Prof. Dr. Daniel J. Lang
- Head of research group
- Research group “Designing Real-World Laboratory Research”
- Room: 205
- Phone: +49 721 608-22336
- daniel lang ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Professor for Real-World Laboratory Research, KIT
- Head of Research group “Designing real-world laboratory research”, ITAS
- Co-leader of the real-world laboratory “Autonomous Driving in the Mobility System of the Future”
- Chair holder of the UNESCO-Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Fields of work
- Real-world laboratories and real-world experiments
- Transdisciplinarity
- Sustainability science
- Methods of knowledge integration and decision support in human-environment systems
Current projects
- Real-World Laboratory “Autonomous Driving in the Mobility System of the Future” (funded as part of the KIT Excellence-Strategy)
- tdAcademy Plattform für Transdisziplinäre Forschung und Studien (funded by the Ministry for Education and Research, via Leuphana University Lüneburg)
- TRANSFORM - Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship in local spaces (funded by the Socieal Science and Humanities Council Canada, via Leuphana University Lüneburg)
Professional background
| since 2022 | Professor for Real-World Laboratory Research, ITAS |
| since 2021 | UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development |
| 2010 - 2022 | Professor for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Leuphana University Lüneburg |
| 2016 - 2021 | Presidents Special Advisor for Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg |
| 2012 - 2016 | Dean of the School of Sustainability, Leuphana University Lüneburg |
| 2001 - 2009 | Research associate and later Senior scientist at the Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich |
| 2001 - 2005 | PhD Studies (Dr. Sc. ETH) at the Department for Environmental Natural Science, ETH Zurich |
Selected publications
Lang, D. J.; Wiek, A. (2022)
Structuring and Advancing Solution-oriented Research for Sustainability. Ambio, 51(1), 31-35.
Bergmann, M.; Schäpke, N.; Marg, O.; Stelzer, F.; Lang, D. J.; Bossert, M.; Gantert, M.; Häußler, E.; Marquardt, E.; Piontek, F. M. et. al. (2021)
Transdisciplinary sustainability research in real-world labs: Success factors and methods for change. Sustainability Science, 16(2),541-564
Caniglia, G.; Luederitz, C.; von Wirth, T.; Fazey, I.; Martín-López, B.; Hondrila, K.; König, A.; von Wehrden, H.; Schäpke, N. A.; Laubichler, M. D.; Lang, D. J. (2021)
A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability. Nature Sustainability, 4(2), 93-100
doi: 10.1038/s41893-020-00616-z
Abson, D. J.; Fischer, J.; Leventon, J.; Newig, J.; Schomerus, T.; Vilsmaier, U.; von Wehrden, H.; Abernethy, P.; Ives, C. D.; Jager, N. W.; Lang, D. J. (2017)
Leverage points for sustainability transformation. Ambio, 46(1), 30–39
doi: 10.1007/s13280-016-0800-y
Lang, D. J.; Wiek, A.; Bergmann, M.; Stauffacher, M.; Martens, P.; Moll, P.; Swilling, M.; Thomas, C. J. (2012)
Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: Practice, principles, and challenges. Sustainability Science, 7(SUPPL. 1), 25–43
doi: 10.1007/s11625-011-0149-x
Publications
Sustainable digitalization ‐ fostering the twin transformation in a transdisciplinary way
2023. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32 (S1), 6–9. doi:10.14512/gaia.32.S1.3
Transdisciplinary learning as a key leverage for sustainability transformations
2023. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 64, Art.-Nr.: 101361. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101361
Transformationspfade für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an deutschen Hochschulen [Pathways of transformation towards a culture of sustainability in German higher education institutions]
2022. Gaia, 31 (4), 254 – 256. doi:10.14512/gaia.31.4.14
Transdisciplinary sustainability research in real-world labs: success factors and methods for change
2021. Sustainability science, 16 (2), 541–564. doi:10.1007/s11625-020-00886-8
Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships
2019. Ambio, 48 (5), 529–538. doi:10.1007/s13280-018-1117-9
Transferring sustainability solutions across contexts through city-university partnerships
2018. Sustainability, 10 (9), 2966. doi:10.3390/su10092966
Learning through evaluation : A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments
2016. Journal of cleaner production, 169, 61–76. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.005