School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Topics
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
- 2024
Resilient in die Zukunft? Niedersächsische Landkreise im (Klima-)Wandel
Pia Redenius (Speaker) & Paula Bäurich (Speaker)
07.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Treiber, Blockierer, Getriebene? Eine empirische Analyse zur Rolle niedersächsischer Unternehmen in der Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit
Eric Hartmann (Speaker)
25.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Praxis trifft Wissenschaft: Verstetigung kommunaler Nachhaltigkeit & Status Quo der Nachhaltigkeit in Kommunen – das Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer Niedersachsen
Pia Redenius (Speaker)
24.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
"Du hast gar nicht gefragt, ob du rein darfst" - (Sonder-)pädagogische Interaktionsprozesse zwischen Partizipation und Restriktion
Jessica Meyn (Speaker)
25.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ein inklusiver Blick auf das Fach - Barrieren in Lerngegenständen verorten (Workshop)
Jürgen Menthe (Speaker), Lisa Rott (Speaker), Simone Abels (Coauthor), Andreas Nehring (Coauthor) & Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)
18.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Praktisches Arbeiten mit Schüler*innen - Erfahrungen von Studierenden
Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)
17.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Youth Participatory Science: Gesellschaftliche Partizipation durch MINT?
Lilith Rüschenpöhler (Speaker), Angelika Bernsteiner (Speaker) & Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)
17.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik - GDCP 2024
Elisabeth Hofer (Participant), Ronja Sowinski (Participant), Florian List (Participant), Anja Fietkau (Participant), Janne Groß (Participant) & Timm Fuhrmann (Participant)
16.09.2024 → 19.09.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
WATHLINGEN 20_50: Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Exploration Nachhaltig gut leben - Beobachtungen und Empfehlungen für die Samtgemeinde Wathlingen
Pia Redenius (Speaker) & Daniel Hoernemann (Speaker)
11.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
16 European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE 2024
Elisabeth Hofer (Participant)
05.09.2024 → 06.09.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research