Teaching at the Kassel Institute
In addition to research, the focus of the Institute is on the (further-)development of teaching and courses related to sustainability. This institutionalized unity of research and teaching distinguishes the Kassel Institute from a large number of purely research-based sustainability institutes.
That is already possible
Minor field Sustainability Studies
From the winter semester 2024/25, students in the combined Bachelor's degree can study the minor subject "Sustainability Studies" alongside their main subject.
Image: Sascha Mannel.New courses at the Kassel Institute
Sommersemster 2025
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Braun | Getting ready for science? Theorie, Ethik und Kritik von Wissenschaft | |
| Dr. Nazmun Nahar | K04 | Environment and health |
| Prof. Dr. Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu | Phi066 | Erkenntnistheorie und Methoden der Nachhaltigkeit |
| Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer | FB15-1524 | DoktorandInnenseminar: Spezielle Fragen der Industrie- und Energiesystemtransformation |
| FB15-1544 | ||
| FB15-1556 | Zukunftsforschung und der Szenariotechnik – Modellierung von Szenarien | |
| FB15-1523 | Zukunftsforschung und der Szenariotechnik - Grundlagen / Future Literacy | |
| Dr. Clemens Schneider | FB15-1556 | Zukunftsforschung und der Szenariotechnik – Modellierung von Szenarien |
| Dr. Anna Schomberg | FB15-1544 | Nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement - Anwendung |
Dr. Franziska Hoffart | Phi066/ Phi072 | Erkenntnistheorie und Methoden der Nachhaltigkeit (Vorlesung und Seminar) |
| FB15-1556 | Zukunftsforschung und der Szenariotechnik – Modellierung von Szenarien | |
| FB15-1523 | Zukunftsforschung und der Szenariotechnik - Grundlagen / Future Literacy | |
| Studierenden- und Doktorandenseminar in Koordination mit der Universität Lund „Energietransition, Resources and Geopolitics“ |
Wintersemester 24/25
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Braun | NaS-B1-VL | Grundlagen und Theorien der Nachhaltigkeit - Vorlesung |
| G07 | Ökologie und Einführung in Agrarsysteme | |
| K03 | Sustainable? Development? | |
| Dr. Nazmun Nahar | K02 | Climate change governance |
| K05 | One health: human, animal and environmental interactions | |
| Dr. Ina M. Sieber | K02 | Climate change governance |
| L55 | Landschaften verstehen – von ökologischen Grundlagen zu nachhaltiger Planung | |
| Dr. Danny Tröger | L55 | Landschaften verstehen – von ökologischen Grundlagen zu nachhaltiger Planung |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano | FB05.POL.80 | Politik vor Gericht. Rechtsfragen des Israel-Palästina-Konflikts |
| FB05.POL.81 | Systemtheorie der Nachhaltigkeit | |
| FB05_Pol_IB | Vortragsreihe Israel-Palästina Konflikt | |
| R1 | Theorie Recht | |
| Dr. Nele Austermann | 15435 | Politisch neutral oder wertefreie politische Bildung? (Eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Just Transitions Law Clinic Kassel) |
| FB05.POL.95 | Recht gegen Rechts | |
| Sophie Früchtenicht | 15345 | Recht und Rassismus |
| Dr. Andreas Gutmann | FB05.POL.83 | Aktuelle Theorien des Rechts |
| Fatou Sillah | 15347 | Wie Politik zu Recht wird |
| Prof. Dr. Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu | Phi066 | Erkenntnistheorie und Methoden der Nachhaltigkeit |
| Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer | FB15-1500 | Industrietransformation und Energiewende |
| FB15-1501 | Transformative Industriepolitik und Energiewende | |
| FB15-1534 | Der Wandel zur klimaneutralen Produktion und seine internationale Dimension | |
| Dr. Clemens Schneider | FB15-1501 | Transformative Industriepolitik und Energiewende |
| FB15-1534 | Der Wandel zur klimaneutralen Produktion und seine internationale Dimension | |
| Anna Schomberg | FB15-1542 | Methoden der Technikbewertung – Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit |
| FB15-1543 | Nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement - Grundlagen |
Dr. Franziska Hoffart NaS-B1-S Grundlagen und Theorien der Nachhaltigkeit – Seminar
Cooming soon
Introduction of a new Bachelor's degree program "Sustainability Sciences - Sustainability Studies"
With the university-wide Bachelor's degree program "Sustainability Sciences - Sustainability Studies", a unique degree course with a strong interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary character will also be established. It takes equal account of the four research profiles of the University of Kassel - nature, culture, society and technology - and is designed with the involvement of all Faculties.
The course is aimed at students who are interested in concepts, practices, questions and further developments of sustainability. The course qualifies students to critically reflect on processes of ecological, social, cultural, technological and economic transformations and to help shape them with professional expertise.
Further development of existing degree programs with a sustainability focus
Integrated Sustainability Studies (iNaS) creates an interdisciplinary study profile that enables students to acquire dedicated sustainability expertise in addition to a regular Bachelor's degree or a combined Bachelor's degree with a major and minor subject such as business law, political science, electrical engineering, philosophy or sociology.
In addition to the basics of sustainability science, the focus is on interdisciplinary learning, exchange and interdisciplinary cooperation between students and a practice-oriented project. This enables students to integrate sustainability perspectives into their discipline in a well-founded manner and qualify them for relevant professional fields.
Understanding of sustainability
