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. 2017
  2. Current overview of research on priority effects and their relevance to restoration

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    27.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    27.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Amplifying the Impact of Local Initiatives in Sustainability Transformations – A pragmatic Typology

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  5. The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices

    John, B. (Speaker)

    30.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Time as management interface in sustainability transformations

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  7. Transformations 2017

    Freeth, R. C. (Participant), Lam, D. (Speaker), Freeth, R. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (presenter) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  8. Transformations 2017

    Peukert, D. (Moderator), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator), Lam, D. (Moderator) & Lang, D. J. (Moderator)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

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

  9. International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Dozententagung der Sektion Sonderpädagogik der DGFE 2017

    Abels, S. (Speaker), Troll, B. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker), Greve, S. (Speaker) & Süßenbach, J. (Speaker)

    09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Mentale Kontrastierung fördert Anstrengung durch Transfer von Energetisierung [Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization]

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch