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
2042: A transformative longitudinal study - Collaborative Economy
Soetebeer, I. (Project staff) & Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic)
31.03.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Research
TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.18 → 31.03.25
Project: Other
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)
01.01.15 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
INaMi: Arbeitsgruppe Local Living Economies / Buy Local – Forschung zu nachhaltigkeits-orientierten Business-Netzwerken zur Stärkung der lokalen Wirtschaft und des lokalen Unternehmertums anhand des model case BUY LOCAL, Lüneburg
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Modelsee, F. (Project staff)
01.10.12 → 30.09.14
Project: Research
BOTTOM-UP SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATIONS: Supporting local actors fostering change towards sustainability
Lam, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Dissertation project
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
01.06.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
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)
01.02.18 → 15.03.19
Project: Research
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)
01.03.17 → 28.02.18
Project: Research
College Studien in der Praxis- T.U.N. e.V. - DialogN
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Adzersen, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
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
01.01.15 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
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. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Kirst, E. (Project staff) & Plawitzki, J. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.05.12 → 30.04.17
Project: Research
EdFCA: Educating Future Change Agents - Higher Education as a Motor of the Sustainability Transformation
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wiek, A. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.03.16 → 30.04.20
Project: Research
Einführungsphase und Begleitangebot Td Projekte/Master Sustainability Science
Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic) & Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 30.04.15
Project: Teaching
EEVA: Entwicklung, Erprobung und Verbreitung neuer Qualifizierungsangebote für "Change Agents" zu transformativem Lernen am Beispiel Reallabore
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bernert, P. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
23.10.17 → 22.12.20
Project: Research
ESD for 2030: Lernen für und in resiliente(n) und nachhaltige(n) Kommunen
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Bürgener, L. (Coordination) & Drautz, S. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.21 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008
Zick, A. (Project manager, academic), Winands, M. (Project staff) & Scherer, J. (Project staff)
01.06.08 → 30.09.10
Project: Research
GCSO_Annual Membership Meeting
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.19 → 30.09.19
Project: Other
TM 1.1 KT 05 Gesund: Gesund im Beruf
Oermann, N. O. (Project manager, academic), Rössler, W. (Project manager, academic), Cacace, M. (Partner), Wiencke, M. (Partner), John, S. M. (Partner), Ekkernkamp, A. (Partner) & Maier, B. (Partner)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.09.11 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Global Classroom-Liberal Arts Education für das 21. Jahrhundert mit internationaler Perspektive
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Leonie, B. (Project staff), John, B. (Project staff) & Caniglia, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 31.01.17
Project: Research