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Retrospect of the ISOE symposium on the farewell of Thomas Jahn
Crisis, catastrophe, normality – the responsibility of science for shaping the future
On October 1, 2021, ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research solemnly bid farewell to its co-founder Thomas Jahn as scientific director. In addition to a festive event, a symposium took place...
Sustainable Development Goals
Models for measuring sustainability do not sufficiently depict societal well-being
Heat waves, floods and storms – recent extreme weather events have highlighted what the IPCC’s current 6th Assessment Report describes scientifically: The Earth system is in turmoil, its planetary...
Research project AQUA-Hub India
Technology and knowledge transfer for sustainable water infrastructures
India’s cities are rapidly growing and need an efficient infrastructure for water supply and wastewater disposal. However, current infrastructure development can hardly keep up with population growth....
Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany
ISOE now member of the network of leading German knowledge organizations
ISOE has been accepted into the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany (SDSN Germany). Since its foundation in 2014, leading German knowledge organizations and partners from business and...
Sustainable development
A strategic compass for global sustainability research networks
Solving complex sustainability problems requires the knowledge of many different scientific disciplines. But the experiential and everyday knowledge of societal actors also plays a crucial role. To...
ISOE accompanies youth exchange Frankfurt – Lyon 2021
Mobility and sustainability in a future-orientated metropolis
The Rhine-Main region with the city of Frankfurt is known to be a prospering metropolitan region just like the French city of Lyon and its surrounding area. How can the two populous cities, which have...
Knowledge communication through images
Principles of shaping for social-ecological transformations vividly illustrated
Social-ecological transformations are necessary for sustainable development. But how can society, science, politics and economy jointly initiate successful transformation processes? Scientists of ISOE...
Results of the PlastX research group
Social-ecological research on plastics in the environment
Plastic is an ambivalent material: On the one hand, due to their versatile properties and their wide range of applications plastics have revolutionized many areas of daily life in the past decades. On...
Recommended reading
The garbage in our seas – symbol of the throwaway society
Seas and oceans have fascinated mankind since time immemorial – as the largest coherent ecosystem in the world and also as a dream destination for recreational purposes. And even though this...
Equality Report of the Federal Government
Digitization and gender equality – (also) a question of technology assessment
In April 2019, Federal Minister Franziska Giffey appointed the Expert Commission for the Third Equality Report. In this report, the Commission deals with the question of which course of action is...