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Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)

Organisational unit: Institute

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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. IPBES: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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

    01.01.15 → 31.12.18

    Project: Research

  2. Internationale wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung: „Zwölfte internationale Konferenz über das Monitoring und das Management von Besuchern in Erholungs- und Schutzgebieten“

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)

    21.06.24 → 31.01.25

    Project: Scientific event

  3. "Invasive" Arten im Prozessschutz

    Kapitza, K. (Project manager, academic) & Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.17 → 30.04.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  4. Kleinforschungsprojekt: Transformationsfeld Energiewende im Raum - Impulse aus der Genderforschung

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Henkel, A. (Project staff) & Stumpe, F. (Project staff)

    16.02.15 → 30.09.15

    Project: Research

  5. Kollektiv-privater Landbesitz und die Krise des (Re)Produktiven

    Dannenberg, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.13 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. Kontroverse Praktiken – Praktiken einer Kontroverse. Schließung von Aushandlungsräumen in der öffentlichen Debatte zur Agro-Gentechnik in Polen

    Sulmowski, J. A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.09 → 22.06.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  7. Koordinatorin des Moduls "Wissenschaft trägt Verantwortung" im Leuphana-Semester am Institut für Umweltkommunikation

    Burandt, A. (Coordination)

    01.07.07 → 30.04.08

    Project: Teaching

  8. Language for Sustainability: Sustaining Biodiversity and Biocultures

    Manuel-Navarrete, D. (Project manager, academic), Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Lam, D. (Project staff), Dillon-Swanson, T. (Project manager, academic), Gerber, L. (Project staff), Mwampamba, T. H. (Project manager, academic), Escalante, A. E. (Project staff) & Camou Guerreroe, A. (Project staff)

    01.07.18 → 30.06.19

    Project: Research

  9. Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation: Institutions, People and Knowledge

    Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Sieveking, A. (Project staff), Klaniecki, K. T. (Project staff), Dorninger, C. (Project staff), Clarke, E. A. (Project staff), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Project staff), Lam, D. (Project staff), Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff), Jager, N. W. (Project staff), Derwort, P. (Project staff), Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff), Apetrei, C.-I. (Project staff), Freeth, R. C. (Project staff), Engbers, M. (Project staff), Peukert, D. (Project staff), Berkau, A. J. (Project staff), Lutz, L. M. (Coordination), Leventon, J. (Project manager, academic) & Abson, D. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.04.15 → 31.03.21

    Project: Research

  10. Lokale Konflikte um die Gestaltung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse am Beispiel von Agro-Gentechnik (Arbeitstitel)

    Friedrich, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.09 → 29.04.15

    Project: Dissertation project

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