Transformation experiments
Across all status groups, the WueLAB Sustainability Laboratory offers stakeholders from the worlds of academia, culture, society and politics the opportunity to get involved in projects on the topic of sustainability, to collaborate on them, or even to launch their own project ideas.
A key focus of the project work is the so-called transformation experiments (an overview of which follows), which are designed to help develop sustainable practices into ‘best practice’ examples. Opportunities for transformation are examined across a wide range of societal and application-specific fields on the basis of scientific processes and procedures and, in the best-case scenario, serve as models. The interdisciplinary approach and working methods are key to success here.
A key priority is to engage both ‘global players’ and the citizens of a region, and to motivate them to contribute their own experiences and individual expertise, thereby helping to develop new solutions for a culture of sustainability.
Coordination
Dr Maren Schüll (Educational Science, PI) with
Prof. Dr Matthias Flatscher (Philosophy), Maria Theresa Dömling (WueLAB/Educational Science)
Find out more on the COMPASS website.
Coordination
Elisabeth Vollmar (scientist, PI) with
Rivaldy Hiskia Puah and Emily Qurata Ayuni (artists), the Macaca Maura Project Team (MMP), the Initiative Mensch und Natur (IMuN e. V.) association, Chrysa Bika (PhD), Dr Kim Lea Holzman and Jun-Prof. Dr Malte Jochum.
Find out more on the Inclusive Strong website.
Coordination
Prof. Dr Thomas Dandekar (PI), Bioinformatics with
Prof. Jörg Müller, Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology, and Prof. Isabel Feichtner, Faculty of Law
Find out more on the Klimapflanzen website.
Coordination
Prof. Dr Isabel Feichtner, Principal Investigator, with
Tim Schilderoth (PhD student)
Chair, Faculty of Law (Chair of Public Law and International Economic Law)
Find out more on the Law Clinic website.
Coordination
PD Dr Nicola Oswald, PI, Managing Director of the WueLAB Sustainability Laboratory, Prof. Dr Markus Riederer, WueLAB Sustainability Laboratory, Maria Theresa Dömling (co-ordination of links with CHARM-EU), Stephanie Kasch (implementation of media-based teaching methods), Sarah Manzer (teaching content)
Find out more on the Learning4Future website.
Coordination
Prof. Dr Nadja Simons, PI, Assistant Professor of Applied Biodiversity Research, Sarah Redlich, Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology
Find out more on the ‘L(i)ebenswerter Campus’ website.
Coordination
Micha Pastuschka
(Lecturer in Methods of Quantitative Empirical Social Research)
Email: jmu-most@uni-wuerzburg.de
Using an innovative survey design, the transformation project is, for the first time, measuring A) the mobility of JMU students to and from university campuses, as well as their mobility-related B) attitudes and C) needs.
Find out more on the project website MoSt wanted..
Coordination
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr Markus Riederer, PI, WueLAB Sustainability Laboratory
as well as Anna Dävel (Biology Education), Emily Schweitzer-Martin (Co-ordinator of the LehrLernGarten), Christina Specht (Teaching and Learning Garden), Dr Gerd Vogg (Curator of the Botanical Garden) and Daniel Wirth (Didactics of Geography)
Find out more on the Teaching4Sustainability website.
Coordination
JMU: Prof. Dr Anja Schlömerkemper, Principal Investigator (PI), Vice-President of JMU and Spokesperson for WueLAB; PD Dr Nicola Oswald, Managing Director of the WueLAB Sustainability Laboratory; Levi Rhomberg, Research Assistant at WueLAB
City of Würzburg: Martin Heilig, Lord Mayor of the City of Würzburg; Dr Christian Göpfert, Head of Staff; Dr Markus Leisegang; Dr Anja Zürn
Further information can be found under the TSUWue project.
Coordination
Prof. Dr Birgit Lugrin, PI, Head of Socially Interactive Agents, Dr Markus Leisegang, City of Würzburg, and research assistants Katharina Helm, Anna Riedmann and Ohenewa Bediako Akuffo.
The WueMue transformation project aims to conduct a fundamental investigation into waste prevention, improved waste separation and the optimisation of waste disposal processes at JMU.
Further information can be found under the WueMue project.
Coordination
Assistant Professor Dr Ulrike Zeigermann, Principal Investigator, Social Science Sustainability Research, Institute of Political Science and Sociology, with Dr Gregor Schaumann, Linda Koch, Marlene Andexinger, Dr Barba Röbe-Oltmanns and Levi Rhomberg.
The Transformation Experiment aims to explore and test new democratic approaches in order to address sustainability issues in a context-specific, equitable manner, drawing on scientific findings to ensure effective and forward-looking negotiation.
Further information can be found under the WueRAT project.
Co-ordination and contact person
Henry Mörtl, henry.moertl@stud-mail.uni-wuerzburg.de or wuelab-forum-mobilitaet@uni-wuerzburg.de
Find out more at Forum Mobilität.
Co-ordination and contact person
Annika Köhler (Sensors)
annika.koehler@stud-mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
annika@myzelion.com
Sarah Lutz (casting mentor)
sarah.lutz@uni-wuerzburg.de
Roland Graf (mentor)
roland.graf@uni-wuerzburg.de
Further information: https://myzelion.com/#/project/wuerzburg
Co-ordination and contact person
Lewe Lorenzen, lewe.lorenzen@uni-wuerzburg.de
Further information is available on the Pussel website.
Co-ordination and contact person
Franziska Beisler & Paula Sontag (both members of the student's representation)
Contact persons
Franziska Beisler, franziska.beisler@uni-wuerzburg.de
In cooperation with: Gesunde Hochschule / WueHealth (Sophia Englert), stuv Student Health Unit, Student Representatives’ Council 26/27.
