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. Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker) & Weiser, A. (Speaker)

    25.06.2018

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  3. Nachhaltige Entwicklung - ein Thema für die Grundschule!

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)

    09.11.2019

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  4. Narrations and documentations - the emigration and adoption of Afro-German children to Scandinavia after World II

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    06.2009

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  5. NSSI Factory, IED

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    30.10.2007

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  6. Offene Beteiligungsprozesse: Stadt- und Freiraumentwicklung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen

    Edelhoff, S. H. (Speaker)

    18.02.2013

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  7. ÖkoKult - Sicherung der Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität in extensiv bewirtschafteten Kulturlandschaften

    Walmsley, D. (Speaker)

    21.04.2018

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  8. Once upon a time … – About effects of stories in environmental communication

    Sundermann, A. (Keynote Speaker)

    25.11.2018

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  9. Parliaments, Climate Change, and Intergenerational Justice

    Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker) & Rose, M. (Panel participant)

    06.10.2021

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  10. Performance Monitoring for the Management of Heathland Ecosystems in times of Global Change - Novel Research Results for an Ancient Cultural Landscape

    Walmsley, D. (Speaker)

    04.12.201807.12.2018

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  11. Pflanzenkohle aus kontaminiertem Auen-Grünland als Bodenverbesserer

    Wolski, S. (Speaker), Thiem, C. (Speaker), Krüger, F. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)

    22.09.201423.09.2014

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  12. Philosophy with Children in pre-service teacher education - A reconstructive study of teacher training students' experiences with philosophizing with children in inclusive settings

    Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Michalik, K. (Coauthor)

    07.04.2018

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  13. Policy learning and evidence-based governance in mandated participatory planning

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    27.05.2015

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  14. Potentials, limits and context factors of participation for achieving environmental sustainability

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    31.01.2018

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  15. Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    19.11.2014

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  16. Public perceptions of 1.5 degrees

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    17.03.2022

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  17. Publishing success in ecology, and African perspective

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    09.2023

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  18. Relevance of selected health institutions on the impact of pharmaceuticals to the environment

    Herrmann, M. (Speaker)

    24.09.201325.09.2013

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  19. Representing Future Generations in Parliament

    Rose, M. (Panel participant)

    22.06.2022

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  20. Storytelling und Nachhaltigkeit: Gut erzählt = überzeugt?

    Sundermann, A. (Speaker)

    14.11.2022

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  21. Stürme, Hitze, Fluten - die Psychologie von Klimarisiken

    Kause, A. (Speaker)

    26.04.2022

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