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.
Topics
Im Bereich der Forschung liegt der Schwerpunkt von Dissertationen und Drittmittelprojekten im Bereich der Wirtschaftsethik im Zeichen der Globalisierung, in der Staatsphilosophie sowie in aktuellen Fragen der Medizinethik.
Auch hier ist der transdisziplinär verstandene Nachhaltigkeitsbegriff das Band, welches den Umgang mit ethischen Dilemmata in verschiedenen Wissenschafts- und Lebensbereichen miteinander verbindet.
Besonderes Gewicht wird problemorientierten Lernprozessen mit intensivem, wechselseitigem Austausch zwischen Wissenschaftlern/-innen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen sowie relevanten gesellschaftlichen Akteuren beigemessen. Ethik wird in diesem Kontext als eine Begleitwissenschaft verstanden, der eine Schlüsselrolle in inter- und transdisziplinärer Forschung zu Themen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung zukommt.
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Governance for urban sustainability through real-world experimentation – Introducing an evaluation framework for transformative research involving public actors
Kampfmann, T., Bernert, P., Lang, D. J. & Drautz, S., 01.10.2024, In: Cities. 153, 11 p., 105301.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impacts beyond experimentation - Conceptualising emergent impacts from long-term real-world laboratory processes
Bernert, P., Weiser, A., Kampfmann, T. & Lang, D. J., 16.03.2024, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33, Supplement 1, p. 18-25 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research
Augenstein, K., Lam, D. PM., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Bernert, P., Charli-Joseph, L., Cockburn, J., Kampfmann, T., Pereira, L. M. & Sellberg, M. M., 01.06.2024, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 68, 11 p., 101438.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Koproduktives Stadtmachen als Motor der Quartiersentwicklung? Eine längsschnittliche Konstellationsanalyse in Wuppertal-Mirke
Wanner, M., 01.02.2024, In: Berichte Geographie und Landeskunde. 97, 1-2, p. 103-129 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cross-case knowledge transfer in transformative research: enabling learning in and across sustainability-oriented labs through case reporting
Bernert, P., Wahl, D., von Wehrden, H. & Lang, D. J., 30.09.2023, In: Urban Transformations. 5, 1, 19 p., 12.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exploring fruitful links between real-world laboratory and disciplinary research Introduction of the DKN Future Earth working group LinkLab
Weiser, A., Wanner, M., Stelzer, F., Lang, D. J., Berger, H., Förster, A., Liedtke, C., Micklitz, H. W., Niewöhner, J., Parodi, O., Potthast, T., Schneider, F., Sörgel, F., Ziehl, M. & Ziemer, G., 27.10.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, 3, p. 335-337 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Learning to spend time in unusual times: An inquiry into the potential for sustainability learning during COVID-19-induced school closures
Grauer, C., Frank, P. & Fischer, D., 01.12.2023, In: International Review of Education. 69, 6, p. 823-849 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Toward a modular evaluation approach of real-world laboratories: Findings from a literature review
Kampfmann, T., Bernert, P. & Lang, D. J., 01.01.2023, In: Research Evaluation. 32, 1, p. 128-143 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Vernetzen, fördern, konsolidieren, stärken – zur Gründung der Gesellschaft für transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung
Bergmann, M., Lang, D. J., Mbah, M. & Schäfer, M., 20.05.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, 1, p. 207-209 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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L'université orientée vers le soin de la richesse et les mères chercheuses durant la pandémie du Covid-19
Sander, A. & Grauer, C., 2023, In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. 120, 1, p. 41-60 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A transdisciplinary framework for university-industry collaboration in establishing a social business model
Cheah, J. S. S., Amran, A., Kirubakaran, M., Lang, D. J., Su, P. F. & Chu, J. W., 20.06.2023, In: Social Enterprise Journal. 19, 4, p. 390-403 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinary Partnerships for Developing Sustainable Food Forests
Albrecht, S., Wiek, A. & Friedel, A., 2021, (Submitted) In: GAIA.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sustainable digitalization – fostering the twin transformation in a transdisciplinary way
Barth, M., Gossen, M., Lang, D. J. & Santarius, T., 13.03.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, Sp1, p. 6-9 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Food Security, Women, and Higher Education in Aceh
Shamadiyah, N. & Amalia, N., 17.12.2022, In: Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies (MICoMS). 3, 6 p., 00053.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research
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Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science
Caniglia, G., Freeth, R., Lüderitz, C., Leventon, J., West, S. P., John, B., Peukert, D., Lang, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Martín-López, B., Fazey, I., Russo, F., von Wirth, T., Schlüter, M. & Vogel, C., 05.2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 5, p. 493-501 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Zeit nachhaltig gestalten lernen: Schulschließungenals verpasste Chance?
Fischer, D., Grauer, C. & Frank, P., 01.07.2022, In: Das Zeitpolitische Magazin. 19, 40, p. 26-28 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
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Reallabore als Lernräume: Nachhaltige Stadt- und Kommunalentwicklung
Bürgener, L., Drautz, S. & Lang, D. J., 15.10.2022, In: Politische Ökologie. 40, 170, p. 72-77 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Transformationspfade für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an deutschen Hochschulen
Fritz, H., Holst, J., Lang, D. J., Nölting, B., Parodi, O., Potthast, T. & Singer-Brodowski, M., 21.12.2022, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 31, 4, p. 254-256 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Design principles for advancing higher education sustainability learning through transformative research
Bernert, P., Wanner, M., Fischer, N. & Barth, M., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus
Norström, A. V., Agarwal, B., Balvanera, P., Baptiste, B., Bennett, E. M., Brondízio, E., Biggs, R., Campbell, B., Carpenter, S. R., Castilla, J. C., Castro, A. J., Cramer, W., Cumming, G. S., Felipe-Lucia, M., Fischer, J., Folke, C., DeFries, R., Gelcich, S., Groth, J., Ifejika Speranza, C., Jacobs, S., Hofmann, J., Hughes, T. P., Lam, D. P. M., Loos, J., Manyani, A., Martín-López, B., Meacham, M., Moersberger, H., Nagendra, H., Pereira, L., Polasky, S., Schoon, M., Schultz, L., Selomane, O. & Spierenburg, M., 31.12.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 598–608 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A framework to enable sustainability-oriented transition activities in HEIs: Learnings from two case studies in Germany and Switzerland
Kirst, E. & Schroth, T., 15.12.2022, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 379, 134605.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Making transdisciplinarity happen: Phase 0, or before the beginning
Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Leventon, J. & Lang, D. J., 01.10.2022, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 136, p. 187-197 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Amplifying actions for food system transformation: insights from the Stockholm region
Lam, D. P. M., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., Guerrero Lara, L., Sellberg, M. M., Norström, A. V., Moore, M-L., Peterson, G. D. & Olsson, P., 11.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 6, p. 2379-2395 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exploring the potential of SMEs to build individual, organizational, and community resilience through sustainability-oriented business practices
DiBella, J., Forrest, N., Burch, S., Rao-Williams, J., Ninomiya, S. M., Hermelingmeier, V. & Chisholm, K., 01.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 1, p. 721-735 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Scoping Review of Existing Evaluations of Smokeless Tobacco Control Policies: What Is Known About Countries Covered, Level of Jurisdictions, Target Groups Studied, and Instruments Evaluated?
Forberger, S., Khan, Z., Ahmad, F., Frense, J., Kampfmann, T., Ahmad, F., Ullah, S., Dogar, O., Siddiqi, K. & Zeeb, H., 01.09.2022, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 24, 9, p. 1344-1354 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Verloren im Cyberspace
Oermann, N. O., 2022, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Ausgewählte Schriften. 7 Bde. Hrsg. v. U. Nothelle-Wildfeuer u. J. Althammer. Bd. 4: Arbeit – Eigentum – Mitbestimmung
Oermann, N. O., 2018, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 2018, 7, p. 829-831 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Trade Wars: Past and Present
Oermann, N. O. & Wolff, H-J., 25.08.2022, 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 316 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Homo Deus. Eine Geschichte von Morgen. Aus d. Engl. übers. v. A. Wirthensohn. 13. Aufl. München: C. H. Beck Verlag 2017. 576 S. m. 57 Abb. Geb. ISBN 978-3-406-70401-7
Oermann, N. O., 2019, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 2019, 1, p. 31-32 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Ethik
Oermann, N. O., 07.2020, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 2020, 7, p. 716-717 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Almost there: On the importance of a comprehensive entrepreneurial ecosystem for developing sustainable urban food forest enterprises
Wiek, A. & Albrecht, S., 23.02.2022, In: Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems. 7, 1, 14 p., e20025.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Low-Profit im Kontext der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele
Fahrbach, C. & Weiser, A., 2021, Wirtschaft neu lehren: Erfahrungen aus der pluralen, sozioökonomischen Hochschulbildung. Urban, J., Schröder, L-M., Hantke, H. & Bäuerle, L. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, p. 107-124 18 p. (Sozioökonomische Bildung und Wissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Von Handelskonflikten zu Wirtschaftskriegen – über die fließenden ethischen Grenzen im Umgang mit Autokratien
Oermann, N. O., 16.05.2022, Wie soll die Wirtschaft mit Autokratien umgehen?. Russwurm, S. & Lang, J. (eds.). Freiburg i. Brsg. : Verlag Herder GmbH, p. 37-60 24 p. (Wirtschaft ist Gesellschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Der europäische Weg
Cieslewicz, K., Lang, D. & Barth, M., 28.02.2022, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 37, 1, p. 8–9 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Transdisciplinary co-creation increases the utilization of knowledge from sustainable development research
Jacobi, J., Llanque, A., Mukhovi, S. M., Birachi, E. A., von Groote, P. M., Eschen, R., Hilber-Schöb, I., Kiba, D. I., Frossard, E. & Robledo-Abad, C., 01.03.2022, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 129, p. 107-115 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Connecting curricula and competence through student learning journeys
Birdman, J., Barth, M. & Lang, D. J., 09.12.2022, In: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy. 18, 1, p. 560-575 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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NachhaltigZeit: Ein Bildungsangebot zur Förderung von Zeitgestaltungskompetenz
Grauer, C., Fischer, D. & Frank, P., 2021, Hamar, Norwegen: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. 34 p. (Images and Objects - Active Methodology Toolkit #12; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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SusTimeAbility: An educational approach to promoting time shaping competence
Grauer, C., Fischer, D. & Frank, P., 2021, Hamar, Norway: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. 34 p. (Images and Objects - Active Methodology Tookit #12; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Implementing sustainable food forests: Extracting success factors through a cross-case comparison
Albrecht, S. & Wiek, A., 21.12.2021, In: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development . 11, 1, p. 183-200 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinary research: Towards an integrative perspective
Lam, D. P. M., Freund, M. E., Kny, J., Marg, O., Mbah, M., Theiler, L., Bergmann, M., Brohmann, B., Lang, D. J. & Schäfer, M., 16.12.2021, In: GAIA. 30, 4, p. 243-249 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Demarcating transdisciplinary research in sustainability science—Five clusters of research modes based on evidence from 59 research projects
Jahn, S., Newig, J., Lang, D. J., Kahle, J. & Bergmann, M., 01.04.2022, In: Sustainable Development. 30, 2, p. 343-357 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Learning spaces in multi-stakeholder initiatives: The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles as a platform for dialogue and learning?
Beyers, F. & Leventon, J., 01.09.2021, In: Earth System Governance. 9, 13 p., 100113.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Falling “fortresses”: Unlocking Governance Entanglements and Shifting Knowledge Paradigms to Counter Climate Change Threats in Biodiversity Conservation
Ghosh, A., Sen, A., Dutta, K. & Ghosh, P., 01.02.2022, In: Environmental Management. 69, 2, p. 305-322 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing key competencies in sustainability through project-based learning in graduate sustainability programs
Birdman, J., Wiek, A. & Lang, D. J., 10.05.2022, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 23, 5, p. 1139-1157 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cooperating With “Open Cards”—The Role of Small Intermediary Businesses in Realizing Sustainable International Coffee Supply
Weber, H. & Wiek, A., 15.07.2021, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 5, 14 p., 663716.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Correction to: A review of fire effects across South American ecosystems: the role of climate and time since fire (Fire Ecology, (2021), 17, 1, (11), 10.1186/s42408-021-00100-9)
Giorgis, M. A., Zeballos, S. R., Carbone, L., Zimmermann, H., von Wehrden, H., Aguilar, R., Ferreras, A. E., Tecco, P. A., Kowaljow, E., Barri, F., Gurvich, D. E., Villagra, P. & Jaureguiberry, P., 01.12.2021, In: Fire Ecology. 17, 1, 1 p., 21.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Food forests: Their services and sustainability
Albrecht, S. & Wiek, A., 10.07.2021, In: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development . 10, 3, p. 91-105 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative design prototyping in transdisciplinary research: An approach to heterogeneity and unknowns
Peukert, D. & Vilsmaier, U., 01.09.2021, In: Futures. 132, 10 p., 102808.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Correction to: Leverage points for sustainability transformations: nine guiding questions for sustainability science and practice (Sustainability Science, (2021), 16, 3, (721-726), 10.1007/s11625-021-00961-8)
Leventon, J., Abson, D. J. & Lang, D. J., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1769-1769 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Towards a caring transdisciplinary research practice: navigating science, society and self
Sellberg, M. M., Cockburn, J., Holden, P. B. & Lam, D. P. M., 23.06.2021, In: Ecosystems and People. 17, 1, p. 292-305 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review