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

    Devianzmanagement

    Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Lexikon der Sozialwirtschaft. Maelicke, B. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  2. Published

    Devianz

    Plewig, H.-J., 2007, Fachlexikon der sozialen Arbeit. Mulot, R. (ed.). 6 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  3. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Design principles for advancing higher education sustainability learning through transformative research

    Bernert, P., Wanner, M., Fischer, N. & Barth, M., 09.2025, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 27, 9, p. 20581-20598 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Der Fußballplatz als ethnische Kampfarena

    Zick, A., Scherer, J. & Winands, M., 2010, Der Ball ist bunt: Fußball, Migration und die Vielfalt der Identitäten in Deutschland. Becking, D., Dembowski, G. & Zwanziger, T. (eds.). Frankfurt/M.: Brandes & Apsel Verlag, p. 133-139 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    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 contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  7. Published

    Den Metallen auf die Spur kommen - das Konzept der Stoffgeschichten

    Weiser, A., 2018, Metalle auf der Bühne der Menschheit: Von Ötzis Kupferbeil zum Smartphone im All Metals Age. Held, M., Jenny, R. D. & Hempel, M. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 98 1 p. (DBU-Umweltkommunikation; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  1. Gender equality salience, backlash and radical right voting in the gender-equal context of Sweden
  2. Das entgegengesetzte Denken. Metaphysische Marginalien zu Lévinas
  3. Practical problems associated with refugee protection in western Tanzania
  4. Applicability of adapted reservoir operation for water stress mitigation under dry year conditions
  5. Consumer Preferences and Their Willingness to Pay for Local Products (by Means of Consumer Ethnocentrism)
  6. Biodegradation tests of mercaptocarboxylic acids, their esters, related divalent sulfur compounds and mercaptans
  7. Gesprächsformen
  8. Berechnung und Weiterentwicklung des Sozialindex für Hamburger Schulen
  9. BAuA-Arbeitszeitbefragung
  10. Composite hot extrusion of functional elements
  11. Wer fraß die Geburtstagstorte?
  12. Pentecostal voices and discourse perspectives to LGBTQ+ narratives in Nigeria
  13. Laypeople’s Affective Images of Energy Transition Pathways
  14. Open participation network and school health programs - Review of the BLK experiment OPUS (1997-2000) for health promotion
  15. Games People (Don’t) Play
  16. Gase auf submikroskopischer Ebene untersuchen
  17. Key competencies for sustainable consumption
  18. The Interplay Between Supply Chain Transparency and NGO Pressure
  19. RoMe
  20. Environmental impacts of droughts: key challenges.
  21. Ownership mode, cultural distance, and the extent of parent firms’ strategic control over subsidiaries in the PRC
  22. Wasch mir den Pelz, aber mach' mich nicht nass!
  23. Reisen als Möglichkeit eines Anderssein-Könnens
  24. A note on firm age and the margins of imports: first evidence from Germany
  25. The defence of necessity
  26. Es wird teuer
  27. AIDA, reif für das Museum?
  28. Was kommt nach der Selbstevaluation?
  29. To the computation of the torsion shear stresses and warping shear coefficients at straight thin-walled bars
  30. Night-time noise annoyance
  31. Analysis of estrogenic activity in coastal surface waters of the Baltic Sea using the yeast estrogen screen
  32. Production of Mg-Mg2Si Composites