Since the beginnings of the discipline, which has established itself especially in the international context, research and theory building in Ecological Economics cultivates an understanding as a transdisciplinary science of sustainability.

The research subject of Ecological Economics is, in a wider sense, constituted by the interactions between natural and economic systems. More specifically, concepts for examining these interrelations, a conceptual understanding of sustainability and solutions to achieve it are sought for.

On the following pages you will find information about current as well as finished research projects and organised workshops, conferences etc.:

Current Projects:

• Adapt Lock-In - Climate Adaptation Policy Lock-Ins: a 3x3 Approach
• BREsilient - Climate Resilient City of the Future Bremen
• CERM-ESA - Centre of Excellence for Educational Redearch Methodologies and Management East and South Africa
• Dilemma of Sustainability between Evaluation & Reflection
• ECOSOLA - Ecosystem-Based Solutions for Resilient Urban Agriculture in Africa
• ENaQ (Energetic Neighbourhood Fliegerhorst Oldenburg)
• Gute Küste - Real-world laboratories for ecosystem strengthening coastal protection on the coast of Lower Saxony
• OptiWohn - Quarters Specific Probe and Development of Innovative Strategies for the Optimized Use of Living Space
• WAKOS – Water at the coast of East Frisia: basis for tailor-made climate services for adaptation

Finished Projects:

• SaltSa - Grundwasserversalzung durch Meeresspiegelanstieg als gesellschaftliche Herausforderung – Das Beispiel Nordwest-Deutschland (DFG)
• Zukunftsfeld Mieterstrommodelle
• IBR - Interdisziplinärer Ansatz zur funktionalen Biodiversitätsforschung
• Clim-A-Net
• Nordwest 2050
• Developing Sustainability
• Förderung von nachhaltigem Konsum durch Nutzerintegration in Nachhaltigkeitsinnovationen
• Offene Innovationsprozesse für die energieeffiziente Stadt 2020+
• REFGOV - Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest
• ALICE - Akteurshandel und langfristige Investitionsentscheidungen im Kontext von Klimaschutz und Energie
• ErKlim - Umsetzungsorientierte Kommunikation für Klimaschutz & Schutz vor Klimawirkungen im Bau- und Mobilitätsbereich
• GELENA (Gesellschaftliches Lernen und Nachhaltigkeit)
• MANUS - Managers of Global Change
• Collective Learning as a Contribution to Reflexive Governance
• EGON - Development of Organically Bred Fruit Varieties in Commons-based Initiatives