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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  2. Scientists for Future Workshop - 2020

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker) & Pabst, S. (Speaker)

    30.01.2020

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

  3. Die Dokumentarische Methode

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)

    11.02.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  4. GAC Mitgliederversammlung

    Aßmann, T. (Oral presentation), Boutaud, E. (Oral presentation), Harry, I. (Speaker), Drees, C. (Speaker), Buse, J. (Speaker), Vermeulen, R. (Speaker), Kaiser, M. (Speaker) & Irmler, U. (Speaker)

    14.02.202016.02.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Advantages and challenges of in silico tools and their contribution to sustainable chemistry with the focus on (Q)SAR

    Amsel, A.-K. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor)

    25.02.202026.02.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  6. Video-Stimulated Reflections in der Lehrer*innenbildung -

    Egger, D. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)

    28.02.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Risky Business: Risk.Taking and Cosmopolitan Cities

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker)

    03.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Inklusion im Sachunterricht. Empirische und theoretische Befunde für die Gestaltung eines zukunftsfähigen Sachunterrichts

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker), Bürgener, L. (Speaker), Sellin, K. (Speaker), Brauns, S. (Speaker) & Meschede, N. (Oral presentation)

    06.03.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Recht auf Ineffizienz – Eine Untersuchung des Verhältnisses von Grundrechten zur Effizienz

    Bertram, A. (Speaker)

    07.03.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. BNE in der universitären Lehrerausbildung für den Bereich Grund-, Real- und Hauptschule

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    09.03.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  11. Waldgärten als multi-funktionale Nachhaltigkeitslösung verstehen

    Albrecht, S. (Speaker)

    06.04.202010.07.2020

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