Foster Transformational Change Towards Sustainability

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Forrest, N. (Project staff), Engler, J.-O. (Project staff), Zimmermann, H. (Project staff), Wiek, A. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Ghosh, A. (Project staff), Reich, M. (Project staff), John, B. (Project staff) & Feller, R. L. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony

    01.06.1630.09.19

    Project: Research

  6. CapaCity: Building Capacity for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Cities

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), John, B. (Project manager, academic), Wiek, A. (Project manager, academic), Keeler, L. W. (Project manager, academic), Beaudoin, F. D. (Project manager, academic), Fink, J. (Project manager, academic), Shandas, V. (Project manager, academic), Lerner, A. (Project manager, academic), Almasan, O. (Project manager, academic) & Tamm, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1815.03.19

    Project: Research

  7. CapaCity: Building Sustainability Implementation Capacity in City Staff and Leadership

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), John, B. (Project staff), Wiek, A. (Project manager, academic), Keeler, L. W. (Project staff), Beaudoin, F. D. (Project manager, academic), Fink, J. (Project staff), Shandas, V. (Project staff), Lerner, A. (Project staff), Almasan, O. (Project staff) & Tamm, K. (Project staff)

    01.03.1728.02.18

    Project: Research

  8. College Studien in der Praxis- T.U.N. e.V. - DialogN

    Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Adzersen, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1230.09.12

    Project: Practical Project

  9. CCP: Complexity or control? Paradigms for sustainable development

    Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Hörl, E. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Herberg, J. (Coordination), Caniglia, G. (Project staff), Leistert, O. (Project staff), Schrickel, I. (Project staff), Meyer, E. (Project staff) & Schmieg, G. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony

    01.01.1531.03.20

    Project: Research

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