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. 11. Frauenbildungstag 2001

    Gottschlich, D. (Moderator)

    27.10.2001

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  2. 11th Annual Colloquium of the International Association of Hydro-Environment Research and Engineering-Baden-Württemberg - 2010

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    25.11.201026.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology - BCEP 2015

    Sundermann, A. (presenter)

    09.08.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 11th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    03.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 11th INTECOL Congress 2013

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Participant)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 11th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference - Micropol 2019

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    20.10.201924.10.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  7. 12. Bundesalgenstammtisch

    Lindner, A. (presenter)

    11.09.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011

    Mölders, T. (Participant)

    17.11.201118.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011

    Burandt, A. (Participant)

    17.11.201118.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    17.11.201118.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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