artec Sustainability Research Center

The Sustainability Research Center (artec) is an interdisciplinary Center of the University of Bremen for scientific research on sustainability issues. This „Central Research Unit“ is made up of professors from different faculties, currently including Social Sciences, Production Engineering, Cultural Studies, Pedagogy and Educational Sciences, and Human and Health Sciences.
The aim of the Center is to perform interdisciplinary research on national and international sustainability issues and to provide scientific advice in order to support sustainable development in key areas.

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More-than-Human Entanglements in Mt. Merapi Disaster
Rotunde, Cartesium
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Die Überreste eines vebrannten Kinderfahrrads stehen vor einer ebenfalls verbrannten Landschaft

More-than-Human Entanglements in Mt. Merapi Disaster

12.06.2023, 16:15-17:45 | Guest lecture by Dr. Fadjar Ibnu Thufail | Rotunde, Cartesium


Ansicht des Reaktorgebäudes und Schornstein des Atomkraftwerks Brokdorfs vor grauem Himmel, im Vordergrund eine grüne Wiese und Laubbäume

A nuclear power plant – an industrial monument?

In an artec paper back in 2017, Julia Kieselhorst examined whether a decommissioned nuclear power plant qualifies as an industrial monument. With the last remaining nuclear power plants in Germany going off the grid on 15 April 2023, the idea gains new relevance


Hinter einem Schutthaufen ist eine Schutthaufen zu sehen mit Graffiti in Form großer gelb-schwarzer Bienen

Biodiverse Cities in Europe’s North Sea Region

Project launch as part of the EU Interreg Program for the North Sea Region


Workshop-Teilnehmer:innen stehen um einen Tisch, auf den die Grundrisse einer Stadt projiziert sind

QUARREE100: Participation workshops in Heide

In the QUARREE100 project, members of artec and the Department for Resilient Energy Systems successfully tested a new interactive decision support tool at workshops with experts and citizens of the city of Heide


Auf einem Fischerboot interviewt eine Wissenschaftlerin eine Gruppe von Fischer:innen

ASA student grant | Fisheries and Aquaculture in Germany and Peru

The artec Sustainability Research Center cordially invites interested students to apply for an ASA student grant


Weiße Wolken am Himmel über einer blauen Wasserfläche

The rising politics of sea level: Coastal measurement, meaning, and materiality

08.12.2022, 18:15-19:45 | Taslk by Dr. Katherine Sammler at the artec colloquium | GW2 3009


Ein Weg unter Bäumen mit einem dichten Blätterdach im Herbst

Consumption Corridors and the Case of Meat

A new open-access article by artec member Dr. Minna Kanerva in the Journal of Consumption Policy


Jemand geht am Strand durch die Trümmer eines vom Meer weggespülten Gebäudes

Umweltgerechtigkeit – what for? Bedeutung, Konzepte und aktuelle Forschung

10.11.2022, 18:15-19:45 | Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Silja Klepp, Prof. Dr. Michael Flitner & Dr. Jonas Hein at the artec colloquium | GW2 B3009


artec Colloquium | Environmental Justice

Lecture & discussion series in the winter term 2022/23 on environmental justice


Eine Person trägt einen Weidenkorb an einem Strand entlang

Contested Coasts – Responsibility and Commitment for Coastal Life

03.11.2022, 17:00 | Opening of the photo exhibition to the project BlueUrban | Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstr. 4-5, 28195 Bremen


Vortrag Dr. Krauß in Dangast

The Peninsula of the Blessed – Is Dangast Still a Place for Artists?

18.09.2022, 11:30 | Talk by Dr. Werner Krauß in Dangast


Zwei Personen stehen und sitzen an einem beleuchteten Planungstisch, eine Person hält ein Miniaturhaus in der Hand

The Climate-Neutral City District – Here's How It Could Work

The online magazine up2date of the University of Bremen reports in detail about the project "Quarree100", in which scientists from the artec Research Center for Sustainability and the Department of Resilient Energy Systems are researching on the transformation of the energy system