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July 17, 2025

Wellbeing@ University of Tübingen

Wellbeing is relevant for all people. The promotion of health and thus wellbeing is also a central goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. But what does wellbeing mean in the context of sustainable development and how can it be achieved and promoted at the University of Tübingen (UT)? Our ‘6 Ways to Wellbeing’ campaign offers one approach. The ways we have jointly identified to improve wellbeing at UT - Be active, Connect, Eat well, Be relaxed, Keep Learning and Get and give - offer impulses for action for students and staff at UT linked to health programmes.

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October 01, 2024

Agricultural turnaround and recognition

The agricultural turnaround is explosive. Farmers are vociferously opposing regulations and demanding more recognition for the fact that they provide us all with food. Politicians agree with this demand and are withdrawing new regulations. But does recognition necessarily mean maintaining the status quo? No, says environmental ethicist Uta Eser. Anyone who recognizes the importance of agriculture for the well-being of us all must push for changes to current practices.

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14th November 2023

Keeping Livestock in Africa

Not least to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero hunger -, there is much discussion and experimentation in the African context on the intensification of so called ‘neglected’ livestock species. In the following, we will examine the idea of intensification from a Sustainable Development and ethical perspective. 

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Release DateAuthorsArticle
14.07.2025Eilan Ulmer, Carina Betz, Maike Weynand, Thomas PotthastWellbeing@Uni-Tübingen - Wohlbefinden als ein Baustein Nachhaltiger Entwicklung von Hochschulen
01.10.2024Uta EserAgricultural turnaround and recognition
14.11.2023Kerstin Schopp, Mizeck Chagunda, Juliet Kariuki, Maria Oguche, Thomas PotthastKeeping Livestock in Africa
10.10.2023Carina BetzChild, nature and their relationship
13.06.2023Simon MeischKlimaanpassung gut gestalten
19.05.2023Jonathan Lübke, Friedrich GabelWenn's (Wasser) mal nicht mehr läuft... (When the water stops running)
21.03.2023Maximilian IrionThe Greenhouse and Us
27.10.2022Amelie Schönhaar, Thomas Potthast, Jasmin GoldhausenDigital Learning for Sustainable Development?!
25.04.2022Jeremy WilliamsUnderstanding the racial violence of climate change
19.10.2021Weronika KalwakShould psychology prescribe activism as the remedy for climate depression?
07.10.2021Florian BraunSoweit die Gründe tragen
22.02.2021Vanessa WeihgoldÖkologische Emotionen?
21.12.2020Birgit HoinleWelche Ernährung wollen wir?
26.06.2020Konrad OttNachhaltigkeitspolitik in Thesen
28.05.2020Leonie BossertGlobale Krise(n): Covid-19 und das Mensch-Tier-Verhältnis
15.04.2020Lena SchlegelCare-Ethik und Corona: Eine Perspektive der (Für-)Sorge
11.04.2020Lena SchlegelCorona und gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse