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.

  1. 2001
  2. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Tool for Value-Oriented Sustainability Management in Strategy-Focused Organisations

    Figge, F. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    21.06.200122.06.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Accounting: Links between Business Actors and EMA Tools

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    15.07.200117.07.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Determinants of the Relationship Between Environmental and Economic Performance at the Firm Level: An Empirical Analysis of the European Paper Industry

    Wagner, M. (Speaker), Phu, N. V. (Speaker) & Azomahou, T. T. (Speaker)

    01.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability

    Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)

    10.09.200111.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Value-Based Sustainability Management

    Figge, F. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    10.09.200111.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Towards a Better Understanding of the Correlation between Corporate Environmental Sustainability and Financial Performance

    Hockerts, K. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    10.09.200111.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Socio-Economic Analysis of Maintenance Measures for the Preservation of Open Landscapes (Case Lueneburg Heath)

    Müller, J. (Speaker)

    26.09.200129.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Valuation of Recreational Benefits and Visitor Conflicts in an Urban Forest

    Kleiber, O. (Speaker)

    26.09.200129.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Figge, F. (Speaker)

    01.10.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 11. Frauenbildungstag 2001

    Gottschlich, D. (Moderator)

    27.10.2001

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

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