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.
- Conference Presentations
Sustainability Awareness and Volunteer Services in the Global South
Richter, S. (Speaker)
09.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Sustainability in the ICT industry - A systematic literature review
Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting: Managing Climate Change Information and other Sustainability Performance Challenges
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
05.10.2009 → 06.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting - Revolution or Evolution of Management Accounting?
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)
10.05.2005 → 11.05.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporters
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
04.09.2005 → 06.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development
Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)
24.11.2005 → 25.11.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web: Developments in Germany
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
17.09.2008 → 19.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability, temporal irreversibility and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)
14.06.2011 → 17.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Transformation: Building Resilience in Sustainability Reporting for a Net-Zero Future
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
19.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability transformation of markets: How can companies contribute?
Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages
Norris, S. (Speaker), Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor)
03.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Gerlach, A. (Speaker)
01.08.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable entrepreneurship and the transformation of industries: The case of the apparel industry
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Land Use: Gender Perspectives - Session 61 A: Introduction “Gender – Culture – Nature
Katz, C. (Speaker)
02.08.2012 → 03.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Empirische Studie bei DAX & MDAX - Theorie & Praxis
Harms, D. (Speaker)
30.09.2010 → 01.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Supply Chains im globalen Kontext - Lieferantenmanagement in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen
Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)
15.03.2011 → 16.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable use of arable lands within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germana using SAR-Data
Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 25.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable use of High Aswan Dam Reservoir in view of climate change
Elba, E. (Speaker), Urban, B. (Coauthor) & Farghaly, D. (Coauthor)
21.10.2015 → 23.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research