Fields of work

Real-world laboratories and real-world experiments
Transdisciplinary sustainability research
Innovative teaching and learning environments and (societal) learning processes

Current projects

Transformation paths for a sustainable design of regional mobility networks in the Middle Upper Rhine Region (TRAMIGO)
Basis Project Sustainability
CulturalRoad: Cultural, regional, and societal factors to overcome barriers to cooperative, connected, and automated mobility deployment
tdAcademy for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies
Strengthening integrative and effective sustainability research at Baden-Württemberg universities (SiNfo)
Real-world lab “Autonomous Driving in the Mobility System of the Future” (ADMoS-Future)
Linking real-world laboratory and disciplinary research – Fostering novel scientific insights and sustainability transformation (LinkLab)

On the internet

Author IDs:
ORCID

Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Social networks:
LinkedIn

Professional background

since 2023	Member of scientific staff at ITAS (Scientific Coordination of the research group “Designing Real-World Laboratory Research”)
2018 - 2023	Postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana College (Coordination of the module “Transforming knowledge: responsible action”)
2019	Doctorate (Dr. phil.) (Title: “TIME MATTERS. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use”)
2012 - 2018	Researcher at Leuphana University Lüneburg, School of Sustainability (i.a. in the real-world lab “City of the Future Lüneburg 2030+”)
2009 - 2012	Sustainability Science studies (M.Sc.) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
2005 - 2009	Business and Environmental Law (LL.B.) studies at University of Applied Sciences Trier

Publications

2025

Journal Articles

Fraske, T.; Weiser, A.; Schrapel, M.; Schippl, J.; Lang, D. J.; Vinel, A.
Driving change? Exploring the role of socio-technical experiments in shaping autonomous mobility transitions
2025. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 56, Article no: 100993. doi:10.1016/j.eist.2025.100993

Tolksdorf, F. L.; Weiss, M.; Jiménez-Aceituno, A.; Frölich, N. M.; Amoah, N. A. B.; Lam, D. P. M.; Grauer, C.; Baird, J.; Ballnat, C.; Horcea-Milcu, A.-I.; König, B.; Pedersen, R. L.; Costa, M. M.; Manuel-Navarrete, D.; Martin, D. A.; McGlynn, B.; Mehring, M.; Mühlthaler, S.; Schneider, F.; Singer-Brodowski, M.; Villalba, L.; Weiser, A.; Lang, D. J.
Why context matters: understanding transdisciplinary research through the lens of nine context factors
2025. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 38 S. doi:10.1080/13511610.2025.2527104

Presentations

Hensgen, L.; Frölich, N. M.; Weiser, A.; Wollenweber, V.
Mapping Transdisciplinary Research - Zugänge und Schnittstellen gemeinsam entwickeln
2025. 4. Konferenz zur Vernetzung und Stärkung von Partizipation in der Wissenschaft (PartWiss 2025), Leipzig, Germany, November 12–14, 2025

Science Communication on the Internet

Frölich, N. M.; Weiser, A.
Considering context in transdisciplinary research: A framework and reflective questions
2025, August 26

2024

Journal Articles

Bernert, P.; Weiser, A.; Kampfmann, T.; Lang, D. J.
Impacts beyond experimentation ‐ Conceptualising emergent impacts from long-term real-world laboratory processes
2024. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33 (1), 18–25. doi:10.14512/gaia.33.S1.4

Horcea-Milcu, A.-I.; Dorresteijn, I.; Leventon, J.; Stojanovic, M.; Lam, D. P. M.; Lang, D. J.; Moriggi, A.; Raymond, C. M.; Stålhammar, S.; Weiser, A.; Zimmermann, S.
Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward
2024. Global Sustainability, 7, 16 S. doi:10.1017/sus.2024.12

Kampfmann, T.; Lang, D. J.; Weiser, A.
Analyzing the political impact of Real-world laboratories for urban transformation in eight German ‘Cities of the Future’
2024. Environmental Science & Policy, 162, 103923. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103923

Presentations

Bernert, P.; Weiser, A.; Lang, D.; Ober, S.; Steinbrügge, F.
Case Reporting als gute Praxis der Reallaborforschung
2024. "Reallabore – ExperimentierRäume für den Weg in eine nachhaltige Gesellschaft" (2024), Dresden, Germany, April 11–12, 2024

Fraske, T.; Weiser, A.; Lang, D. J.
Technologische Innovation trifft Reallaborforschung: Zum inter- und transdisziplinären Umgang mit digitalen Lösungen für die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
2024. "Reallabore – ExperimentierRäume für den Weg in eine nachhaltige Gesellschaft" (2024), Dresden, Germany, April 11–12, 2024

2023

Book Chapters

Weiser, A.; Meyer, S.; Bernert, P.; Lang, D. J.
Problem- und projektorientierte Lehre transdisziplinär gestalten
2023. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Hochschule. Hrsg.: G. Michelsen, 25–44, Verlag Barbara Budrich

Journal Articles

Weiser, A.; Wanner, M.; Stelzer, F.; Lang, D. J.; Berger, H.; Förster, A.; Liedtke, C.; Micklitz, H.-W.; Niewöhner, J.; Parodi, O.; Potthast, T.; Schneider, F.; Sörgel, F.; Ziehl, M.; Ziemer, G.
Exploring fruitful links between real-world laboratory and disciplinary research : Introduction of the DKN Future Earth working group LinkLab
2023. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32 (3), 335–337. doi:10.14512/gaia.32.3.13

Presentations

Weiser, A.; Fricke, A.; König, A.; Lang, D.
Selbstexperimentieren für die Transformation – Verschiedene Ansätze zur Wissensproduktion und Wissensdomänen für die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung und -praxis
2023, October 16. Workshop "Die Vielfalt des Wissens und seine Relevanz: Was können wir im Hinblick auf den gesellschaftlichen Wandel lernen?" (2023), Karlsruhe, Germany, October 16–17, 2023