Researching Sustainability
Research dimensions
We are currently focusing on a total of seven key research areas, i.e. four fields of action and three related normative dimensions. Individual topics (such as raw materials, intersectionality, international political economy, decent work, etc.) are assigned to the research dimensions. Here we distinguish between existing projects and Future Labs (as projects in the making).
Fields of action
- GreenGaDe - Determination of greenhouse gases in West Africa's agricultural landscapes, BMBF, 2021 - 2024
- Kili-SES - The role of nature for human well-being in the social-ecological system of Kilimanjaro
- LANDMARC,- LAND-use based MitigAtion for Resilient Climate pathways, EU Horizon, 2020 - 2024
- Resource-conserving, circular planning and construction with a focus on building construction
- SYMOBIO 2.0 - Consolidation of systemic monitoring and modeling of the bioeconomy; BMBF, 2022 - 2025
- Accessibility - Inclusion - Prevention - Sustainable participation in justice
- ABLe: Work-related vocation and performance for people with disabilities
- Accessibility and participation in open space, urban and landscape planning
- DyFam - Change and dynamics of family generational relationships in the context of flight and asylum
- EU-China-Bridge - Building Roadmaps to Industrial Decarbonasition and Green Economy through EU-China Cooperation
- TransRegBio - Transformation analysis and design concepts for a regional bioeconomy; BMBF, 2019 - 2025
- Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanas Avanzados (CALAS)/ Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos (CELA)
- Green energy and sustainable raw materials as a North-South-South partnership
- PRODIGY - Soil biodiversity governing tipping points in the Amazon, BMBF, 2019 - 2025
- Resource extractivism in Latin America and the Maghreb: The dark side of the ecological transition?
- Social-Ecological Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition
Normative dimensions
- Values and Sustainability
- NATURES-T Nature Restoration and Institutional Strengthening for Sustainability Transformation
- LEVER- our sustainabLe futurE, the ValuEs that dRive it, and how to get there
- BIOLAB - Transdisciplinary work and research environment for creative and artistic exploration of biological organisms
- Pronet²
Inaugural lectures
Inaugural lectures by Prof. Dr. Andreas Braun, Prof. Dr. Kristina Dietz and Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano in January 2024
On 12 and 13 January 2024, the inaugural lectures by Prof. Dr. Andreas Braun (Faculty 11), Prof. Dr. Kristina Dietz (Faculty 05) and Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano (Faculty 01) and a corresponding workshop on questions of socio-ecological transformation took place at the University of Kassel.
Inaugural lectures by Prof. Dr. Andra Horcea-Milcu, Prof. Dr. Martin Pehnt and Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer in October 2024
Prof. Dr. Andra Horcea-Milcu (Faculty 02), Prof. Dr. Martin Pehnt and Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer (both Faculty 15) presented their inaugural lectures to the public on 24.10.2024 and organized the associated workshop "Transformative Science-Society Relations" on 25.10.2024.
