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.
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