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Half-day research seminar on sufficiency and inequality, January 26, 2024 @Uni Freiburg & online
Half-day research seminar on sufficiency and inequality The topics of sufficiency (reduction in consumption) and […]
Major update of the industrial ecology data commons
The industrial ecology data commons (iedc) is a prototype for an industrial ecology community database. […]
How will a sustainable circular economy look like?
Sustainability, with its environmental, social, and economic dimension, needs to be made tangible and operational […]
Seminar on Sustainable Development Beyond Green Growth
We know that a ‘greening’ of current economic practices will not suffice to achieve global […]
Globale Verantwortung für lokale Risiken
Nicht nur beim Klima sondern auch beim Kupfer Das insgesamt recht bescheidene Ergebnis der über […]
Sustainability and Transitions Research: Taking the High Road
In a recent opinion paper, [1] Julian Kirchherr complains about that “up to 50% of […]
Tech tips for live-streaming classroom lectures and seminars
After one and a half year into the Corona pandemic, at many German universities, videoconferencing […]
Seminar des Instituts für Umweltsozialwissenschaften und Geographie
Seminar of the Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography It’s time for the members […]
New Guidelines for Data Modeling and Data Integration for Material Flow Analysis
Material flow analysis (MFA) is booming. A large number of datasets are being compiled and […]
Research Seminar on “Land use, land scarcity, and land use transformation in sustainable development”
Under the umbrella of the Uni’s focus area, Environment and Sustainability, this semester will feature […]
Wege zur Verbesserung der Wissensakkumulation in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung – Ein Kommentar
Das Arbeitsleben eines Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftlers kann manchmal frustrierend sein. Viele Veröffentlichungen sind nicht oder nur schwer […]
Good Scientific Practice in Industrial Ecology – A Factsheet
Inspired by discussions during the ISIE conference in Beijing, I compiled a fact sheet on […]
Research infrastructure needs for industrial ecology
– Some reflections to spur a discussion during this year’s conference season – The future […]
Confessions of Reviewer 2
During the last eight years, I have peer-reviewed about 100 manuscripts for the industrial ecology […]
Why a Two-pillar Model is a Better Choice for Conceptualizing Sustainability…
…than the common three-pillar conceptualisation. The three pillar model, grounding sustainability on economic, environmental and […]
Fehlanzeige: Keine Aufnahme der Grundlagenaspekte der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften in den Fächerkanon der DFG
Mit einem offenen Brief an die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) haben mehr als 50 deutsche Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftlerinnen […]
Launching the prototype of an Industrial Ecology Data Inventory
Re-using data and results from other peoples’ research is crucial to consistent and cumulative research, […]
On the future of scientific publishing for sustainability research
When I was introduced to industrial ecology about ten years ago, I never came across […]
Offene Forschungsinfrastruktur für Industrial Ecology
Um neue Forschungsfragen zur Nachhaltigkeit zu erschließen und Industrial Ecology als Forschungsfeld sichtbarer zu machen, […]