RIFS conducts research with the goal of understanding, advancing, and guiding processes of societal change towards sustainable development.
In brief
The Deadline is Approaching!
This year’s Potsdam Summer School will take place under the title ‘Sustainability Meets Geopolitics’. Anyone interested can apply until March 31, 2026.
The Saami Way
RIFS scientist Evie Morin will present on March 31 at the Arctic Observing Summit in the Session "Birgehallat: The Saami Way of Understanding and Adapting to a Changing World".
Sustainable Consumption
Why does unsustainable consumption still persist? Part of the answer lies in the myths we adhere to. 12 of these myths are analysed in the book "Myths about Sustainable Consumption: Dispelled" - one of them by RIFS director Doris Fuchs and colleagues.