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
PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Partner), Halberstadt, J. (Partner), Schaltegger, S. (Partner), Leventon, J. (Partner), Heinrichs, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Wiek, A. (Partner), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Vilsmaier, U. (Partner), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Project staff), Pöggel, K. (Project staff), Hübel, C. (Project staff), Buhr, M. (Project staff), Beyers, F. (Project staff), Laudan, J. (Project staff), Albrecht, S. (Project staff), Weber, H. (Project staff), Rathgens, J. (Project staff), Keβler, L. (Project staff), Hilser, S. (Project staff) & Juarez Bourke, S. (Project staff)
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
"Sustainability and Digitalization - a European perspective"
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner) & von Wehrden, H. (Partner)
01.12.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Teaching
Sustainability assessment of municipal climate protection with a focus on urban energy systems based on systemic analysis and stakeholder perspectives
Bickel, M. (Project manager, academic), Schomerus, T. (Project staff) & Lang, D. J. (Project staff)
01.04.14 → 01.04.17
Project: Dissertation project
Hoch-N: Sustainability at universities: develop - network - report - develop a guideline for the implementation of sustainability aspects for the operation of universities - sub-projects: Research field of action
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kirst, E. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.16 → 30.04.21
Project: Research
SUSTIL: Szenarien zur Umsetzung der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele in Stadt und Landkreis Lüneburg: Implikationen für die Steuerung von Landnutzung
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Ackerschott, A. (Project staff), Kohlhase, E. (Project staff) & Schmidt, A. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.02.20 → 31.01.25
Project: Research
tdAcademy: Modul Gäste und Fellows
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Grauer, C. (Project staff) & Lam, D. (Project staff)
01.05.20 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
sTeleBES : Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence
Schröter, M. (Project manager, academic), Bonn, A. (Coordination), Koellner, T. (Project manager, academic) & Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.16 → 01.11.17
Project: Research
Time matters. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use
Weiser, A. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project staff) & Kümmerer, K. (Project staff)
01.01.15 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
Global TraPs: Transdisciplinary Processes for Sustainable Phosphorus Management
Vilsmaier, U. (Partner) & Lang, D. J. (Partner)
01.01.10 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Understanding human-carnivore relationships: from social conflicts to ecosystem services
Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Lozano Mendoza, J. (Project staff), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Dorresteijn, I. (Partner) & Fischer, J. (Partner)
01.11.16 → 31.10.17
Project: Research
Unesco Chair
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.01.13 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
UROC - Living Campus Accelerator Toolkit
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schäpke, N. (Coordination)
03.02.17 → 15.03.18
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. (Project manager, academic), Leventon, J. (Project staff), Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Martín-López, B. (Project staff), May, F. (Project staff), Tischew, S. (Partner), Kirmer, A. (Partner), Kollmann, J. (Partner), Beckmann, V. (Partner), Dieker, P. (Partner), Thiele, J. (Partner) & Metzner, J. (Partner)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.10.20 → 30.09.21
Project: Research
Wettbewerb Zukunftsstadt - Planungs- und Umsetzungskonzept der Vision 2030+ (2. Phase)
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Weiser, A. (Project staff) & Seidel, A. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.17 → 30.06.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
EPISUS: What Epistemology for Sustainability Science? Experiments and Theories for Social Transformation
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Caniglia, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
Wirtschaftsethik – Quo vadis? Symposion der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg am 10./11. Februar 2012
Oermann, N. O. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 10.05.12
Project: Scientific event
2030+: Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg 2030+
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Luthardt, P. (Coordination) & Prien-Ribcke, S. (Partner)
23.11.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg 2030+: Ein urbanes Reallabor für die lokale Umsetzung der Sustainable Development Goals - Teilvorhaben: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.20 → 31.03.24
Project: Transfer (R&D project)