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. Der UNESCO Chair ‚Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung‘ – Ziel Schwerpunkte, Perspektiven

    Michelsen, G. (Speaker)

    29.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  2. Der virtuelle Chemieunterricht - Austausch zu Best-Practice-Erfahrungen im Rahmen des Home-Schooling und Distance-Learning

    Spitzer, P. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Lecturer)

    04.05.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. Der „Whole School Approach“: Wo steht unsere Schule auf dem Weg zu einem nachhaltigen Lernort und wo können wir anpacken?

    Hantke, H. (Speaker) & Kähler, A.-F. (Speaker)

    18.03.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  4. Desarrollo Sostenible y el rol de la Comunicación

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Describing consumer competence: A transdisciplinary approach

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    20.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Design based knowledge production in transdisciplinary Sustainability Science

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  7. Designmethoden in transdisziplinären Teams

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Desinfektionsmittel in der Umwelt.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.10.200405.10.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Determinants and management consequences of normative views of sustainability in Namibian commercial cattle farming

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker)

    22.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Determinants of Researchers' Roles in Real-World Transitions: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Real-World Laboratories.

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    18.06.201721.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch