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.
KuNaH: Hochschulen in Gesellschaft – Realexperimente transformativer Lern- und Forschungsprozesse für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen: Teilprojekt D - Begleitung Realexperimente und Synthese
Schaltegger, S., Lang, D. J., Potthast, T., Singer-Brodowski, M., Nölting, B., Parodi, O. & Scheiding, C.
01.10.22 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
ESD for 2030: Lernen für und in resiliente(n) und nachhaltige(n) Kommunen
Lang, D. J., Bürgener, L. & Drautz, S.
01.01.21 → 31.10.24
Project: Research
BiodiWert: Was sind erfolgreiche Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung artenreichen Grünlandes in Deutschland? Eine multiregionale Bewertung sozial-ökologischer Systeme und pilothafte Umsetzung (Grassworks)
Temperton, V., Leventon, J., Fischer, J., Martín-López, B., May, F., Tischew, S., Kirmer, A., Kollmann, J., Beckmann, V., Dieker, P., Thiele, J. & Metzner, J.
01.10.20 → 30.09.21
Project: Research
tdAcademy: Platform for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies
Lang, D. J., Grauer, C. & Lam, D.
01.06.20 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
tdAcademy: Modul Gäste und Fellows
Lang, D. J., Grauer, C. & Lam, D.
01.05.20 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
SUSTIL: Szenarien zur Umsetzung der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele in Stadt und Landkreis Lüneburg: Implikationen für die Steuerung von Landnutzung
Hörisch, J., Lang, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Ackerschott, A., Kohlhase, E. & Schmidt, A.
01.02.20 → 31.01.25
Project: Research
Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg 2030+: Ein urbanes Reallabor für die lokale Umsetzung der Sustainable Development Goals - Teilvorhaben: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
01.01.20 → 31.03.24
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
"Sustainability and Digitalization - a European perspective"
Barth, M., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Lang, D. J. & von Wehrden, H.
01.12.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Teaching
Lüneburg Maps GIZ: Lüneburg Maps: Ein grüner Stadtplan für nachhaltige Mobilität
01.01.19 → 30.07.20
Project: Research
GLOCULL: Globally and Locally-sustainable Food-Water-Energy Innovation in Urban Living Labs
Lang, D. J. & Bernert, P.
01.05.18 → 31.03.22
Project: Research
TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces
01.04.18 → 31.03.25
Project: Other
CapaCity: Building Capacity for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Cities
Lang, D. J., John, B., Wiek, A., Keeler, L. W., Beaudoin, F. D., Fink, J., Shandas, V., Lerner, A., Almasan, O. & Tamm, K.
01.02.18 → 15.03.19
Project: Research
EQUIVAL: Nurturing a Shift towards Equitable Valuation of Nature in the Anthropocene
Pascual, U., Balvanera, P. & Martín-López, B.
11.11.17 → …
Project: Research
EEVA: Entwicklung, Erprobung und Verbreitung neuer Qualifizierungsangebote für "Change Agents" zu transformativem Lernen am Beispiel Reallabore
Barth, M. & Bernert, P.
23.10.17 → 22.12.20
Project: Research
EPISUS: What Epistemology for Sustainability Science? Experiments and Theories for Social Transformation
01.10.17 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
CapaCity: Building Sustainability Implementation Capacity in City Staff and Leadership
Lang, D. J., John, B., Wiek, A., Keeler, L. W., Beaudoin, F. D., Fink, J., Shandas, V., Lerner, A., Almasan, O. & Tamm, K.
01.03.17 → 28.02.18
Project: Research
Wettbewerb Zukunftsstadt - Planungs- und Umsetzungskonzept der Vision 2030+ (2. Phase)
Lang, D. J., Vilsmaier, U., Weiser, A. & Seidel, A.
01.01.17 → 30.06.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M., Kater-Wettstädt, L., Fischer, D., Halberstadt, J., Schaltegger, S., Leventon, J., Heinrichs, H., Lang, D. J., Wiek, A., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Vilsmaier, U., Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G., Pöggel, K., Hübel, C., Buhr, M., Beyers, F., Laudan, J., Albrecht, S., Weber, H., Rathgens, J., Keβler, L., Hilser, S. & Juarez Bourke, S.
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
sTeleBES : Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence
Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Koellner, T. & Martín-López, B.
01.11.16 → 01.11.17
Project: Research
Understanding human-carnivore relationships: from social conflicts to ecosystem services
Martín-López, B., Lozano Mendoza, J., von Wehrden, H., Dorresteijn, I. & Fischer, J.
01.11.16 → 31.10.17
Project: Research
BOTTOM-UP SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATIONS: Supporting local actors fostering change towards sustainability
01.09.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Dissertation project
Monitoring Neubau Zentralgebäude, Teilvorhaben: Ambient Intelligence, Nutzereinbindung, Innovative Bauteile
01.09.16 → 30.06.21
Project: Research
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., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Forrest, N., Engler, J., Zimmermann, H., Wiek, A., Laubichler, M., Ghosh, A., Reich, M., John, B. & Feller, R. L.
01.06.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
EdFCA: Educating Future Change Agents - Higher Education as a Motor of the Sustainability Transformation
Barth, M., Lang, D. J., Halberstadt, J. & Wiek, A.
01.03.16 → 30.04.20
Project: Research
2030+: Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg 2030+
Lang, D. J., Vilsmaier, U., Luthardt, P. & Prien-Ribcke, S.
23.11.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation: Institutions, People and Knowledge
Vilsmaier, U., Lang, D. J., Newig, J., Fischer, J., Schomerus, T., von Wehrden, H., Sieveking, A., Klaniecki, K. T., Dorninger, C., Clarke, E. A., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Lam, D., Patru-Duse, I. A., Jager, N. W., Derwort, P., Patru-Duse, I. A., Apetrei, C., Freeth, R. C., Engbers, M., Peukert, D., Berkau, A. J., Lutz, L. M., Leventon, J. & Abson, D.
01.04.15 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
LLE: Local Living Economies - Buy Local Initiativen und nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
Lang, D. J., Keeler, L. W., Luthardt, P., Al-Badri, A., Blauth, C., Bohr, K., Brodersen, L., Cammann, J., Haas, J., Johannsen, L., Klemmer, E., Koltzau, J., Kurwan, J., Livonius, M., Nicklas, H., Rathgens, J., Schmidt, N., Seufert, J., Thiede, C., Vonnahme, M. & Weiss, F.
01.04.15 → 01.04.16
Project: Teaching
2042: A transformative longitudinal study - Collaborative Economy
31.03.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Research
ForReal: Accompanying, systematizing and transferring research in Real-World Laboratories
Lang, D. J., Schäpke, N., Bergmann, M., Stelzer, F. & Singer-Brodowski, M.
01.01.15 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
CCP: Complexity or control? Paradigms for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U., Lang, D. J., Hörl, E. H., Laubichler, M., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Leistert, O., Schrickel, I., Meyer, E. & Schmieg, G.
01.01.15 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
IPBES: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
01.01.15 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Time matters. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use
Weiser, A., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K.
01.01.15 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
Sustainability assessment of municipal climate protection with a focus on urban energy systems based on systemic analysis and stakeholder perspectives
Bickel, M., Schomerus, T. & Lang, D. J.
01.04.14 → 01.04.17
Project: Dissertation project
OpenNESS: OPERATIONALISATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
01.10.13 → 31.05.17
Project: Research
MONA: Modes of sustainability-related research in comparison (MONA): Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes - a comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects
Lang, D. J., Newig, J., Jahn, S. & Kahle, J.
30.08.13 → 08.09.21
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 10: One Lüneburg - Entwicklung eines nachhaltigen Quartiers in der Hansestadt Lüneburg
31.12.12 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
NaKoV: Development and implementation of an integrated sustainability management system in the local public sector, based on the sub-projects “Accounting System Reform” (Freiburg) and “Administrative Reform in the Case of Energy Management (Lüneburg)”
Heinrichs, H., Lang, D. J., Kirst, E. & Plawitzki, J.
01.05.12 → 30.04.17
Project: Research
College Studien in der Praxis- T.U.N. e.V. - DialogN
Hellmann, K. & Adzersen, A.
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
Wirtschaftsethik – Quo vadis? Symposion der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg am 10./11. Februar 2012
01.02.12 → 10.05.12
Project: Scientific event