Networks, platforms and memberships

Knowledge exchange with actors from policy, science, civil society and business

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Oeko-Institut’s researchers are represented on numerous bodies, committees, boards and advisory councils, where they pass on their experience gathered from studies and practical projects. With their expertise, representatives of Oeko-Institut also contribute to effective environmental and climate protection as in numerous networks and associations. In addition, we engage in a continuous exchange of knowledge with research partners and organisations across the field.

The most important networks at a glance:

The Oeko-Institut has been a member of the Ecological Research Network (Ecornet) – the network of non-university, non-profit environmental and sustainability research institutes in Germany – since 2011. The Ecornet institutes’ joint mission is to establish a scientific basis for society’s transformation towards sustainability. The institutes conduct applied research across the boundaries of scientific disciplines on ways to achieve a post-fossil and post-nuclear society.

Click here to visit the website of the Ecological Research Network (Ecornet)

In 2000, the Oeko-Institut established the Legacy for the Future Foundation (Stiftung Zukunftserbe). The Foundation views itself as a pioneer of future-oriented solutions in the field of environmental protection and sustainable, future-compatible development. It promotes research projects on topics such as climate action, resource conservation, sustainable consumption and the risks associated with nuclear technologies.

Click here to visit the website of the Legacy for the Future Foundation (in German)

As a founding partner of the tdAcademy, the Oeko-Institut actively promotes networking in the context of transdisciplinary research. The tdAcademy aims to be a constantly evolving, collaborative knowledge base for transdisciplinary research, contributes to capacity-building for its users and supports the transdisciplinary research community.

Click here to visit the website of the tdAcademy

Oeko-Institut is a founding member of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research (Gesellschaft für transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung e.V., GTPF), which was founded in March 2023. The aims of the society are to network transdisciplinary and participatory researchers, to support young researchers, to professionalise, consolidate and establish transdisciplinary and participatory research and teaching, and to represent the interests of the community of transdisciplinary and participatory researchers in Germany.

Click here to visit the website of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research

The Oeko-Institut is a member of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Germany. The network promotes engagement for sustainable development in Germany, brings together the perspectives of leading German scientific organisations, civil society and businesses, and develops solutions for effective action on Agenda 2030, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.

Click here to visit the website of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network