Keywords: Sustainability research ; socio-ecological transformation ; transdisciplinary research ; real-world laboratory ; transformative education ; education for sustainable development ; rural development ; sustainable agricultural and food systems ; planetary health ; transformative resilience ; inclusion ; diversity ; migration ; (climate-induced) displacement ; sustainable energy supply ; sustainable digitalisation ; artificial intelligence ; Municipal sustainability strategy ; sustainable mobility ; climate adaptation ; utopias ; social justice ; human and planetary well-being ; futures studies