Past inaugural lectures
Prof.in Dr. Tanja Mölders
Prof.in Dr. Tanja Mölders
25.06.2019, 17:30, HS 2
After a successful habilitation process at the Faculty of Sustainability, the Venia Legendi is awarded to Prof. Dr. Tanja Mölders. In her teaching and research she deals with topics of environmental planning, specifically with a focus on sustainable spatial development and spatial gender studies. Her habilitation thesis is entitled "The Nature of the Rural. On the conception of social nature relations in rural areas" . Concluding her habilitation process, she will give a lecture on "Space Matters! On the Importance of the Category Space for Sustainability Transformation".
Prof.in Dr. Maja Göpel
Prof.in Dr. Maja Göpel
06.03.2019, 15:45, C40.704
Honorary Professor Dr. Maja Göpel will give her inaugural lecture on 06.03.2019.
Title of her inaugural lecture:
Education and the Great Transformation - challenges and opportunities
Prof. Dr. Felix May
Prof. Dr. Felix May
07.11.2018, 14:00, HS 5
Felix May has been an assistant professor for Quantitative Methods in the Natural Sciences at Leuphana since March 2018. His research focuses on biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics using experimental data collection and simulation model building.
Title of his inaugural lecture:
Integrating models and data for predictive biodiversity and sustainability science.
Prof.in Dr. Jacqueline Loos
Prof.in Dr. Jacqueline Loos
23.01.2019, 14:00, HS 5
Jaqueline Loos holds the junior professorship for "Sustainable Use of Natural Resources" at the Institute of Ecology since April 2018. Her research focuses on social-ecological research including land use conflicts in countries of the global south (e.g. South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia). Data collection is done in parts of the projects via drone technology. Prof.in Loos is funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation. Prof.in Loos is supported by the Robert-Bosch Foundation.
Title of inaugural lecture:
Sustainability in protected areas: Integrating conservation and development through a justice lens.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Bergmann
Dr. Matthias Bergmann
02.05.2018, 14:00, HS 5
(Appointment as Honorary Professor)
Matthias Bergmann will be ceremoniously presented with the certificate of appointment as Honorary Professor on this day. This will be followed by a 30-minute lecture.
From 2011 to 2016, he was already a visiting scholar at Leuphana University at IETSR in the field of transdisciplinary university teaching.
Title of the inaugural lecture:
In Search of Impact - Promoting transdisciplinary research for society and science.
Prof. Dr. David Abson
Prof. Dr. David Abson
24.01.2018, 14:00, HS 5
David Abson is a professor of sustainability economics and valuation at the Center for Sustainability Management. His research focuses on the economics of ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems, and sustainability valuation.
His inaugural lecture is titled:
Sustainability economics: A puzzling piece in the sustainability science jigsaw.
Prof. Dr. Jacob Hörisch
Prof. Dr. Jacob Hörisch
29.11.2017, 14:00, HS 5
Jacob Hörisch is Professor of Sustainability Economics and Management at the Center for Sustainability Management. His research focuses on sustainability management, stakeholder theory, and sustainable entrepreneurship. His research focuses on sustainability management, sustainable entrepreneurship, and stakeholder theory.
His inaugural lecture is titled:
Why economic actors act unsustainably - and how to fix it.
Prof. Dr. Maik Adomßend
apl-Prof. Dr. Maik Adomßent
June 28, 2017, 2:30 pm, HS5
Maik Adomßent is part of the Institute for Environmental Communication and further coordinates the UNESCO Chair Higher Education for Sustainable Development and the College Complementary Studies. He completed his habilitation at Leuphana University Lüneburg in sustainability science.
His inaugural lecture is entitled:
Research and Teaching for Sustainability: from the Global to the Local and Back.
Prof.in Dr. Simone Abels
Prof.in Dr. Simone Abels
07 June 2017, 14:30, HS5
Simone Abels has been Professor for the Didactics of Science at the Institute for Sustainable Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry since February 2017.
Her inaugural lecture is titled:
Learning Workshop as an Inclusive Space for Science Learning.
Prof.in Dr. Julia Leventon
Prof.in Dr. Julia Leventon
April 26, 2017, 2:30 pm, HS5
Julia Leventon has been working at Leuphana University since 2015 in the field of Sustainability and Governance in several projects including Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation. Since 2016 she holds the junior professorship Sustainability Science.
Her inaugural lecture is titled:
Why do we need to think about governance of place for sustainability?