Studierende bearbeiten in Projektteams Fragestellungen von Praxispartner:innen aus dem Agro-Food Bereich. Sie entwickeln wissenschaftlich fundierte, praxistaugliche Lösungsvorschläge und wenden dabei ihre im Studium sowie im Rahmen der Lehrveranstaltung erworbenen fachspezifischen, methodenspezifischen, sozialen und persönlichen Kompetenzen an.

The course teaches concepts and methodologies of sustainability assessment. A special focus is given to the social dimension and to social justice as a guiding principle of sustainability. The format of the course is seminar-like, interactive.

The students integrate the knowledge they have gained in the practical courses (Integrierte Praktika) by applying it to tackling a specific environmental problem.

Multidisciplinary, interactive course focusing on the complexity of environmental and energy problems. Concepts of risk theory, decision science, long-term governance and environmental economics are applied to case studies related to energy transition and climate change. The course is designed for a multidisciplinary audience and as a training ground for critical thinking.

The lecture gives an introduction to methods and approaches that have been developed to systematically measure, assess and minimize environmental impacts of new technologies, products, services, construction projects etc. Particular emphasis is placed on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

The MTE subjects are primarily meant to give future engineers a solid introduction to the field, to encourage them to educate themselves further and ultimately to enable them to deal successfully with complex systems and to see technical objectives and decisions, with all consequences, against a non-technical background.

In the case study, we analyse a different real-world topic from the field of sustainable development each year, identify key challenges, and develop solutions together with stakeholders.

In the case study, we analyse a different real-world topic from the field of sustainable development each year, identify key challenges, and develop solutions together with stakeholders.

Students put the measures they developed during the courses Tackling Environmental Problems II into practice, in collaboration with partners from civil society, the public and the private sector.

This seminar is designed for PhD students and PostDoc researchers involved in inter- or transdisciplinary research. It addresses and discusses challenges of this kind of research using scientific literature presenting case studies, concepts, theories, methods and by testing practical tools. It concludes with a 10-step approach to make participants' research projects more societally relevant.