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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  2. Hershley (Publisher)

    Hansen, E. G. (Editorial Board)

    20102011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  3. Editor of journals
  4. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  5. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Editor)

    17.06.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  6. Biotropica (Journal)

    Staab, M. (Editorial Board)

    2019 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  7. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    1998 → …

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  8. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Beckmann, M. (Editor)

    2013 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  9. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2013 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  10. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2006

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  11. Chemosphere (Journal)

    Kümmerer, K. (Editor)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  12. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water (Journal)

    Kümmerer, K. (Editor)

    20072011

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  13. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editorial Board)

    2001 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  14. Ecology and Society (Journal)

    Martín-López, B. (Editorial Board)

    2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  15. Eco-Management and Auditing (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editorial Board)

    19982001

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  16. Ecosystems and People (Journal)

    Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)

    11.201811.2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  17. Ecosystems and People (Journal)

    Martín-López, B. (Editorial Board)

    11.2020 → …

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  18. Environmental Sciences Europe (Journal)

    Kümmerer, K. (Editor)

    2009 → …

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  19. GAIA (Journal)

    Michelsen, G. (Editorial Board)

    20072013

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  20. GAIA (Journal)

    Kümmerer, K. (Editorial Board)

    2009 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  21. Greener Management International (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2002 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  22. Greener Management International (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2003

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

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