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1 October 2025|Futures of Sustainability

New Fellow: Kerstin Lopatta

Kerstin Lopatta’s research focuses on sustainability reporting, sustainable finance, financial accounting, auditing, and corporate governance, with a particular emphasis on how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors impact companies and society. She is regarded as an expert in the development and review of new...

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1 October 2025|Futures of Sustainability

Registration opened: Conference Keynote by David Schlosberg, 9 October 2025, 18:00-20:00

"Climate Turbulence, Justice, and Democratic Experimentation"

Apéritivo: from 5:30pm
Keynote: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Fingerfood Dinner: 8:00pm-9:00pm

Keynote:
David Schlosberg (University of Sydney)
"Climate Turbulence, Justice, and Democratic Experimentation"

Panel Discussion:
Fatim Selina Diaby (Berlin), independent feminist scholar...

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30 September 2025|Futures of Sustainability

In der Katastrophe denken

Our Panel at the 42. Congress of the German Sociological Association (DGS) (in German): "Soziologie in Zeiten sozial-ökologischer Verwerfungen. Auf der Suche nach einem neuen Vokabular", featured in Soziopolis (in German). More information on the panel here.

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29 September 2025|Futures of Sustainability

New Fellow: Cornelius Heimstädt

Cornelius Heimstädt is a sociologist whose research lies at the intersection of economic sociology, environmental sociology, and Science and Technology Studies (STS). His work focuses on how start-ups and venture capital firms engage with questions of sustainability. He earned his doctorate at the Center for the Sociology...

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25 September 2025|Futures of Sustainability

Registration opened: Kolleg-Lecture by Maarten Hajer, 14 October 2025, 18:00-20:00

We kindly invite you to register for our upcoming Kolleg-Lecture:

14 October 2025

17:30 Apéro
18:00-20:00 Kolleg-Lecture
Maarten Hajer (Utrecht University): "Beyond Captured Futures - Re-imagining Environmental Politics"
Moderation: Stefan C. Aykut (Futures of Sustainability)

Maarten Hajer is Distinguished Professor of Urban...

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18 September 2025|Futures of Sustainability

Out now! Vol. 7 “Klimaschutz und soziale Gerechtigkeit? Fallstudien zu einem aktuellen Spannungsfeld”

We are pleased to announce that the 7th volume of our book series "Futures of Sustainability" has been published by Campus:

"Klimaschutz und soziale Gerechtigkeit? Fallstudien zu einem aktuellen Spannungsfeld"
edited by Anita Engels

About the book:
Climate protection and social justice are perceived as being difficult to...

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26 August 2025|Futures of Sustainability

New Fellow: Lucile Maertens

Lucile Maertens is Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute, former co-director of the Global Governance Centre and scientific collaborator at the University of Lausanne. Her current research focuses on international organizations, multilateral practices, global...

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22 July 2025|Futures of Sustainability

Interview with Frank Adloff about Climate Change

Everyone knows it, but hardly anyone is doing anything: despite the obvious consequences of climate change, little progress is being made on climate protection. This is also due to the fact that the measures are voluntary. And a lack of solidarity, says Frank Adloff. The whole interview (in German) can be found here.

Sören Altstaedt defending his PhD-Thesis

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17 June 2025|Futures of Sustainability

Successful PhD-Thesis Defense by Sören Altstaedt

Dear Sören - congratulations on the successful defense of your PhD thesis "Ecologizing Tomorrow. The Clash of Future-Cultures in the 1970s “Limits to Growth” Debates"!

Sören Altstaedt is a former research associate of the “Futures of Sustainability”.

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