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. 2010
  2. Tagung ,,Konzepte der Gesellschaftstheorie: William Baumols Markttheorie unternehmerischer Innovation''

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    06.09.201008.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Podiumsdiskussion ,,Spielen mit den Bausteinen des Lebens''

    Friedrich, B. (Moderator)

    09.09.2010

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

  4. Spielen mit den Bausteinen des Lebens - Wie verändert die Gentechnik unser Verhältnis zu Natur?

    Gottschlich, D. (Panel participant)

    09.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Developing Strategies Against the Risks of Severe Storm Surges: Opportunities for the Integration of Different Stakeholder Perspectives

    Kuhn, K. (presenter) & Schmidt, A. (presenter)

    13.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. 6th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions - 2010

    Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)

    15.09.201019.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Status und zukunftsweisende Ansätze für Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaft

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Sustainability – Fad or trend?

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. Symposium ,,Bildung an der Fachhochschule Jena" - 2010

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 7. Tagung der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie - 2010

    Friedrich, B. (Participant)

    16.09.201018.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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  4. In search of simplification
  5. Lebensweltliche Mehrsprachigkeit an der Hochschule
  6. When Individual Preferences Defy Sustainability — Can Merit Good Arguments Close the Gap?
  7. How much psychotherapy is needed to treat depression?
  8. Measuring positive sustainability - A systematic literature review
  9. Die Tischgesellschaft
  10. Was ist Stakeholder Value?
  11. Democracy and the global spread of progressive taxes
  12. Leitfaden zum didaktischen Einsatz von Computeranwendungen
  13. Kinder machen
  14. Indikatoren für eine diskursive Evaluation transdisziplinärer Forschung
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  17. Kumulation von Querschnitten
  18. Editorial
  19. Reading the Digital City
  20. The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations
  21. Leindotter als Energiequelle nutzen
  22. The Success and Failure of Financial Innovations: The Case of Louis Bachelier
  23. Impacts of land-use intensity on soil organic carbon content, soil structure and water-holding capacity
  24. Repositioning Destinations between Mass Market Requirements and High Quality Offers in Germany
  25. M&A durch private Familienunternehmen
  26. Medienerziehung in Kindertagesstätten
  27. Entführung in Luxor
  28. Schulangst
  29. The impact of political leaders' profession and education on reforms
  30. Die Gaunerei der ökonomisierten Kunst
  31. Stilfragen
  32. Partnerships for Sustainable Business Development
  33. Entstehung und Status der Technikfolgenabschätzung