Sustainability Program for Visiting Scholars

Sustainability is not just a word, but the most important social challenge of our time. For this reason, the University of Mannheim will offer a new program starting in the fall/winter semester 2023 to work on the topic of sustainability together with guests.

The aim is to discuss ideas with internationally recognized experts and initiate new sustainability-related research and teaching activities. The program enables each school to use central funds to invite experts in sustainability research. This impulse is intended to create an (international) network for the University of Mannheim’s expertise on sustainability issues and to implement effective long-term measures. The funds are available up to and including December 2025.

Credit: Lotte Dale

Prof. Dr. Sabine von Mehring

Brandeis University in Waltham, USA

German, women's, gender and sexuality studies. Action against climate change, climate activist.

Chair/Institute: Chair of Medieval History
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Kehnel

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Credit: privat

Prof. Dr. Geneviève Dumas

Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

Climate history in the Mediterranean region, Female Economy

Chair/Institute: Chair of Economic History of the Middle Ages
Contact person: Junior Professor Dr. Spike Gibbs

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Credit: privat

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Ide

Murdoch University, Australia

Dynamics of Peace and Conflict, Climate Change and Security, Environmental Factors and Peace, Rebel Governance, Gender in Armed Conflicts

Chair/Institute: Chair of Political Science, Analytical International Politics
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Sauter

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Credit: Alexander Münch

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Marcel Olbert

London Business School, United Kingdom

Carbon taxes and the shifting of CO2 emissions in developing countries

Chair/Institute: Chair of General Business Administration and Taxation II & Chair of Business Administration and Accounting
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Spengel & Prof. Dr. Bischof

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Credit: Alessio Fontana

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Krakowski

King's College London, United Kingdom

Political and inter-group conflicts and cooperation

Chair/Institute: Chair of Political Science, Analytical International Politics
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Sauter

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Dr. Md. Safiul Islam Afrad

Gazipur Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Supply chains, agricultural technology, food security

Lehrstuhl/Institut: Chair of Practical Philosophy with a focus on Business Ethics
Ansprechpartner*in: Prof. Dr. Gesang

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PD Dr. Silvia Deuring

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

General private law, medical and health law, climate and law

Chair/Institute: Chair of Civil Law, German and European Business and Labor Law
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Kainer

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Credit: Amelie Maulbetsch

Dr. Andreas Lingg

Universität Witten/Herdecke, Germany

Discourses on sustainability and scarcity and the connection between ideas of growth and freedom at the beginning of the modern era

Chair/Institute: Chair of Late Medieval and Early Modern History
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Kümper

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Dr. Kristina Petrova

Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

Migration and displacement in conflict-affected regions and their wider impact on social movements, as well as the impact of conflict and climate change on political attitudes

Chair/Institute: Chair of Political Science, Analytical International Politics
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Sauter

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Dr. Marco Bombieri

Università di Verona, Italy

Large Language Models, Bias and stereotype detection and mitigation in Generative AI models, Societal and ethical challenges posed by LLMs, AI for social good

Chair/Institute: Chair of Information Systems III: Enterprise Data Analysis
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Ponzetto

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Dr. Manika Rödiger

Agroscope, Switzerland

Socio-economic effects of reducing the use of pesticides in agriculture, sustainable supply chains, food waste

Chair/Institute: Chair of Practical Philosophy with a focus on Business Ethics
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Gesang

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Credit: Alexander Münch

Dr. Mirjam Hähnle

German Historical Institute London, United Kingdom

Early modern resource imaginations, utopian projects, historiography and the climate crisis

Chair/Institute: Chair of Medieval History
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Kehnel

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Credit: Clare O'Donohoe

Susanna Garside

European University Institute, Italy

Politics of climate change mitigation and adaptation, public opinion and political behavior on climate change, political economy of climate change

Chair/Institute: Chair of Political Science, Analytical International Politics
Contact person: Prof. Dr. Sauter

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Are you interested in applying for funding for your project or do you already have specific colleagues in mind that you would like to invite to the program? Do not hesitate to get in touch with nachhaltigkeitmail-uni-mannheim.de or request funding via your school.

Credit: Alexander Münch

Julia Regele

Consultant Sustainability Management

University of Mannheim
President's Office
Schloss
68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 621 181-1648
E-mail: julia.regeleuni-mannheim.de

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