Social innovation, environment and sustainability
Teaching and research units
- Social Research Center (Director Prof. Jürgen Howaldt, Chair of Social Innovation and Work)
- Further research areas of the Social Research Center
- Environmental Sociology with a focus on Transformation Research (Prof. Bernd Sommer)
Among other things, we conduct research on
- Digital inclusion
- Social transformations, including in the areas of
- Economy + work
- Technology + digitalization
- Energy + ecology
- City + region
- Mobility + transportation
- Human-animal relations
- Regional transformation and governance
- Social movements (e.g. climate justice movements)
- Social innovation in international discourse
- Innovation and education in the digital society
Study programs
To the website of the Bachelor Sociology program
In this degree program we offer modules on:
- Environment and innovation I and II
To the website of the Master Sociology program
In this degree program we offer the module:
- Socio-ecological transformation and social innovation