Transdisciplinary Concepts and Methods
Becker, Egon (2010): Social-ecological systems as epistemic objects. Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Frankfurt/Main (pdf-file, 1,3 MB), forthcoming
Becker, Egon (2002/2008): Transformations of social and ecological Issues into Transdisciplinary Research. In: UNESCO/Eolss Publishers (Eds.): Knowledge for Sustainable Development. Download (408 kb)
Egon Becker, Thomas Jahn (Hg.) (2006): Social Ecology. Grundzüge einer
Wissenschaft von den gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen. Campus Verlag:
Frankfurt, New York more
further publications
Projects
Transdisciplinary Integration - Cooperation and Concept Devlopment in Knowledge Networks ... more
Transdisciplinary Cognitive Integration ... more
INTAFERE – Integrated Analysis of Mobile Organic Foreign Substances in
Rivers
... more
further projects
Lectures
„Social-Ecological Systems - A View from the Critical Theory of Societal Relations to Nature", International Conference on "Human/Nature Interaction in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis", Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanökologie, 29.-31. Mai 2008, Sommerhausen
Prof. Dr. Egon Becker
Tel. 0049 (69) 707 69 19 0
Fax 0049 (69) 707 69 19 11
becker@isoe.de
Prof. Becker completed his studies in communications
engineering, mathematics, physics, philosophy and sociology at
the Technical University in Darmstadt and the Goethe University
in Frankfurt am Main. He did his doctoral work in theoretical
solid state physics at the Technical University, Darmstadt, then
did research work at Yale University, USA and Goethe University,
Frankfurt am Main, where he was Professor for the Study of
Science and Higher Education from 1972 until his retirement in
2000. He held various guest professorships (including, Kassel,
Rio de Janeiro, Mexico) between 1984 and 1993. His current
research concentrates on
methodological issues in social ecology, complexity theory and
the philosophy of science. Egon Becker is a co-founder of ISOE.
Focus of research:
- Methodological issues in social ecology
- Complexitytheory
- Philosophy of science
Research Projects (Selection)
- Transdisciplinary Cognitive Integration ... more
- Funding Policy for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Germany... more
- On the predictability of social-ecological transformations. An explorative study for further research ... more
- Sustainability as a Concept of the Social Sciences ... more
further research projects of ISOE
Recent Publications
- Becker, Egon (2010): Social-ecological systems as epistemic objects. Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Frankfurt/Main (pdf-file, 1,3 MB), forthcoming
- Becker, Egon (2002/2008): Transformations of social and ecological Issues into Transdisciplinary Research. In: UNESCO/Eolss Publishers (Eds.): Knowledge for Sustainable Development. An Insight into the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, Volume III. Paris, Oxford, 949-963, revised Version January 2008: Download (408 kb)
Lectures (Selection)
- 29. Mai 2008: "Social-Ecological Systems- A View from the Critical Theory of
Societals Relations to Nature"
Keynote-Lecture on the International Conference on "Hu-man/Nature Interaction in the Anthropocene: Potentials of Social-Ecological Systems Analysis", organized by "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanökologie": (DGH), 29th-31th May 2008, Sommerhausen (Main)