Research project

Contact

Project manager

Prof. Dr. Erik Aschenbrand

Professorship for International Nature Conservation and Socio-Ecological Sustainability Processes in Biosphere Reserves

General contact

Jana Gengelbach

Coordinator for the TRANSECTS project

Transdisciplinary Research Education for Transformations in Sustainability

Duration:

03/2022 - 03/2028

Competence field:

Sustainability in decision-making processes and accountability structures, Education for sustainable development, Social innovations

Cooperation:

Strategic cooperation

TRANSECTS is a six-year research training partnership that provides innovative learning, education research opportunities for professionals, students and practitioners in transdisciplinary research to collaboratively address wicked sustainability challenges.  

We are an international community of practise that embraces learning in multiple forms across diverse groups. Our international, socially and culturally diverse team includes researchers and emerging scholars, local and indigenous leaders, First Nations, experts in sustainability practise, UNESCO Biosphere Region practitioners, governing agencies, international networks and private and civil society organisations and foundations.

For a detailed project description and current leaning opportunities visit TRANSECTS.

Funding partner

Cooperation

The main focus of the BRI is the UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere" programme with its model areas, the UNESCO biosphere reserves.

MEHR ERFAHREN

The international Master's study programme Biosphere Reserves Management deals with current issues of sustainability from an integrative perspective.

zum Studiengang

We develop a conceptual understanding of a culture of sustainability at universities and test potential transformation paths in the form of real-life experiments.

MEHR ERFAHREN