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
- 2017
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Environmental justice and care: critical emancipatory contributions to sustainability discourse
Gottschlich, D. & Bellina, L., 01.12.2017, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 34, 4, p. 941-953 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mapping a sustainable future: Community learning in dialogue at the science–society interface
Barth, M., Lang, D. J., Luthardt, P. & Vilsmaier, U., 01.12.2017, In: International Review of Education. 63, 6, p. 811 - 828 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transnational collaboration for sustainability in higher education: Lessons from a systematic review
Caniglia, G., Lüderitz, C., Groß, M., Muhr, M., John, B., Withycombe Keeler, L., von Wehrden, H., Laubichler, M., Wiek, A. & Lang, D., 01.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 168, p. 764-779 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Sustainability conflicts in Coastal India: Hazards, changing climate and development discourse in Indian Sundarbans
Ghosh, A., 12.2017, 1 ed. Germany: Springer. 245 p. (Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Bridging divides in sustainability science
Lang, D. J., Wiek, A. & von Wehrden, H., 01.11.2017, In: Sustainability Science. 12, 6, p. 875 - 879 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Local food sovereignty for global food security? Highlighting interplay challenges
Leventon, J. & Laudan, J., 10.2017, In: Geoforum. 85, p. 23-26 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Acknowledging temporal diversity in sustainability transformations at the nexus of interconnected systems
Weiser, A., Lutz, L. M., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K., 20.09.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 162, p. 273-285 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Facilitating regional energy transition strategies: Toward a typology of regions
Lutz, L. M., Lang, D. J. & Wehrden, H., 01.09.2017, In: Sustainability. 9, 9, 17 p., 1560.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services in global sustainability policies
Geijzendorffer, I. R., Cohen-Shacham, E., Cord, A. F., Cramer, W., Guerra, C. & Martín-López, B., 01.08.2017, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 74, p. 40-48 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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“How complex and even perverse the real world can be” W.D. Hamilton's early work on social wasps (1964–1968)
Caniglia, G., 01.08.2017, In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 64, p. 41-52 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Testing socio-cultural valuation methods of ecosystem services to explain land use preferences
Schmidt, K., Walz, A., Martín-López, B. & Sachse, R., 01.08.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 26, Part A, p. 270-288 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ökonomistische Diskurse der Nachhaltigkeit: Bestimmende Momente und die Frage nach Alternativen
Meyer, E. M. & Vilsmaier, U., 08.2017, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften und die Suche nach neuen Wissensordnungen. Pfister, T. (ed.). 1 ed. Weimar: Metropolis Verlag, p. 147-168 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Delineating boundaries of social-ecological systems for landscape planning: A comprehensive spatial approach
Martín-López, B., Palomo, I., García-Llorente, M., Iniesta-Arandia, I., Castro, A. J., García Del Amo, D., Gómez-Baggethun, E. & Montes, C., 01.07.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 66, p. 90-104 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mismatches between supply and demand in wildlife tourism: Insights for assessing cultural ecosystem services
Arbieu, U., Grünewald, C., Martín-López, B., Schleuning, M. & Böhning-Gaese, K., 01.07.2017, In: Ecological Indicators. 78, p. 282-291 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Case Study: the social context of arsenic regulation and exposure in South East Hungary
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., 07.2017, Best Practice Guide on the control of Arsenic in Drinking Water. Bhattacharya, P., Polya, D. A. & Jovanovic, D. (eds.). IWA Publishing, p. 239-246 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Community awareness and engagement for arsenic management
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., 07.2017, Best Practice Guide on the Control of Arsenic in Drinking Water. Bhattacharya, P., Polya, D. A. & Jovanovic, D. (eds.). IWA Publishing, p. 117-124 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Off-stage ecosystem service burdens: A blind spot for global sustainability
Pascual, U., Palomo, I., Adams, W. M., Chan, K. M. A., Daw, T. M., Garmendia, E., Gómez-Baggethun, E., de Groot, R., Mace, G. M., Martín-López, B. & Phelp, J., 07.2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 7, 10 p., 075001.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Driving factors for the regional implementation of renewable energy: - a multiple case study on the German energy transition
Lutz, L. M., Fischer, L.-B., Newig, J. & Lang, D. J., 01.06.2017, In: Energy Policy. 105, p. 136-147 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Putting sustainable chemistry and resource use into context: The role of temporal diversity
Weiser, A., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K., 01.06.2017, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 5, p. 105-114 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Linking transitions to sustainability: A study of the societal effects of transition management
Schäpke, N., Omann, I., Wittmayer, J. M., van Steenbergen, F. & Mock, M., 03.05.2017, In: Sustainability. 9, 5, 36 p., 737.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review