Transdisciplinary Concepts and Methods
Becker,
Egon/Thomas Jahn (Hg.) (2006): Social Ecology. Grundzüge einer
Wissenschaft von den gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen.
Frankfurt/New York
Pressmitteilung - mehr zum Buch
Keil, Florian/Thomas Jahn (2009): Social-ecological approaches to address and manage systemic risks. In: Broder Breckling/Hauke Reuter/Richard Verhoeven (Hg.): Implications of GM-Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales. Proceedings of the GMLS-Conference 2008 in Bremen. Theorie in der Ökologie, Bd. 14. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 177-178
Bergmann, Matthias/Thomas Jahn (2008): Intendierte Lerneffekte: Formative Evaluation inter- und transdisziplinärer Research. In: Hildegard Matthies/Dagmar Simon (Hg.): Wissenschaft unter Beobachtung. Effekte und Defekte von Evaluationen. Leviathan. Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft. Sonderheft, H. 24/2007. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 222-247
Bergmann, Matthias/Jahn, Thomas: CITY:mobil: A Model
for Integration in Sustainability Research ... ©
Springer 2008.
1,1 MB pdf-file
Projects
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BIK-F) ... more
Transdisciplinary Integration - Cooperation and Concept Devlopment in Knowledge Networks ... more
Strengthening the Practice of Transdisciplinary Research - tdPrax ...
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further projects
Lectures
Semi-Plenary Session „Transdisciplinary Research Approaches to Social-Ecological Change – an International Perspective“, Berlin Conference on the Human Di-mensions on Global Environmental Change/Long-Term Policies: Governing So-cial-Ecological Change”, BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt Sozial-ökologische Research, 22.-23. Februar 2008, Berlin
further lectures multilingualDr. Thomas Jahn, Executive Director
Tel. 0049 (69) 707 69 19 0
Fax 0049 (69) 707 69 19 11
jahn@isoe.de
Thomas Jahn is a senior researcher at ISOE and its executive and co-founder. He studied sociology, political science, German studies and history at the University of Freiburg and Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, where he received his doctorate in 1989 with a thesis on “Crisis as a Mode of Societal Experience: Outline of a Social-Ecological Conception of Society. He has done research and published on social-ecological research, methods of transdisciplinary research and methods of knowledge integration.
Focus of research
- Evaluation of transdisciplinary research
- Transdisciplinary concepts and methods
- Methods of knowledge integration
Research Projects
- Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BIK-F) ... more
- Transdisciplinary Integration - Cooperation and Concept Devlopment in Knowledge Networks ... more
- Transdisciplinary Cognitive Integration ... more
- Strengthening the Practice of Transdisciplinary Research - tdPrax ... more
- Evaluation Network for Transdisciplinary Research ... more
- Funding Policy for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Germany ... more
- Viable Form of Urban Mobility: CITY:mobil... more
- Sustainability as a Concept of the Social Sciences ... more
- Water Cycle and Urban-Ecological Development ... more
Recent Publications
- Keil, Florian/Thomas Jahn (2009): Social-ecological approaches to address and manage systemic risks. In: Broder Breckling/Hauke Reuter/Richard Verhoeven (Hg.): Implications of GM-Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales. Proceedings of the GMLS-Conference 2008 in Bremen. Theorie in der Ökologie, Bd. 14. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 177-178
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Ed.) (2009): Climate Protection Demands Action. (Authors: T. Jahn/R. Grießhammer/B. Hirschl/M. Hosang/F. Keil/W. Schröder/H. Walk). Bonn, Berlin
- Bergmann, Matthias/Jahn, Thomas: CITY:mobil: A Model for Integration in Sustainability Research, Chapter 6 in G. Hirsch Hadorn et al. (eds.) (2008): Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research, 89–102. Bern, © Springer 2008. 1,1 MB pdf-file
- Bergmann, Matthias/Thomas Jahn (2008): Intendierte Lerneffekte: Formative Evaluation inter- und transdisziplinärer Research. In: Hildegard Matthies/Dagmar Simon (Hg.): Wissenschaft unter Beobachtung. Effekte und Defekte von Evaluationen. Leviathan. Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft. Sonderheft, H. 24/2007. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 222-247
Lectures (Selection)
- „The Interface between social and natural sciences: State of the Art and New Perspectives on Sustainable Research”, SUSPRISE WP1 “Stakeholder Meeting - Strategic Meeting” (ERA-NET / BMBF), 15.-17. Oktober 2007, Loveno di Menaggio, Italien
- „Analysing Social-Ecological Systems for Sustainability: Theoretical and Conceptual Challenges“, Follow-up to Key-Note Carl Folke, Konferenz „Integrating Natural and Social Sciences for Sustainability” - 7th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), 5.-7. Juni 2007, Leipzig
- „Social-Ecological Research: An Integrative Approach in Science for Sustainability”, Conference „Nachbarschaft für Nachhaltigkeit – mit Forschung von Lissabon nach Leipzig” (L2L-Fona), Themensäule „Innovations beyond Technology”, BMBF, 8.-10 Mai 2007, Leipzig