Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

Vision & Mission

We envision a fair world where the benefits generated within social-ecological systems are shared sustainably with other species, both within and across generations. Solutions to sustainability challenges are developed collaboratively across diverse scientific disciplines, knowledge systems, and social interests. To realise our vision, we recognise the need for transformative change. In pursuit of such change we:

  • use place-based social-ecological systems thinking to understand and resolve sustainability challenges such as biodiversity loss and environmental injustice;
  • bring together insights and approaches from the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities in genuinely collaborative endeavours;
  • integrate experiences, practices, and understandings from diverse knowledge systems;
  • embed tools for transformative change into the social-ecological systems thinking via a leverage points perspective;
  • develop and apply methods to bridge multiple scales and governance levels; and
  • provide spaces for people sharing our vision to meet and exchange ideas.

Main research areas

We primarily conduct integrative and transdisciplinary research. In particular, the following topics are central to the Institute's research work:

  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Biocultural diversity
  • Cross-scale governance
  • Leverage points & transformation
  • Ecosystem services
  • Relational values
  • Environmental justice
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  1. Nachhaltige Raumentwicklung - Wirtschaften in Netzen: Regionalvermarktung und Akteursnetzwerke von der Elbe bis zur Heide

    Schrader, R. (Project staff), Lang, F. J. (Project staff), Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Burandt, A. (Project staff)

    15.10.1228.02.13

    Project: Teaching

  2. Nachhaltige Raum- und Regionalentwicklung in der "Energiewende"

    Heilmann, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1330.09.18

    Project: Dissertation project

  3. EQUIVAL: Nurturing a Shift towards Equitable Valuation of Nature in the Anthropocene

    Pascual, U. (Coordination), Balvanera, P. (Project manager, academic) & Martín-López, B. (Partner)

    11.11.17 → …

    Project: Research

  4. OpenNESS: OPERATIONALISATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1331.05.17

    Project: Research

  5. tdAcademy: Platform for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Grauer, C. (Project staff) & Lam, D. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.06.2031.08.23

    Project: Research

  6. PRIME Stipendium: Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2031.05.22

    Project: Other

  7. Project “Soils in the Media: Soil Topics on Youtube”

    Lütkemöller, D. (Project manager, academic), Luenststaeden, B. (Project staff), Skubowius, K. M. (Project staff) & Beier, A. (Project staff)

    01.03.1301.12.13

    Project: Other

  8. Ressourcenpolitik und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in der Globalisierung

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Bauhardt, C. (Partner)

    01.04.1031.03.13

    Project: Research

  9. Move'n'Sense: Sense of place and mobility in cross-border contexts – essentialist and progressive perspectives

    Gottwald, S. (Project manager, academic) & Kołodyńska, I. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    05.11.2102.01.25

    Project: Research

  10. PoNa: Shaping nature: Policy, Policies and Polity. Rural Development and Biotechnology in Agriculture between Criticism and Vision

    Mölders, T. (Project manager, academic), Gottschlich, D. (Project manager, academic), Paszkowska, J. (Coordination), Friedrich, B. (Project staff), Sulmowski, J. A. (Project staff), Burandt, A. (Project staff), Szumelda, A. U. (Project staff) & Roth, S. (Coordination)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.11.0931.10.14

    Project: Research

  11. SENet: Social and ecological networks supporting biodiversity and food security

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Bergsten, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    15.01.1617.03.18

    Project: Research

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  1. Organisational age cultures
  2. Konzeption und nutzen der inverted classroom-methode für eine kompetenzorientierte biochemie lehrveranstaltung im vorklinischen studienabschnitt der humanmedizin
  3. Networking als zentrale Schlüsselqualifikation für Gründungsvorhaben
  4. Die Ambivalenz der Religionskritik nach Horkheimer
  5. Die Entwicklung von Sexualität und Liebe
  6. The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on tourists’ personal prestige – an experimental study
  7. Cabinet Reshuffles in Parliamentary Democracies
  8. Modi der Verständlichkeit und die Magie des Unverständlichen
  9. ReClaiming Participation
  10. Stabilisierte cis-Tris-σ-homobenzole–Synthesen, [σ2+σ2+σ2]-Cycloreversionen
  11. Die Institutionalisierung von Klimaräten durch Klimaschutzgesetzgebung
  12. Songwriting-Camp
  13. Entrepreneurship and Aging
  14. Die heile Welt und das Böse von außen
  15. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung nach dem Referentenentwurf eines Umsetzungsgesetzes zur CSRD
  16. H. Produktion
  17. Gehen
  18. Nachhaltigkeitsprüfungen in Kommunen
  19. Nachhaltige Kommunalverwaltung
  20. Concluding remarks: Meet the future—with International Business Administration and Entrepreneurship
  21. "Das Fenster in die Welt". Fernsehen in den fünfziger Jahren
  22. Zum Einfluss von Gleichaltrigen (Peers) auf die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
  23. Perspektiver inden for teknologisk-assisteret indsamling af data i psykologisk forandring - rammesat af den synergetiske psykologi
  24. Role of Ca on the corrosion resistance of Mg–9Al and Mg–9Al–0.5Mn alloys
  25. Macht Mentoring aus Lehrjahren Herrenjahre?
  26. Corporate Social Responsibility
  27. Aspekte sozialer Nachhaltigkeit im Kontext der beruflichen Bildung Benachteiligter
  28. Effectiveness of gamified digital interventions in mental health prevention and health promotion among adults
  29. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SATELLITES AND THE REALITY OF LARGE CONSTELLATIONS