The symposium explores the concept of social sustainability from the perspectives of science and politics.
The 2030 Agenda adopted by the UN in 2015 is the first such programme to systematically link social and ecological sustainable development goals (SDGs). And for the first time industrial nations are also called on to play their part in achieving the social SDGs. But to what extent do social and, in particular, sociopolitical modernisation objectives change when viewed through the sustainability lens? Is it even possible to speak of ‘social sustainability’, and what exactly is meant by that term?
Based on the recent study “Soziale Nachhaltigkeit. Auf dem Weg zur Internalisierungsgesellschaft” (Social Sustainability. Moving towards an Internalising Society) that the IASS commissioned from the Institute for Social Ecology (ISÖ), the symposium will address the following questions: What is the state of research on the relationship between the welfare regime and the environmental regime? How can aspects of social sustainability be measured? Can the concept of social sustainability contribute to greater transdisciplinarity in sustainability research? Can this concept contribute to the development of a new sociopolitical arena based on the SDGs and human rights?
Speakers include DKK members Prof. Anita Engels and Prof. Pfau-Effinger (both Universität Hamburg).
Registration is required.
Veranstalter: | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) |
Veranstaltungsort: | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Kleist-Villa Berliner Straße 130 14467 Potsdam |
Beginn: | 02.11.2017 09:00 Uhr |
Ende: | 02.11.2017 11:00 Uhr |
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