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.
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
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
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
BOTTOM-UP SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATIONS: Supporting local actors fostering change towards sustainability
01.09.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Dissertation project
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
TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces
01.04.18 → 31.03.25
Project: Other
2042: A transformative longitudinal study - Collaborative Economy
31.03.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Research