School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
Programme of Ecosystems Change and Society (PECS) (External organisation)
Martín-López, B. (Office)
2018 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
Progress and Standstil. How is Sustainability Management Developing in Corporate Practice?
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
18.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Progress in Industrial Ecology (Journal)
Schaltegger, S. (Editor)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Project-based and other activating strategies and issues of science education - PBE 2021
Hofer, E. (Participant)
04.11.2021 → 05.11.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Project-based Education and other activating strategies in science education 2019
Hofer, E. (Participant)
07.11.2019 → 08.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Project-Based Education and Other Activating Strategies in Science Education 2020
Hofer, E. (Participant)
05.11.2020 → 06.11.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Projekt ‚Demokratie leben’ der Hansestadt Lüneburg/Stadtjugendring - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
27.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Projekt 'Lehrpläne 2020' - Mitglied der Kommission zur Erarbeitung eines Fachlehrplans Chemie für die Sekundarstufe 1
Hofer, E. (Other)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Promoting a culture of sustainable consumptions in schools
Richter, S. (Speaker)
28.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Promoting the SDGs through transdisciplinary learning: Innovative approaches of transdisciplinary cooperation in transnational partnerships
Bürgener, L. (Speaker), Barth, M. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
01.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research