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

  1. Published

    Inner conflict resolution and self-empowerment as contribution for personal sustainability on the case of intentional community practices

    Veciana, S. & Ottmar, K., 19.03.2018, Personal Sustainability: Exploring the Far Side of Sustainable Development. Parodi, O. & Tamm, K. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 116-135 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Indigenous and local knowledge in environmental management for human-nature connectedness: a leverage points perspective

    Burgos-Ayala, A., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., Torres-Torres, A. M., Rozas-Vásquez, D. & Lam, D. P. M., 01.12.2020, In: Ecosystems and People. 16, 1, p. 290-303 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Impacts of seasonal patterns of climate on recurrent fluctuations in tourism demand: Evidence from Aruba

    Ridderstaat, J., Oduber, M., Croes, R., Nijkamp, P. & Martens, P., 04.2014, In: Tourism Management. 41, p. 245-256 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Impacts of alternative land-use policies on water ecosystem services in the Río Grande de Comitán-Lagos de Montebello watershed, Mexico

    Ávila-García, D., Morató, J., Pérez-Maussán, A. I., Santillán-Carvantes, P., Alvarado, J. & Comín, F. A., 01.10.2020, In: Ecosystem Services. 45, 14 p., 101179.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Imagining the unimaginable: Synthesis of essays on abrupt and extreme climate change

    Martens, P., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Amelung, B., Bouwer, L. M., Chang, C. T., Huynen, M., van Ierland, E. C., van Koppen, C. S. A. K., McEvoy, D., Mol, A. P. J. & van Tatenhove, J., 12.2010, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2, 5-6, p. 347-355 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Identifying governance gaps among interlinked sustainability challenges

    Bergsten, A., Jiren, T. S., Leventon, J., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2019, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 91, p. 27-38 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  2. Partizipatives Regieren in der EU
  3. Rechenwege-Quartett
  4. Politischer Möglichkeitssinn
  5. Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China
  6. Birkmeyer, Jens / Kleinknecht, Thomas / Reitemeyer, Ursula (Hg.): Erinnerungsarbeit in Schule und Gesellschaft
  7. The Americas: Evo's Bolivia: Continuity and Change, C. Farthing Linda & H. Kohl Benjamin . Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2014. 272pp
  8. Bill Yousman: Prime Time Prisons on U.S. TV. Representation on Incarceration
  9. Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia
  10. Christian Boltanski's Failed Meta-Archive
  11. Evaluierung der Forschung zur Wirkung von Fluglärm auf den Menschen
  12. Samenbanken, Leihmütter, Retortenbabies
  13. Work-Time Control and Exhaustion
  14. Die Bauhaustänze Oskar Schlemmers.
  15. Stakeholders perceptions of the endangered Egyptian vulture
  16. (Re)Folding Zagreb
  17. Die Rückkehr der Plantafel
  18. Die Überwindung des strafenden Gottes
  19. Length measurement and estimation in primary school
  20. Behavioral Science und die Modellierung von Risiken
  21. The stony road to fair gold. challenges of certification of informal mines in east Africa
  22. Außer der Reihe
  23. Das Ungefähre zu schätzen wissen
  24. Women outperform men in distinguishing between authentic and nonauthentic smiles
  25. Katalogeinträge
  26. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
  27. Dryudella paulinae spec. nov. (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) from Morocco
  28. Revealing the coastal event-history of the Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal) during the Holocene using radiocarbon and OSL dating
  29. Nicht ohne die Anderen
  30. Rechtsgeschichte, Mediengeschichte
  31. Environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphy of late Middle Pleistocene lakeshore deposits at Schöningen
  32. Robot system for the sustainable mobility assurance in the assistance and care
  33. Klimaschutz: Auch ein Alleingang der EU ist richtig