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. Conference Presentations
  2. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational ecological justice.

    Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)

    25.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational justice in the use of ecosystems and their services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Glotzbach, S. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    18.09.201320.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational justice in the use of ecosystems and their services. An ecological-economic mode.

    Glotzbach, S. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. The Relative Importance of Behavioral Factors in Solar Photovoltaic Project Financing

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Hampl, N. (Speaker)

    22.09.201424.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The relevance of relationship networks for Female Social Entrepreneurs - An ego-centered network analysis

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Spiegler, A. (Speaker)

    20.09.201523.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. The revolution will not be liked. On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    12.11.201415.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Thermochemical storage materials research - TGA/DSC-hydration studies

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Gérard, M. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    21.02.201124.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Thermodynamische und kinetische Aspekte der Dehydratation und Rehydratation anorganischer Salzhydrate

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Köllner, J. K. (Speaker), Osterland, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    26.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. The Role and Use of Environmental Management Accounting for Supply Chains: An explorative Study

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Burritt, R. L. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. The role of co-production in the governance of nature’s contributions to people: a multilevel approach

    Isaac, R. (Speaker), Däfler, L. (Coauthor), Schleyer, C. (Speaker) & Martín-López, B. (Speaker)

    21.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. The Role of Food Policy Councils in Policymaking: Advocate, Adviser or Actor in participatory governance?

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    26.08.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. The role of networked publics for participatory sustainability communication

    Schulz, D. (Speaker)

    07.09.201110.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. The Second International Symposium on Biology of Decision Making

    Korn, C. (Speaker), Fan, Y. (Speaker), Zhang, K. (Speaker), Wang, C. (Speaker), Han, S. (Speaker) & Heekeren, H. (Speaker)

    10.05.201211.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. The Story of Storytelling Effects in Sustainability Communication: A Systematic Literature Review on the Evidence-Base

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    22.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Systematic Review of Its Use in Research and Practice

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    11.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Tool for Value-Oriented Sustainability Management in Strategy-Focused Organisations

    Figge, F. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    21.06.200122.06.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Theory and Application of a Tool for Value-Based Sustainability Management

    Figge, F. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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Researchers

  1. Philipp Odensass