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Futures of Sustainability

We are happy to announce that Sighard Neckel’s new book “Katastrophenzeit. Die Gesellschaft im Klimawandel und die Fallstricke der Transformation“ has just been published by C.H.Beck.

From the publisher's leaflet:

"In seinem neuen Buch analysiert der Soziologe Sighard Neckel in nüchterner Klarheit das große Dilemma unserer...

Responsibility is often invoked in relation to the climate crisis to assign historical blame to high-emitting nations, indict extractive corporations, or moralize individual behavior. It has become an expansive and elastic lexicon for navigating the overwhelming reality of climate change (Hentschel, 2022). Yet, even as the...

In the face of the climate crisis: What is still possible? Frank Adloff dedicated himself to this question in his new book "Wirkliches und Mögliches in der Klimakrise. Perspektiven der Sozialwissenschaften im ökologischen Wandel" which is avaiable with open access at transcript publishing. The podcast series "Das neue...

Die gesellschaftlichen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen für Klimapolitik haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren spürbar verändert. Nach einer Phase erhöhter Aufmerksamkeit und Reformdynamik prägen heute geopolitische Krisen, wirtschaftliche Unsicherheiten, und ein anti-ökologischer Backlash die öffentliche Debatte...

Dr. Niklas Wagner is a postdoctoral researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and the University of Geneva, working on the politics of knowledge and power in global environmental governance. His research focuses on how legitimacy, inclusivity, and justice are negotiated within the Global...

Philipp Degens followed a call for the professorship for Social Entrepeneurship and Social Economy at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and works there since the first of October 2025.

After his postdoc position at the faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (University of Hamburg) he worked several years at our...