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.
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Towards a more sustainable metal use – Lessons learned from national strategy documents
Weiser, A., Bickel, M., Kümmerer, K. & Lang, D. J., 01.10.2020, In: Resources Policy. 68, 12 p., 101770.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What are the ingredients for food systems change towards sustainability? - Insights from the literature
Weber, H., Pöggel, K., Eakin, H., Fischer, D., Lang, D. J., Wehrden, H. & Wiek, A., 01.11.2020, In: Environmental Research Letters. 15, 11, 17 p., 113001.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Deconstructing a 2-year long transdisciplinary sustainability project in Northern universities: is rhetorical nobility obscuring procedural and political discords?
Ghosh, A., 01.07.2020, In: Sustainability Science. 15, 4, p. 1111-1127 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Scaling the impact of sustainability initiatives: a typology of amplification processes
Lam, D. P. M., Martín-López, B., Wiek, A., Bennett, E. M., Frantzeskaki, N., Horcea-Milcu, A. I. & Lang, D. J., 14.05.2020, In: Urban Transformations. 2, 1, 24 p., 3.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Linking large-scale and small-scale distribution patterns of steppe plant species—An example using fourth-corner analysis
Treiber, J., von Wehrden, H., Zimmermann, H., Welk, E., Jäger, E. J., Ronnenberg, K. & Wesche, K., 01.02.2020, In: Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 263, 8 p., 151553.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems
Dorninger, C., Abson, D. J., Apetrei, C. I., Derwort, P., Ives, C. D., Klaniecki, K., Lam, D., Langsenlehner, M., Riechers, M., Spittler, N. & von Wehrden, H., 01.05.2020, In: Ecological Economics. 171, 9 p., 106570.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Research pathways to foster transformation: linking sustainability science and social-ecological systems research
Horcea-Milcu, A-I., Martín-López, B., Lam, D. & Lang, D. J., 03.2020, In: Ecology and Society. 25, 1, 29 p., 13.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Indigenous and local knowledge in sustainability transformations research: a literature review
Lam, D., Hinz, E., Lang, D. J., Tengö, M., Wehrden, H. V. & Martín-López, B., 03.2020, In: Ecology and Society. 25, 1, 25 p., 3.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Land Take and Soil Sealing—Drivers, Trends and Policy (Legal) Instruments: Insights from European Cities
Naumann, S., Frelih-Larsen, A., Prokop, G., Ittner, S., Reed, M., Mills, J., Morari, F., Verzandvoort, S., Albrecht, S., Bjuréus, A., Siebielec, G. & Miturski, T., 2019, International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2018. Ginzky, H., Dooley, E., Heuser, I. L., Kasimbazi, E., Markus, T. & Qin, T. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 83-112 30 p. (International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy ; vol. 2018).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Phosphorus status, use and recycling in a Chinese peri-urban region with intensive animal husbandry and cropping systems: Results from case study in a Sino-German applied research collaboration project
Roelcke, M., Heimann, L., Hou, Y., Guo, J., Xue, Q., Jia, W., Ostermann, A., Huaitalla, R. M., Engbers, M., Olbrich, C., Scholz, R. W., Clemens, J., Schuchardt, F., Nieder, R., Liu, X. & Zhang, F., 01.12.2019, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 6, 4, p. 388-402 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Three principles for co-designing sustainability intervention strategies: Experiences from Southern Transylvania
Lam, D. P. M., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Fischer, J., Peukert, D. & Lang, D. J., 01.09.2020, In: Ambio. 49, 9, p. 1451-1465 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinary learning to foster sustainable development: Instituionalizing co-engaged South-North collaboration
Barth, M., Lang, D. J. & Michelsen, G., 19.12.2019, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Societa. 28, 4, p. 382-385 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Europäische Selbstwerdung und Selbstbe-hauptung durch wirtschaftliche Staatskunst
Oermann, N. O. & Wolff, H-J., 2019, In: ifo Schnelldienst. 72, 22, p. 12-15 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Applying the energy cultures framework to understand energy systems in the context of rural sustainability transformation
Klaniecki, K., Duse, I. A., Lutz, L. M., Leventon, J. & Abson, D. J., 02.2020, In: Energy Policy. 137, 12 p., 111092.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability entrepreneurship to address large distances in international food supply
Weber, H., Wiek, A. & Lang, D. J., 01.09.2020, In: Business Strategy and Development. 3, 3, p. 318-331 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pushing the Boundaries: Experience-Based Learning in Early Phases of Graduate Sustainability Curricula
Birdman, J. M., Redman, A. & Lang, D. J., 22.01.2021, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 22, 2, p. 237-253 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Temporal patterns in ecosystem services research: A review and three recommendations
Rau, A-L., Burkhardt, V., Dorninger, C., Hjort, C., Ibe, K., Keßler, L., Kristensen, J. A., McRobert, A., Sidemo-Holm, W., Zimmermann, H., Abson, D., Wehrden, H. & Ekroos, J., 01.08.2020, In: Ambio. 49, 8, p. 1377-1393 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Namibia, Christianity in
Oermann, N. O., 17.02.2022, The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Church: K-Z. Louth, A. (ed.). 4. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Vol. 2. (Oxford Dictionary of Christian Churches).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Researching collaborative interdisciplinary teams: practices and principles for navigating researcher positionality
Freeth, R. C. & Vilsmaier, U., 15.09.2020, In: Science & Technology Studies. 33, 3, p. 57-72 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The impacts of social-ecological system change on human-nature connectedness: A case study from Transylvania, Romania
Balázsi, Á., Riechers, M., Hartel, T., Leventon, J. & Fischer, J., 01.12.2019, In: Land Use Policy. 89, 104232.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review