Prof. Dr. Dominik Gager
Professor of Sustainability Transformation
Dominik Gager is a Professor of Sustainable Transformation at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. His activities in teaching, research and transfer focus on the socio-ecological transformation of the public sector. Thematic priorities are climate protection, climate adaptation, the integrity of the biosphere and land use as well as ethics and justice issues centred around these topics. Outside academia, he worked for five years in public administration in the field of sustainability, climate and environment.
Publications, lectures & CV
Current information on publications, lectures, functions, CV etc. can be found on Dominik Gager's ORCiD page.
ORCiD-ID: 0000-0002-5032-2644
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-2644
Climate Adaptation in Public Management (PuMaK)
As part of the project "Integration of climate adaptation and climate change into public management education at universities" (PuMaK), Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences is developing educational modules on climate change and climate adaptation for generalists in public administration. Regardless of whether they work as climate adaptation managers or in other areas of public administration, students are trained over five semesters to address the challenges of climate change. At the same time, the project will produce stand-alone modules and study letters that can also be used in other contexts.
Press release of the Federal Ministry for the Environment (External link)
Epistemology in Art, Science, Technology (EpisTeaM)
The EpisTeaM project was developed as part of a collaboration within the European Culture and Technology Lab (ECTLab+). The aim is to investigate the impact of digital technologies on the construction of knowledge and truth, taking into account artistic, humanities and social science approaches. Funding from the HORIZON MSCA Staff Exchanges program will establish a collaborative and intersectional network of seven academic and five non-academic institutions. Through transdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, science and technology, the thesis that the diversification of epistemological positions could be the key to responsible epistemology in technical education and innovation will be investigated. It challenges the increasing land grab by globalized computational models in which reason itself is reduced to calculation and probability.
Eco-Social Policy and Practice for Innovation and Transformation (ESPPRIT)
The project Eco-Social Policy and Practice for Innovation and Transformation (ESPPRIT) was funded by the Regional Studies Association (RSA) under the leadership of Astrid Krisch (Kellogg College, University of Oxford), Lucas Barning (Institute for Spatial Planning, TU Vienna) and Sarah Ware (Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development, WU Vienna).
The overarching aim of the network is to promote interdisciplinary discussions with researchers from the fields of urban and regional planning, economic geography, regional science and political science with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the geographical dimension of eco-social transformations, particularly in relation to concepts of the foundational economy, post-growth planning, sustainability transformation, sustainable welfare and multi-level governance. Questions of justice are taken into account as well as conceptual, methodological and empirical dimensions of eco-social transformations.
Teaching
Modules/lectures at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences:
Public Management:
- Sustainable Development
- Public Management in the Age of the Great Transformation
- Administration, Democracy, Ethics
- State organization law and European law
- Seminar module (on selected topics in public administration)
BUSINESS STUDIES:
- Accompanying seminar on sustainable development
- Business ethics
Other:
- International Summer University "Climate-Friendly Societies: Energy Policy, Management and Engineering"
Note for students on scientific work:
The Moodle course "Collection of topics for academic work" contains extensive material on how to organize your studies, learning techniques, basic reading and writing skills and academic work.
Thesis information for students
Dominik Gager supervises Bachelor's and Master's theses in the Public Management, Business Administration and Energy Management degree programs as well as in other degree programs on request.
The topics supervised include:
- Sustainability & socio-ecological transformation (incl. climate change, energy transition(s), climate protection, planetary boundaries, sustainable development, etc.)
- Ethics & technology assessment (incl. business ethics, ethics & epistemology of climate change and energy transition, administrative ethics, etc.)
- Legal issues of public administration (in particular administrative law and environmental law)
- State & administration in the political multi-level system (control, governance, political multi-level system, etc.)
Previously supervised topics (selection):
- Electromobility - an environmentally friendly solution for Germany?
- Sustainable transformation in industry: Development of a concept for greenhouse gas neutrality for medium-sized production companies in Germany
- Sustainability controlling in agriculture: To what extent does agroforestry contribute to sustainability in agriculture
- Effects of the Online Access Act (OZG) on a local authority
- Sustainability management in business administration: approaches to
integration in business games - Proactively promoting sustainability? - Designing a bonus program for the purchase of sustainable products and services
- Green marketing on Instagram - when does sustainability communication become sustainable?
Communication
Holzhofallee 38
64295 Darmstadt
Office: D21, 3.19
+49.6151.533-60565
dominik.gager@h-da.de
ORCID: 0000-0002-5032-2644
Team
Research assistant
Sonja Kleinod, M.A.
Holzhofallee 36b
64295 Darmstadt
Office: D22, 01.06
+49.6151.533-60613
sonja.kleinod@h-da.de
Student assistant
Katharina Hoffmann
Holzhofallee 36b
64295 Darmstadt
Office: D22, 01.07
katharinamiriam.hoffmann@stud.h-da.de