News 2022

The Science Media Center commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome report “Limits to Growth” by hosting a Press Briefing and discussing the issue of infinite growth. Questions such as “Is there are a chance for “Green Growth” through decarbonization, circular economy, and the efficient use of resources?” were debated by Prof. Doris Fuchs, ZIN-spokeswoman, and other experts. | Read more
 

In the newly published edited volume "Demokratie und Nachhaltigkeit," ZIN Jun. scholar Lena Siepker identifies the unequal distribution of engagement and participation in Germany as a key obstacle to a successful socio-ecological transformation. | More information

In the recently published edited volume "Demokratie und Nachhaltigkeit," ZIN-member Anne Käfer discusses the importance of ethics for questions on democratic sustainability policy. She argues that the distinction between the spheres of "ethics" and "politics" makes it possible to perceive different understandings of "good" and "just" as well as to distinguish these from the reality of political negotiations and political compromises. | More information

In the winter semester 2022/23, ZIN members and junior scholars offer a variety of interesting courses on sustainability issues in different disciplines. These include, for example, the seminar "Spatial Planning and Sustainability", the lecture series "Sustainability and Democracy" and a lecture on "Socialization and Social Sustainability".  | More information

How much resource consumption and climate damage caused by the pursuit of prosperity can our planet still tolerate? How can we create a good life for ourselves and future generations under the given conditions? What constitutes a good life - individually and socially? In particular: What role can and must a local sufficiency policy play in this? And what is the situation in Münster in this respect? | More information
 

On Tuesday, November 8 at 18:15, the event "In the critical zone or 'Gaia c'est le nom' - Interdisciplinary thoughts on the death of Bruno Latour" will take place as part of a public colloquium of the Institute of Landscape Ecology in the lecture hall Geo1 (Heisenbergstr. 1, 418149 Münster). | More information

As in every semester, members and junior scholars of the ZIN offer a wide variety of intriguing courses on sustainability issues relevant to their respective disciplines. This includes, for example, the excursion “Environmental protection and society from the viewpoint of an (extreme) botanist”, seminars such as “Green Cities?” and “Sociology of the Climate Crisis”, and lectures such as “Bioethics”. An overview of all courses can be found in the “Teaching” section of this website.

 

ZIN speaker Prof Doris Fuchs and ZIN Jun. scholar Benedikt Lennartz discuss the specific interests of business actors in negotiating human rights regulations in the newly published article "Business interest in human rights regulation: shaping actors' duties and rights". | More information

On Thursday, October 20, WWU will host its first Sustainability Day, titled "Campus Earth Day". The event focuses on global, social, and intergenerational resource sustainability. The public is invited to come and exchange ideas with experts from the university. | More information

On Friday, November 11, from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, the UNFCCC Official Side Event "Reaching Women Farmers With Climate Resilience Strategies in Africa and Asia" will take place. The Working Group Ecological Planning (located at the Institute of Landscape Ecology), which includes ZIN members Prof. Tillmann Buttschardt and Dr. Cornelia Steinhäuser, is organizing this event as part of the 27th Conference of the Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, together with the CGIAR Gender Platform. | More information

As part of events on December 6 as well as 7, Dr. Steffen Lange will present the results of the study "Digital Reset: Redirecting Technologies for the Deep Sustainability Transformation", which he conducted together with Tilman Santarius.| Read More

On Monday, November 7, at 6 p.m., the organization "Gesellschaft für Nachhaltigkeit" hosts a theme night on the topic of sustainability and participation with Prof'in Wiltrud Terlau and ZIN Jun.-Scholar Carolin Bohn as guests. | More information

The range of courses offered in General Studies at WWU Münster now also includes courses from the new area of competence "Sustainability". Courses from different disciplines will be offered, focussing on natural and social as well as political, legal, religious and geo-scientific aspects of sustainability. | More information

In winter semester 2022/23, the public lecture series "REACH for Sustainability" on the topic of sustainability in entrepreneurship will take place. The series is organized by the REACH EUREGIO Start-Up Center and comprises a total of six lectures. Each one will focus on a different key topic such as the basics of sustainability, public welfare accounting or social entrepreneurship.
At the kick-off event on October 13, ZIN member Prof. Quante and ZIN Jun. scholar Carolin Bohn will give lectures on different basics of sustainability. | More information