TRA 4 'Individuals, Institutions and Societies'

Transdisciplinary Research Area 'Individuals, Institutions and Societies'

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Each of us is part of society. But how do we, as individuals, affect society and how does it influence us in our own actions? What does this look like for institutions? How can institutions be designed to sustainably ensure equal opportunities and social cohesion in the age of globalization and digitalization?

These are questions that fall within the transdisciplinary research area (TRA) "Individuals, Institutions and Societies". The scientists in this TRA are investigating key influences on our social and economic decisions: Resource conservation, protection of art and cultural assets, morality and ethics, and determinants of human agency and motivation.

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About the TRA 4

Learn more about goals and the organization of the transdisciplinary research area.

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Research

Read here about the research profile, topics and funded projects of our TRA.

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Offers

Information on offers, funding opportunities and events of our TRA can be found here.

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Network

Here you can learn more about our network, our members and about our cooperation partners.

You want to do transdisciplinary research yourself, realize a project or network? Become a member of our TRA!


Funding opportunities of TRA 4 'Individuals & Societies'

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We support your third-party funding application from the idea to networking, start-ups and service to the application:

  • Idea: Use TRA-specific calls, programs and events
  • Network: find cooperation partners, develop & discuss ideas in workshops
  • Start-up: launch projects & apply for (financial/ideal) funding for start-ups or events
  • Service: Application consulting for TRA and third-party funds
  • Application: project support and contact to specific consulting and service institutions

High Profile Professorships

The establishment of high-caliber professorships is a central measure of the University of Bonn within the framework of its excellence strategy. To ensure institutional renewal and the further dynamic development of our university, we have established Hertz, Schlegel and Argelander Tenure Track Professorships aimed at strengthening the Transdisciplinary Research Areas (TRAs) as well as the faculties. More information on each program can be found here.

Renowned reinforcement for the University of Bonn: Ethicist Christiane Woopen, agricultural economist Matin Qaim and theologian Klaus von Stosch fill new professorships of excellence. With the first High Profile Professorships financed by Excellence funds, three top-class scientific personalities are coming to the University of Excellence to open up new fields of research and provide important impulses in various disciplines.

Namhafte Forschende besetzen neue Exzellenzprofessuren der Universität Bonn

Callings of the TRA 4

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 Hertz Professorship in 'Life Ethics'

 Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Woopen

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Argelander Professorship in Environmental Economics, Sustainability and Inequality

 Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Mink

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Argelander Professorship in the Law of Sustainability and Ecological Transformation

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Lorenzen

Schlegel professorships of the participating faculties

Phone: +49 228 73-7679

E-Mail: martin.kessler@uni-bonn.de

Address: An der Schloßkirche 2-4, 53113 Bonn

For more information please visit:

Phone:  +49 (0) 228 73-62160

E-Mail: stosch@uni-bonn.de

Address: Kaiserplatz 7-9, 53113 Bonn

For more information please visit:

Phone:  +49 228 739232

E-Mail: lehrstuhl.hwang@jura.uni-bonn.de

Address: Adenauerallee 24-42, 53113 Bonn

For more information please visit:

Events
Lecture: 'Versöhnung ausgeschlossen. Der Fall Hans & Otto Gross'
Online
06:15 PM
How can the objects and case documentation of the Hans Gross Criminal Museum in Graz help to explore the topics of 'guilt' and 'reconciliation'? These and ...
Lecture: 'Brief eines zum Tode Verurteilten'
Online
06:15 PM
How can the objects and case documentation of the Hans Gross Criminal Museum in Graz help to explore the topics of 'guilt' and 'reconciliation'? These and ...
Lecture: Persönlichkeitsschuld, Kriminalbiologie - & Versöhnung?
Online
06:15 PM
How can the objects and case documentation of the Hans Gross Criminal Museum in Graz help to explore the topics of 'guilt' and 'reconciliation'? These and ...
Lecture 'Begrüßung und Einführung'
Online
11:00 AM
How can the objects and case documentation of the Hans Gross Criminal Museum in Graz help to explore the topics of 'guilt' and 'reconciliation'? These and ...
Press releases
A Legal Angle on Green Urban Planning

What legal levers can cities pull in order to reinvent themselves as green, equitable, productive and healthy places to live in the spirit of the New Leipzig Charter of 2021? What legal constraints are they subject to? And what answers do constitutions provide to the question of an environmentally sustainable transformation and the social sustainability challenges that it brings? These and other questions are being tackled by the legal expert Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Lorenzen, a new Argelander Professor at the University of Bonn. Within the Individuals, Institutions and Societies Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA), she is working at the interface between law, economics and the social sciences.

Experts for sustainable AI discussed in Bonn

What impact does artificial intelligence (AI) have on the environment? And what might the ramifications of AI be for society? These are some of the questions being tackled by the research group led by Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, a Humboldt Professor at the University of Bonn. Last week, she brought together international experts in the research field.

International Conference on Sustainable AI

What impact does artificial intelligence (AI) have on the environment? And what might the ramifications of AI be for society? These are some of the questions being tackled by the research group led by Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe, a Humboldt Professor at the University of Bonn. She will now bring international experts in the field together between May 30 and June 1. At the Universitätsclub Bonn, the researchers will discuss cross-cultural perspectives of sustainable AI on a global level.

What is Love?

What is love? And how does love ‘work’? What is beauty? These are the questions concerned in the inaugural Annemarie Schimmel Lecture to be held from June 12-14. The Lecture event starts at 5 pm, the first part being held in Bonn Minster. The Lecture sessions on the days following, June 13 and 14, start at 4 pm, and will be held in the Grand Hall of the University of Bonn. The event language is English. All interested parties are cordially invited to attend! Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a professor of philosophy, is the speaker. To register please contact lwiesenh@uni-bonn.de.


Contact

André Beauducel

Spokespersons of the TRA 'Individuals and Societies'; Department for Psychology

+49 228 734151

Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

Spokespersons of the TRA 'Individuals and Societies'; Institute for Applied Microeconomics

+49 228 739357

Johanna Tix

Manager TRA 'Individuals & Societies'; Strategic Development and Quality Assusrance

Dechenstraße 3-11

53115 Bonn

+49 228 73 54468

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