2006: Soziale Ökologie, Transdisziplinarität und Systemische Risiken

ITAS-Kolloquium-Reihe, 17.07.2006, Karlsruhe

2006: Integrated Knowledge for Sustainable Innovations – a Transdisciplinary Perspective

Konferenz "What Science – What Europe" zum 7. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der Grünen- Fraktion im EU-Parlament, 2. Mai 2005, Brüssel

2006: Der transdisziplinäre Forschungsansatz in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

Tagung "Herausforderung Transdisziplinäre Umweltwissenschaften", gemeinsame Veranstaltung des Forschungsverbunds "Modellierung von Mensch-Umwelt-Systemen (MOMUS)", 24. Januar 2006, Frankfurt am Main

2006: Soziale Ökologie – Grundzüge einer Wissenschaft von den gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen

Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe "Zukunftsorientierte Nutzung ländlicher Räume", Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 16. Mai 2006, Berlin

2006: Perspektive Sozial-ökologischer Forschung – Capacity Building

Tagung "5 Jahre SÖF – Bilanz und Perspektiven", BMBF, Förderschwerpunkt Sozial-ökologische Forschung, 5.–6. Juni 2006, Berlin

2006: Spannungen, Potentiale und Perspektiven von transdisziplinären Forschungsprozessen

Tagung "Chancen und Risiken der Partizipation", TRAFO – Transdisziplinäres Forschen, 22.– 23. Juni 2006, Wien

2005: What Science – What Europe

During the conference of the same name, organised by the parliamentary party of the Greens in the EU-Parliament and the "European Free Alliance" in May 2005 in Bruxelles, Thomas Jahn critically reflected on issues of sustainability in the 7. Framework Programme for Research. His presentation "Integrated Knowledge for Sustainable Innovations – a Transdisciplinary Perspective" also includes suggestions for altering the 7. Framework Programme for Research: pdf-file, 121 kb

2005: Social Ecology Heading towards a Transdisciplinary Science

Lecture during a workshop from February 17th - 19th at the University of Basle with the topic "Doing Transdisciplinarity – Analyses and Reflections on Sophisticated Scientific Practice": pdf-file, 230 kb

2004: Criteria for Sustainability Research

Lecture at the German-French Congress in Paris on "Science et technologie pour le dévelopment durable / Research and Technology for a Sustainable Development". The Lecture is available as a download in English: pdf-file, 101 kb

2004: Great Transition – Changes and Transitions on the Way to a Planetary Society

Text including slides of Thomas Jahn’s lecture of the same name, held on October 25th, 2004 during the lecture series "Conflicts of Today and Tomorrow: Our World in 20 Years – How Do We Want to Live? Three Global Scenarios." pdf-file 1,6 MB incl. slides, slides only (135 kb pdf-file) or text only (pdf-file 202 kb), Oberhessische Presse, newspaper article 347 kb pdf-file

Publications (shortlist):

• CITY:mobil: A Model for Integration in Sustainability Research by Matthias Bergmann and Thomas Jahn, Chapter 6 in G. Hirsch Hadorn et al. (eds.) (2008): Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research, 89–102. Bern, © Springer 2008. 1,1 MB pdf-file
• Becker, E./ Th. Jahn (2005): Societal Relations to Nature. Outline of a Critical Theory in the ecological crisis. Published in German in Böhme, Gernot / Manzei, Alexandra (Ed.), Kritische Theorie der Technik und der Natur. 2003. München: Wilhelm Fink, 91-112  Pdf-file 185 kb

• Jahn, Thomas/Florian Keil (2005): Social-Ecological Research: A New Approach towards Generating, Integrating and Transferring Knowledge for Sustainable Development: In: Kolleg für Management und Gestaltung nachhaltiger Entwicklung gGmbH (Hg.): European Networks Conference on Sustainability in Practice 2004, conference Reader. Berlin

• Bergmann, Matthias et al., 2005: Quality Criteria of Transdisciplinary Research: A Guide for the Formative Evaluation of Research Projects. ISOE-Studientexte, No 13, Frankfurt am Main

• Becker, E./Th. Jahn (2001): Social-ecological research - Conceptual framework for a new funding policy. In: Natures, Sciences, Sociétés, 1/2001, 73-77

• Becker, E./Th. Jahn/D. Hummel/I. Stieß/P. Wehling (2001): Sustainability - A Cross-Disciplinary Concept for Social-Ecological Transformations. In: Klein, Julie Thompson et al. (Hrsg.), Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem Solving among Science, Society, Technology and Society. Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser

• Jahn, Th. (2000): Social-Ecological Research - Perspectives and Conceptual Framework for a New Funding Policy. Synopsis of the Report for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. ISOE-Diskussionspapiere, Nr.  8. Frankfurt am Main (= Shortversion of ISOE-Studientexte, Nr. 6, as pdf available (Download))

• Jahn, Th. (2000): Status and Perspectives of Social-ecological Research in the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Hrsg.), Workbook I: Dialogue Sessions and Idea Market. Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem-Solving among Science, Technology and Society. Zürich, 68-69 

• Becker, E./Th. Jahn (Hrsg.) (1999): Sustainability and the Social Sciences. A cross-disciplinary approach to integrating environmental considerations into theoretical reorientation. London, New York

• Becker, Egon/Th. Jahn/I. Stieß(1999): Exploring Uncommon Ground: Sustainability as a Concept for the Social Sciences. In: Egon Becker, Thomas Jahn (eds), Sustainability and the Social Sciences. A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation, ZED-Books: Download 130kb pdf-file

• Becker, E./Th. Jahn (1998): Growth or Development?. In: R. Keil/D. Bell/P. Penz/L. Fawcett (Hg), Political Ecology. Global and Local, London: Routledge, 68-83

• Becker, E./Th. Jahn/ I. Stieß/P. Wehling (1997): Sustainability: A Cross-Disciplinary Concept for Social Transformations. MOST Policy Papers No. 6. UNESCO, Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung ISOE. Paris (F) download 3,1 MB pdf-file

• Jahn, Th./P. Wehling (1997): Mobility - A new conceptual approach to urban traffic research and planning. In: UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle/BMBF (Hg.), International Conference Urban Ecology Leipzig 1997, Abstracts. Leipzig, 40

• Jahn, Th.(1996): Urban Ecology - Perspectives of Social-Ecological Urban Research. In: Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol. 7(2), Issue 26, June, 95-101

• Becker, E./Th. Jahn(1996): Growth or Development. Twenty years after "The Limits of Growth". In: R. Keil et. al. (eds), Political Ecology: Global and Local Perspectives. New York

• Deutscher, E./Th. Jahn,/B. Moltmann (Hg.)(1996): Modelos de desarrollo y visiones del mundo. DSE, Ev. Akademie Arnoldshain, ISOE. Frankfurt am Main

• Deutscher, E./Th. Jahn/B. Moltmann (Hg.)(1996): Development Models and World View. Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE), ISOE. Frankfurt am Main

• Jahn, Th. (1993): Red Green Politics. Ecological Movements and Environmental Politics in Germany. In: Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, A Journal of Socialist Ecology, Vol. 4 (1), Issue Thirteen, S.1-9

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