Podcasts, Voices and Sounds From the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam. The Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) conducts research with the aim of investigating, identifying, and advancing development pathways for transformation processes towards sustainable societies in Germany and abroad. The Institute joined the Helmholtz Association in 2023 and is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Its research ...
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Shifting Basslines #3: Dance Floors as Portals | Camille Sapara Barton
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Shifting Basslines is a podcast series about sustainability and club culture. It is s dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving.In this episode facilitator, collective care practitioner, and music nerd Sarj Lynch finds old cassette tapes in the basement and wonders how …
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Shifting Basslines #2: Clouds Are More Than Water | Sarj
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Shifting Basslines is a podcast series about sustainability and club culture. It is s dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving.In this episode facilitator, collective care practitioner, and music nerd Sarj Lynch finds old cassette tapes in the basement and wonders how …
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Shifting Basslines #1: Grounded Travel On Space Ways | Nono Gigsta
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Shifting Basslines is a podcast series about sustainability and club culture. It is s dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving.In this episode musician and climate campaigner Nono Gigsta takes us on a grounded journey over land and sea to visit places and people that c…
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Shifting Basslines #Editor's Notes: We Cannot Do It Alone | Kerstin Meißner
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Shifting Basslines is dedicated to creating awareness, sharing knowledge and diving into the complex relationship between the planet and raving. The project centres on a three-part podcast series. In this additional recording, researcher and initiator of the project, Kerstin Meissner, shares some thoughts on the background of her research-based pod…
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WuPiG #6: Passt der Green Deal in die Blue Economy? Mit Felix Leinemann und Florian Lennert
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Der Begriff der „Blue Economy“ ist jetzt in Mode, aber welche Sektoren verbergen sich tatsächlich hinter dieser „blauen Wirtschaft“? Und welchen Einfluss hat die Energiewende auf Bereiche wie Meeresschutz, maritimen Transport oder Fischerei? Sind Elektro-Containerschiffe in naher Zukunft vorstellbar?Dies ist das Thema der sechsten Episode des Podca…
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WuPiG #5: Fußball: „Die nachhaltigste EM aller Zeiten“? Mit Michael Jopp und Jutta Katthage
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Ein Gespräch mit Michael Jopp, (Senatsverwaltung Berlin) und Jutta Katthage (Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft).Die UEFA und der DFB haben nichts weniger versprochen, als „dienachhaltigste Fußball-Europameisterschaft aller Zeiten“ zu organisieren. Aber welche konkreten Maßnahmen sind damit gemeint? Welche Sektoren kann das Organisationskomitee i…
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WuPiG #4: Wie wollen wir in Zukunft wohnen? Mit E. Kaiser (SPD) & E. Roswag-Klinge (TU Berlin)
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Ein Gespräch zum „Nachhaltigen Bauen“ mit Elisabeth Kaiser (SPD) und Eike Roswag-Klinge (TU Berlin) Wie kann das Gebäudesektor seine Klimaziele überhaupt erreichen? Ist das Ziel der Bundesregierung 400 000 neue Wohnungen pro Jahr zu bauen überhaupt sinnvoll und nachhaltig? Welche realistischen Baustoffalternativen gibt es für den Klimasünder Beton?…
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WuPiG #3: Gibt's KI auch in Grün? Mit Maximilian Funke-Kaiser (FDP) und Stefanie Kunkel (RIFS)
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Mit Maximilian Funke-Kaiser (FDP) und Stefanie Kunkel (RIFS) Die Benutzung der Künstlichen Intelligenz gehört in vielen Bereichen inzwischen zum Alltag, aber gibt es schon genug wissenschaftlichen Daten, um ihre Auswirkungen auf Nachhaltigkeit zu messen? Und wo sollte die Politik den Cursor platzieren, um die Entwicklungen der KI zu regulieren?Dies…
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WuPiG #2: Kiezblocks – Wem gehört die Stadt? Mit Almut Neumann und Dirk von Schneidemesser
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Barcelona, London und jetzt Berlin: die „Kiezblocks“ (Wohngebiete ohne Durchgangsverkehr) sind nicht mehr nur Experimente der Mobilitätspolitik, sie sind Realität geworden in mehreren europäischen Metropolen und ernten Lob und Kritik in der Bevölkerung. Welche Mobilitätswende ist in der Hauptstadt möglich?Dies ist das Thema der zweiten Episode des …
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WuPiG #1: Kann Demokratie Nachhaltigkeit? Mit Doris Fuchs und Andreas Jung
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Letzte Generation, Bauernproteste oder Einhaltung der Klimaziele: Es gibt viele Dossiers, um die nachhaltige Entwicklung auf die Agenda unserer politischen Vertreter und Verterinnen zu setzen. Aber ist der politische Rhythmus mit der Zeitskala kompatibel, in der die Herausforderungen unseres Planeten noch zu schaffen sind? Welche konkreten Vorschlä…
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WuPiG Trailer: Wissenschaft und Politik im Gespräch
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Willkommen bei "WuPig - Wissenschaft und Politik im Gespräch". Hier treffen sich Wissenschaftler:innen und Politiker:innen, um in gesellschaftlich relevante Themen einzutauchen.Hören Sie mit, wenn wir über die Kiezblöcke in Berlin plaudern oder uns den Herausforderungen einer nachhaltigen Digitalisierung stellen.Die Gespräche sollen den Forschenden…
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Carbon Critique Episode #4: Usha Natarajan & Julia Dehm
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In the fourth and last episode of the first season of the Carbon Critique podcast series, we have two guests. Usha Natarajan is Edward W. Said Fellow at Columbia University and International Schulich Visiting Scholar at Dalhousie University. She employs postcolonial and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) in her interdisciplinary re…
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Carbon Critique Podcast #3 FRENCH – Entretien avec le philosophe Maurizio Lazzarato
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Maurizio Lazzarato est sociologue et philosophe, chercheur au Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) et à l'Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Université Paris I). Il est également membre du Collège international de philosophie (CIPh). Lazzarato a mené une réflexion critique et écrit sur le capitalisme, la dette, le néolibéralisme, toujours…
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Carbon Critique Podcast #3 ENGLISH – A conversation with philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato
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Maurizio Lazzarato is a sociologist and a philosopher, and a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and at Pantheon-Sorbonne University (University Paris I). He is also a member of the Collège international de philosophie (CIPh). Lazzarato has been critically thinking and writing about capitalism, debt, neoliberalis…
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Haptic Hortus: Wasserpflanzen zum Klingen bringen
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Am ersten Abend der Berlin Science Week 2022 fand in der multisensorischen Installation "Haptic Hortus" von IASS Fellow und Anthropologin Susanne Schmitt ein Workshop mit Musikproduzent, Klangkünstler und Komponist Felix Classen statt. Das Berühren von Pflanzen wurde durch Hydrophone oder Lautsprecher akustisch hörbar. Klänge aus dem Botanischen Ga…
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Carbon Critique Podcast #2: Timothy Mitchell – Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
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Timothy Mitchell is a political science Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. His areas of interest include colonialism, political economy, the politics of energy, and the making of expert knowledge. Much of his work blends the study of the built world, technical devices, ecological …
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Carbon Critique Podcast #1: Cara New Daggett – The Birth of Energy
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In the first episode of the Carbon Critique podcast series, we talked to Cara New Daggett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech, about her book “The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work.” 📲 https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-birth-of-energyIn this book, Cara traces back the genea…
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hör mal - lausitz #4: Kunst, Kultur & Wissenschaft: Wie passt das zusammen?
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Unsere letzte Etappe starten wir im Brandenburgischen Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst in Cottbus. Hier sprechen wir mit Direktorin Ulrike Kremeier und lassen uns von dem Fotografen und Künstler Sven Gatter die Ausstellung „EchoTektur“ näherbringen. Apropos (Archi)-tektur: Lars Scharnholz vom Institut für neue Industriekultur erzählt uns, warum alte …
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hör mal: Lausitz #3: Kinder- und Jugendbeteiligung im Strukturwandel
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Mit den Folgen der strukturpolitischen Entscheidungen in der Lausitz müssen besonders jene umgehen, die heute Kinder und Jugendliche sind. Wie fühlt sich Strukturwandel für diese Generation an? In dieser Folge geht es um Vorstellungen und Wünsche junger Menschen im Strukturwandel und warum man sie unbedingt am Strukturwandel beteiligen sollte. Wir …
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hör mal - lausitz #2: Vom Konkurrieren zum Kooperieren – Politik im Strukturwandel
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Politische Akteure stehen im Strukturwandel ziemlich unter Druck. Die Entscheidung, aus der Kohle auszusteigen und Mittel für den Strukturwandel bereitzustellen, wurde auf der Bundesebene getroffen. Umsetzen müssen den Strukturwandel aber die Länder und Kommunen. Die sind bei aller Konkurrenz um Gelder und Ideen darauf angewiesen, gemeinsame Strate…
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Energiewende funktioniert – wie Bürgerenergie wirken kann
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Podcast Erneuerbare Energien der Energieagentur.NRWEnergiewende funktioniert! Wenn möglichst alle mitmachen. Wie das wiederum gelingen kann, erklärt Prof. Dr. Dr. Ortwin Renn. Er ist unter anderem wissenschaftlicher Direktor des Instituts für Transformative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (IASS) in Potsdam.Und er sagt: Vier Faktoren sind wichtig, damit di…
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hör mal - lausitz #1: Mit Moos noch mehr los – Zivilgesellschaft im Strukturwandel
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Strukturwandel kann nur mit den Menschen vor Ort verstanden und gestaltet werden. Wie und wo finden wir die klugen Ideen, das beeindruckende Engagement und die belastbaren Netzwerke? Die Lausitzer Zivilgesellschaft: Ausgangspunkt für unsere Spurensuche transdisziplinärer Forschung im Strukturwandel. Wir treffen Soziologin Julia Gabler an der Hochsc…
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Wachstum oder Glück: Was messen wir eigentlich?
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Bhutan macht es vor, aber Deutschland hat so was auch: Einen Index, der nicht nur wirtschaftliches Wachstum misst, sondern auch den Ressourcenverbrauch abzieht, um das Glück der Menschen besser abzubilden. Doch was taugt ein solcher Index? Wir sprechen heute darüber mit zwei Volkswirten am IASS, Jörg Mayer-Ries und Armin Hass. Craig Morris leitet d…
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Potsdam Summer School Podcast, Episode 6: Arctic and Antarctic - polar opposites
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Would sustainability be easier if people’s needs didn’t need to be taken into consideration? The way laws and rules are made in the Arctic (where many people live) and the Antarctic (where no one does permanently) sheds light on the role that social sciences play in policymaking, explains IASS Fellow Craig Morris in the final episode of his Potsdam…
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Potsdam Summer School Podcast, Episode 5: Risk perception and citizen participation
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In these days of “fake news,” the public’s judgement is being called into doubt. But we all make incorrect assumptions about lots of things. On the other hand, in a democracy, why is public participation needed when we could just elect experts to make decisions based on science, asks IASS Senior Fellow Craig Morris.…
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Potsdam Summer School Podcast, Episode 4: Future cities: experiencing climate change as migration?
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By 2100, many more people will live on this planet, and a larger percentage of them will live in cities – just not necessarily the ones we currently have. Many of them will gradually have become uninhabitable, requiring the construction of giant new megacities – which has already begun. Can these new cities be made more sustainable? IASS Senior Fel…
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Navigating the energy transition: Piet Sellke on creating socially robust knowledge
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When it comes to transforming our energy systems, many technical issues are already solved, says Piet Sellke. But in order for this transformation to be successful, different perspectives and interests in society need to be harmonised. So his work at the ENavi project centers around co-creating what he calls "socially robust" knowledge. Learn more …
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Beyond CO2: Mark Lawrence and Charlotte Unger on air pollution and climate change
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When atmospheric scientist Mark Lawrence visited Kathmandu nearly 10 years ago, he got sick from air pollution - really sick. The Scientific Director of the IASS talked to a local shopkeeper, who told him he and many others also frequently had this horrible cough. Years later this inspired Mark to get his colleague Maheswar Rupakheti on board and s…
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Potsdam Summer School Podcast, Episode 3: Sustainability is not possible without good governance
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When people don’t trust each other and their political systems, things essential for sustainability – like walkable cities and resilient communities – move out of reach. But citizens can become active in science in order to improve their own lives, and there are ways to turn warring factions into groups working together. Fixing the climate thus req…
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Fighting in courts and at COPs: Patrick Toussaint on vulnerable communities and climate justice
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Around the world, climate cases are being brought to court. What role do they play? Researcher Patrick Toussaint explains what climate justice is about, and shares his research on the role of marginalized communities in the decision-making process at the climate summits. Spoiler: They don't really have a say yet, he says.…
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The true value of the sea: Torsten Thiele on Ocean Finance
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Two big topics at this year's climate summit are the oceans and financing actions against climate change. In Torsten Thiele's research work, both areas merge: The oceans have a huge influence on our global climate, and on human wellbeing. But it takes a lot of money to really understand and protect them. So Torsten is looking into innovative and ho…
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First time at the COP: Hauke van der Linden studies Earth System Governance
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Hauke van der Linden, soon-to-be intern at IASS, shares his first impressions at the UN Climate Change Conference 2017, and explains why he's so intrigued by research in the field of Earth System Governance.By RIFS Potsdam
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Increasing ambitions: Sonja Thielges on the impact of Trump's policy on the climate talks in Bonn
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Sonja Thielges, IASS expert for climate and energy policy, on the impact of the Trump administration's decision to drop out of the Paris Agreement on this year's UN climate talks at COP23 in Bonn, Germany.By RIFS Potsdam
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Potsdam Summer School Podcast, Episode 2: How do you make sustainability policies?
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There’s lots of information about the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Accord, but most of it focuses on the targets themselves, not the process that led to their creation. But if we understand how such policies are negotiated, we can better understand why they fall short in some areas and are breakthroughs in others. By IASS Sen…
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Towards the Paris goals: Kathleen Mar on this year's climate conference, and why it matters
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What's COP23 about? Kathleen Mar, atmospheric chemist and scientist at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, on this year's UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, and why it matters.By RIFS Potsdam
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Potsdam Summer School Podcast, Episode 1: Do we really want to talk about climate change?
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What’s the best way to raise awareness and engagement about climate change? Should we stress the urgency, thereby risking scaring people away? Or should we emphasize hope – at the risk of understating the challenge? Join IASS Senior Fellow Craig Morris in his talks with lecturers and participants at the Potsdam Summer School for a discussion.…
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In September 2017, some 40 young professionals from around the world came to Potsdam, Germany, for 10 days of lectures and workshops on the sustainability of cities and communities at the Potsdam Summer School. IASS Senior Fellow Craig Morris recorded their thoughts and conversations with his audio recorder to find out how society can tackle major …
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