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.

Main research areas

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.

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  1. 2011
  2. Small Groups, Big Groups and Social Franchising - A Hayekian Perspective on Scaling Social Entrepreneurship

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker) & Zeyen, A. (Speaker)

    06.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 27th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2011

    Zeyen, A. (presenter) & Beckmann, M. (presenter)

    08.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Life Cycle Assessment and Material Flow Analysis

    Möller, A. (Lecturer)

    11.07.201122.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2011

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    12.07.201116.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Colombian coffee production: a local culture in a global market dynamic

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    19.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)

    19.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  8. 6th World Environmental Education Congress - 2011

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    20.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Broaden the scope of HE for sustainability – the innovative potential of e-learning

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    20.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. Informal Competence Development of Volunteers of Sustainability Groups in Ecuador and Germany

    Rieckmann, M. (presenter)

    21.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

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  1. Cathleen Strunz

Publications

  1. In Krisen aus Krisen lernen
  2. Selbstkonzepte und mathematische Weltbilder in einem Seminar zu realitätsbezogenen Aufgaben mit MathCityMap
  3. Stadtentwicklung als Zukunftsaufgabe
  4. The Vatican City State’s Refusal to Grant its Flag to Search and Rescue Vessels of NGOs Operating in the Mediterranean
  5. Integration der Ressourceneffizienz in die Ökodesign Richtlinie
  6. Abschluss des Vertrages
  7. Das Alte Werk Melbeck/Embsen
  8. Focus on Tourism Consumers
  9. Mental representation of global environmental risks
  10. Im Schatten der Regierung?
  11. Management integrierter Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke
  12. Is the joke on you? The impact of sexist humour and gender dynamics on interpersonal work outcomes
  13. Franz-Günther von Stockert
  14. Microeconomic Consequences of Exemptions from Value Added Taxation – The Case of Deutsche Post
  15. Problemlösen als fächerübergreifende Kompetenz
  16. Pädagogik des Kämpfens und Perspektiven der Kampfkunst
  17. Bättre folk! Bessere Leute!
  18. Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung
  19. Global, lokal, digital
  20. Weibliche Größenphantasien in Rezeptionsprozessen.
  21. Pollination and Plant Resources Change the Nutritional Quality of Almonds for Human Health
  22. Human Empowerment and Trust in Strangers
  23. Crossing
  24. The Top 100 Companies Panel Database
  25. Kommentierung Art. 23-41
  26. Abschluss des Vertrages
  27. The role of social cognitive career theory in post-retirement career planning
  28. Deep Learning auf sequenziellen Daten als Grundlage unternehmerischer Entscheidungen
  29. Screening for PBT chemicals among the “existing” and “new” chemicals of the EU
  30. Aufbruchstimmung im Mädchen- und Frauenfußball!