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In the Verfassungsblog, Minna Kanerva presents Meat Consumption Corridors as a concept and praxis that could help bring down meat consumption to ecologically and socially sustainable levels, in a fair and just manner

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

06.11.2024 | 17:00 | SFG 2210 | Talk by Leandra Schmei?er at the artec colloquium

Series of events in winter term 2024/25 on the topic of sustainability research in Bremen

24.10.2024, 19:00-21:30 | F61 - Raum im Hof | Discussion with Boniface Mabanza Bambu and Stefanie Baasch | Afrique-Europe-Interact (Bremen)

The Lower Saxony initiative ‘Klimamarkt Ammerland’, which ethnologist Werner Krau? helped to found, is an example of co-operation between science and society and of continuity in scientific commitment beyond the duration of individual projects.

The latest report from the artec Sustainability Research Center focusing on the topic of ‘Blue Sustainability’ has been published online

Leonie Tuitjer was appointed Professor of Human Geography with a focus on socio-ecological transformation in April 2023. She took up her teaching and research activities in September 2023 at artec after parental leave. We warmly welcome her!

11.-13.09.2023 | Jakarta, Indonesia & online| Int. conference to conclude the BlueUrban project

01.09.2023, from 16:00 | Participatory event of the Biodiverse Cities project | Bürgermeister-Ehlers-Platz, 28237 Bremen

17.07.2023, 11:00-14:00 | Talks by Dr. Geeske Scholz & Dr. Sina Eslamizadeh | SFG S2210

20.06.2023, 12:00-13:00 | Guest lecture by Dr. Gerardo Damonte | Big seminar room, ZMT, Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen & online

12.06.2023, 16:15-17:45 | Guest lecture by Dr. Fadjar Ibnu Thufail | Rotunde, Cartesium

In an artec paper back in 2017, Julia Kieselhorst examined whether a decommissioned nuclear power plant qualifies as an industrial monument. With the last remaining nuclear power plants in Germany going off the grid on 15 April 2023, the idea gains new relevance

Project launch as part of the EU Interreg Program for the North Sea Region

In the QUARREE100 project, members of artec and the Department for Resilient Energy Systems successfully tested a new interactive decision support tool at workshops with experts and citizens of the city of Heide

The artec Sustainability Research Center cordially invites interested students to apply for an ASA student grant

08.12.2022, 18:15-19:45 | Taslk by Dr. Katherine Sammler at the artec colloquium | GW2 3009

A new open-access article by artec member Dr. Minna Kanerva in the Journal of Consumption Policy

10.11.2022, 18:15-19:45 | Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Silja Klepp, Prof. Dr. Michael Flitner & Dr. Jonas Hein at the artec colloquium | GW2 B3009

Lecture & discussion series in the winter term 2022/23 on environmental justice

03.11.2022, 17:00 | Opening of the photo exhibition to the project BlueUrban | Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstr. 4-5, 28195 Bremen

18.09.2022, 11:30 | Talk by Dr. Werner Krau? in Dangast

The online magazine up2date of the University of Bremen reports in detail about the project "Quarree100", in which scientists from the artec Research Center for Sustainability and the Department of Resilient Energy Systems are researching on the transformation of the energy system

Sara Doolittle-Llanos and María Garteizgogeascoa of artec went to coastal Peru to gather first-hand insights from artisanal fishers into social and ecological tipping points as part of the Humboldt Tipping Project

06.07.2022, 12:15-13:00 | Talk by Dr. Johannes Herbeck at the artec colloquium (online)

01.07.2022, 14:00-16:00 | Talk by Andrea Ballestero at the NatureCultures Lab | Spedition Bremen, Beim Handelsmuseum 9, 28195 Bremen

29.06.2022, 12:15-13:00 | Talk by Prof. Mari Niva at the artec colloquium (online)

15.06.2022, 12:15-13:00 | Talk by Simon Hilpert at the artec colloquium (online)

Lecture & discussion series in the summer term 2022

A new monograph by Prof. Dr. Sigrid Kannengie?er (open access, in German)

30.06.2021, 16:15 | Vortrag von Minna Kanerva im Rahmen des artec Kolloquiums (online via Zoom)

International Symposium "Translating Sea-Level Change in Urban Life: Policies, Practices and their Intersections in Island Southeast Asia" on May 28/29 2018 in Jakarta

Denaturalizing climate change: migration, mobilities and spaces

Workshop "Socio-Ecological Novelty – Frontiers in Sustainability Research"