Research field: Environment and sustainability

Sustainability is firmly established as an interdisciplinary research topic in all faculties at KU.

The complex interrelationships and challenges that arise between humans and their environment are addressed, and findings from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are combined.

Research on sustainability at KU contributes to gaining knowledge for sustainable development and thus supports an environmentally and socially compatible transformation of society, the Great Transformation.

Participating disciplines:

Geography, psychology, economics, linguistics, theology, sociology, tourism, education for sustainable development

Participating institutions:

Center for Advanced studies “Natural Sciences – Man and Nature”

• Contact persons: Prof. em, Michael Becht (Physical Geography) and Prof. Dr. Marco Steinhauser (Chair of General Psychology), both spokespersons for the institute

Aueninstitut Neuburg-Ingolstadt

• Contact: Prof. Bernd Cyffka (Chair of Applied Physical Geography), Director of the Aueninstitut

Contact for the research field:

• Prof. Jens Hogreve, Vice President for Research and Early Career Researchers