Transformational Sustainability Science

Transformational Sustainability Science Group

The group advances transformational sustainability science through the following activity domains:

Building theory and particularly methodology of transformational sustainability science
Synthesizing foundational work on transformational sustainability science into accessible formats
Developing sustainability education and training programs
Conducting empirical transformational sustainability research (particularly field experiments)

News

Innovationscampus Sustainability Event

Key Competencies in Sustainability of Sustainability Degree Programs in the US

Join us for an engaging presentation and discussion with Dr. Hiser on the application of key competencies in sustainability to a nation-wide, programmatic accreditation for sustainability degrees in the US. Participation in person/ online. Registration is required.

Food for Thought & Action

How to make transformational sustainability changes happen in times of crises

Dr. Braden Kay & Fletcher Beaudoin discussed with researchers and students how science– and practice collaborations for sustainability can be developed. It was hosted by the Transformational Sustainability Science group and the Humboldt Professorship.

Sustainability Education and Training

Training for enhanced science-practice partnerships

Transdisciplinary Interface Managers (TI-Managers) can provide critical services to manage science-practice collaborations. In Feburary, an international group of experts gathered in Frankfurt to review and advance a training program for TI-Managers.

Team

The Transformational Sustainability Science Group is an interdisciplinary group, with the core team being trained in transformational sustainability science. Members of the TSS Group have contributed to the evolution of sustainability science since its inception in the early 2000s.

Education & Training

The Group designs and delivers programs that equip researchers and practitioners with procedures and skills to co-produce knowledge for sustainability solutions to pressing problems, using pedagogies that are solutions-oriented, competency-based, and project-focused.

Mission

The mission of the Transformational Sustainability Science Group is to advance and institutionalize transformational sustainability science through certain activities.

Research

The activities of the Transformational Sustainability Science Group focus on advancing the theory, practice of transformational sustainability research and education.

Publications

The publications of the Transformational Sustainability Science Group cover three areas: theory and methods for transformational sustainability science; solutions-oriented and competency-based learning in sustainability education; and mechanisms for change, such as crises, as opportunities for sustainability. In each area, we present the literature along an underpinning framework.

Network

The Group engages in sustainability education and research collaborations at the University of Freiburg, in the region, and internationally.