Fields of work

Real-world laboratories and real-world experiments
Transdisciplinary sustainability research
Innovative teaching and learning environments and (societal) learning processes

Current projects

Basis Project Sustainability
CulturalRoad: Cultural, regional, and societal factors to overcome barriers to cooperative, connected, and automated mobility deployment
tdAcademy for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies
Strengthening integrative and effective sustainability research at Baden-Württemberg universities (SiNfo)
Real-world lab “Autonomous Driving in the Mobility System of the Future” (ADMoS-Future)
Linking real-world laboratory and disciplinary research – Fostering novel scientific insights and sustainability transformation (LinkLab)

On the internet

Author IDs:
ORCID

Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Social networks:
LinkedIn

Professional background

since 2023	Member of scientific staff at ITAS (Scientific Coordination of the research group “Designing Real-World Laboratory Research”)
2018 - 2023	Postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana College (Coordination of the module “Transforming knowledge: responsible action”)
2019	Doctorate (Dr. phil.) (Title: “TIME MATTERS. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use”)
2012 - 2018	Researcher at Leuphana University Lüneburg, School of Sustainability (i.a. in the real-world lab “City of the Future Lüneburg 2030+”)
2009 - 2012	Sustainability Science studies (M.Sc.) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
2005 - 2009	Business and Environmental Law (LL.B.) studies at University of Applied Sciences Trier

Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Bernert, P.; Weiser, A.; Kampfmann, T.; Lang, D. J.
Impacts beyond experimentation ‐ Conceptualising emergent impacts from long-term real-world laboratory processes
2024. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 33 (1), 18–25. doi:10.14512/gaia.33.S1.4

Horcea-Milcu, A.-I.; Dorresteijn, I.; Leventon, J.; Stojanovic, M.; Lam, D. P. M.; Lang, D. J.; Moriggi, A.; Raymond, C. M.; Stålhammar, S.; Weiser, A.; Zimmermann, S.
Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward
2024. Global Sustainability, 7. doi:10.1017/sus.2024.12

Kampfmann, T.; Lang, D. J.; Weiser, A.
Analyzing the political impact of Real-world laboratories for urban transformation in eight German ‘Cities of the Future’
2024. Environmental Science & Policy, 162, 103923. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103923

Presentations

Bernert, P.; Weiser, A.; Lang, D.; Ober, S.; Steinbrügge, F.
Case Reporting als gute Praxis der Reallaborforschung
2024. "Reallabore – ExperimentierRäume für den Weg in eine nachhaltige Gesellschaft" (2024), Dresden, Germany, April 11–12, 2024

2023

Book Chapters

Weiser, A.; Meyer, S.; Bernert, P.; Lang, D. J.
Problem- und projektorientierte Lehre transdisziplinär gestalten
2023. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Hochschule. Hrsg.: G. Michelsen, 25–44, Verlag Barbara Budrich

Journal Articles

Weiser, A.; Wanner, M.; Stelzer, F.; Lang, D. J.; Berger, H.; Förster, A.; Liedtke, C.; Micklitz, H.-W.; Niewöhner, J.; Parodi, O.; Potthast, T.; Schneider, F.; Sörgel, F.; Ziehl, M.; Ziemer, G.
Exploring fruitful links between real-world laboratory and disciplinary research : Introduction of the DKN Future Earth working group LinkLab
2023. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32 (3), 335–337. doi:10.14512/gaia.32.3.13

Presentations

Weiser, A.; Fricke, A.; König, A.; Lang, D.
Selbstexperimentieren für die Transformation – Verschiedene Ansätze zur Wissensproduktion und Wissensdomänen für die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung und -praxis
2023, October 16. Workshop "Die Vielfalt des Wissens und seine Relevanz: Was können wir im Hinblick auf den gesellschaftlichen Wandel lernen?" (2023), Karlsruhe, Germany, October 16–17, 2023