Pioneers of Change - Transformation Research for a Culture of Sustainability
1. Transformatives Symposium
15.10.2013 – 16.10.2013
Sponsors: Research in Community (RIC), Heinrich Böll Stiftung (HBS), and Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC)
Conveners: Marcus Andreas (RCC / RIC), Dorothee Landgrebe (Heinrich Böll Foundation), Sandra Mende (RIC), Felix Wagner (RIC)
Program (PDF, 96 KB)
Conference Report (English, German, PDF, 318 KB)
On 15-16 October 2013 the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Research in Community (RIC), and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society hosted a symposium titled “’Pioneers of Change’—Transformation Research for a Culture of Sustainability.” The aim of this event was to advance the theoretical and practical discussions on the role of “pioneers of change” in driving the “Great Transformation,” as suggested by the German Advisory Council on Climate Change (WBGU) in their 2011 flagship report World in Transition – A Social Contract for Sustainability. Approximately 90 representatives from academia, politics, and civil society participated in the event and unfortunately many additional requests to register had to be denied.