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Futures of Sustainability

Anita Engels usually adopts a sociological macro perspective on societal dynamics that enable or hinder the transformation toward a net-zero-carbon-emissions society, including power relations and inequalities. She looks at the interactions between different types of actors (companies, city administrations) and their...

Um das Leben in der gegenwärtigen Konstellation ökologischer, politischer und demokratischer Krisen zu erhalten, bedarf es neuer Fähigkeiten, die unsere Verletzlichkeit und Verwundbarkeit ins Zentrum stellen. In der kritischen Zone, die wir bewohnen, müssen wir mit Bedacht agieren, und jeden Schritt, den wir von nun an...

Stefan Aykut took part in the Senate Reception for the biennial conference of the German Society of International Law on 12 March 2025 in Hamburg City Hall. He discussed with former ambassador Dr Christoph Heusgen and Prof Dr Jutta Brunnée. Further information under the following link.

We are delighted to share a Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue at Soziale Welt (Guest editors: Stefan C. Aykut, Frank Adloff, Christine Hentschel). Please find out more about the call here (PDF). 

We welcome contributions that offer innovative theoretical propositions, critical analyses, and speculative perspectives...

Ulrich Brand is a political scientist at the University of Vienna who is interested in the obstacles and potentials of emancipatory socio-ecological transformations and just transitions. His work is rooted in critical theory, especially critical political economy and political ecology, and together with others he developed...

We are very proud to announce the publication of the book "Justice now! A story of the ecocide resistance movements that change the world" (in Korean, published by May Books) by our post-doc Juneseo Hwang. He presented his book at two book launch events on 21 February (Seoul, in the picture) and Samcheok (25 February). 

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