Researching Sustainability

Our research approach

Our sustainability research is inter- and transdisciplinary and aims to scientifically analyze and critically reflect on topics based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and beyond, and to develop solutions. We represent a normatively presuppositional concept of sustainability, which is scientifically reflected in the social context and introduced into social transfer processes.

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).

Handlungsfelder

Normative dimensions

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. Andreas Braun, Prof. Dr. Kristina Dietz and Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano in January 2024: More Infos

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.

Inaugural lectures by Prof. Dr. Andra Horcea-Milcu, Prof. Dr. Martin Pehnt and Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer in October 2024: More Infos