artec Sustainability Research Center

The Sustainability Research Center (artec) is an interdisciplinary Center of the University of Bremen for scientific research on sustainability issues. This ?Central Research Unit“ is made up of professors from different faculties, currently including Social Sciences, Production Engineering, Cultural Studies, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, and Human and Health Sciences.
The aim of the Center is to perform interdisciplinary research on national and international sustainability issues and to provide scientific advice in order to support sustainable development in key areas.

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14. Oct
Fishing, Gender and Care: Exploring Transformations in Domestic Organization amid the Fisheries Crisis in Northern Peru
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05. Nov
‘Salvaging’ submerged timber and infrastructural contestations on Ghana’s Volta Lake
SFG 2210
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17. Dec
What can artists contribute to climate adaptation?
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A stone-paved footpath leads through a wild meadow to a white house with a sign saying ‘Bicycle hire’.

Mobility cultures in the Ellener Hof bicycle neighbourhood – A new analytical and design framework for local mobility concepts

In a new artec paper, Leandra Schmei?er applies the concept of mobility cultures to the Ellener Hof neighbourhood in Bremen in order to better understand everyday mobility there. This new approach provides valuable insights for the mobility transition at the neighbourhood level


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Transformation research before lunch break – The artec Lunch Talks in the winter term 2025/26

In the winter term 2025/2026, we would like to invite you to learn about various aspects of socio-ecological transformation research in short lunchtime talks


Group photo of the members of the Humboldt Tipping project on a river ferry

How do tipping points emerge, and how can they be mitigated? GlobalTip concludes successfully with a closing conference

Projects funded by the BMFTR's GlobalTip initiative investigated various regions of the world where ecosystems are at risk of tipping. The initiative concluded with a conference held in Frankfurt am Main on 1–2 July 2025, where artec presented results of the Humboldt Tipping sub-project.


Close-up of the pulpit of a wind turbine, behind one of the blades the moon in the blue sky

Participation in regional energy transitions: impacts, dynamics, strategies and science-policy dialogues

A new special issue of the journal Environmental Policy & Planning takes a critical look at questions of governance, participation and justice in the energy transition. It is co-edited by artec member Stefanie Baasch


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“Climate Action Needs Social Sciences”

In an interview with the U Bremen online magazine up2date, artec’s Stefanie Baasch explains why the Augsburg Appeal (Augsburger Aufruf) calls for human geography, sociology, and other disciplines to play a greater role


Extract from a satellite image of the Bremen-Gr?pelingen district, showing the tree cover in the urban space using different coloured dots

Analyzing Urban Ecological Connectivity – A Comparative Study

In a new artec paper, David J. Torne provides insight into the ecological connectivity of urban areas in Bremen's Gr?pelingen district and tests various methods of image and satellite data analysis


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Augsburg Appeal for a Stronger Social Science Climate Research

More than 220 scientists are calling for targeted funding for social science climate research. Stefanie Baasch of the artec Sustainability Research Center is a first signatory of the Augsburg Appeal


Abstrakte Formen in Lila und Gelb, darauf die Logos von World of Contradictions und Universit?t Bremen

Living and working without violence? Legal, social and labour science perspectives

Together with the WoC Research Lab ‘Violence, Age & Gender’, we would like to invite you to a new interdisciplinary lecture series in the summer term 2025


Der Projekttitel "hyBit" steht in blauer und grüner Schrift auf einem wei?en Hintergrund, dahinter deutet ein graphischer Pfeil aus Punkten nach rechts

hyBit – Perspektiven aus der Forschung auf die Wasserstofftransformation in Norddeutschland

22.01.2025 | 18:00 | NEOS | Talk by Torben Stührmann at the artec colloquium


A white radiator hangs on the wall under a window in an alcove in the flat

Erneuerbare Nahw?rme in der Stadt als Chance für die W?rmewende. Forschungsprojekt zu Herausforderungen der Umsetzung in Bremen

04.12.2024 | 18:00 | Creative Hub | Talk by Prof. Dr. Winfried Osthorst & Christian Rinner at the artec colloquium


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Projektbericht Biodiverse Cities: Die Stadt gemeinsam grüner machen?

20.11.2024 | 17:00 Uhr | Klimazone Findorff | Talk by Michael Flitner, Martina Grimmig, Johannes Herbeck & Sophia Segler at the artec colloquium


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Ohne globale Gerechtigkeit kein Klimaschutz: Wege zu einer fairen Energiewende

Grüner Wasserstoff dringend gesucht - Neue Energie aus der alten Kolonie | Article in taz newspaper from 24.10.2024 on the event above