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. Winterschool „Public Participation and Climate Protection“

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    30.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  3. Wo bleibt die Fachlichkeit? Zum Stellenwert der Fachlichkeit bei der rekonstruktiven Analyse naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts

    Abels, S. (Speaker)

    09.09.2021

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  4. Workshop “Governance für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Prinzipien und praktische Relevanz”

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    16.06.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  5. Workshop on German-Dutch-Perspectives on Current Issues of Environmental Social Sciences

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    17.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  6. Zukunftsgerechtigkeit als Leitprinzip kommunalen Planens und Handelns

    Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)

    23.11.2023

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  7. Zur Gestaltungskraft von Asymmetrie und Abhängigkeit - der analytische Beitrag einer Theorie des Sorgens zur Vorsorge

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    20.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  8. Zwischen_Zeiten: Das Geschlecht, die Zeit - und was ist nachhaltig?

    Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)

    25.10.2013

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  10. 12. NGU Tagung: Wissenschaftliche Praxis und ökopolitischer Aktivismus

    Meyer, E. M. (presenter)

    23.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. 20. Internationale Tagung der Fachsektion Didaktik der Biologie (FDdB) im VBIO 2015

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    14.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Education

  12. 20th Anniversary Workshop on "Environmental Science and Technology for Sustainable Development"

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    25.01.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  13. 23. Hochschultage Berufliche Bildung - HTBB 2025

    Kähler, A.-F. (Coauthor), Hantsch, R. (Coauthor), Casper, M. (Coauthor), Kiepe, K. (Coauthor), Hantke, H. (Coauthor), Hufnagl, J. (Coauthor), Heisler, D. (Coauthor), Schütt-Sayed, S. (Coauthor), Ansmann, M. (Coauthor), Kohl, M. (Coauthor), Thole, C. (Coauthor), Ciolek, S. (Coauthor), Diettrich, A. (Coauthor), Dück, F. (Coauthor), Haberzeth, E. (Coauthor), Harm, S. (Coauthor), Heitzhausen, S. (Coauthor), Hösel, F. (Coauthor), Kröhn, S. (Coauthor), Loy, S. (Coauthor), Müller, C. (Coauthor), Porath, J. (Coauthor), Pranger, J. (Coauthor), Reißland, J. (Coauthor) & Stoll, C. (Coauthor)

    18.03.202519.03.2025

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  14. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Khaleel, N. D. H. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  15. 2nd International Conference on Forests 2017

    Ohse, B. (Speaker)

    27.04.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  16. 38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Herberg, J. (Speaker), Meyer, E. (Speaker) & Schmieg, G. (Speaker)

    26.09.201630.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  17. Achtsamkeit und nachhaltiger Konsum: Ergebnisse einer Interventionsstudie mit randomisiertem Wartegruppendesign

    Fischer, D. (Coauthor)

    24.11.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. Aerobic biodegradability assessment of Cefazolin and its phototransformation products

    Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  19. A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Design Study On Learning Results In An Innovative Study Model - First Qualitative Results In HESD

    Sundermann, A. (presenter)

    02.09.201405.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  20. Amplifying the Impact of Local Initiatives in Sustainability Transformations – A pragmatic Typology

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

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  21. Amplifying the Impact of Local Inititatives in Sustainability Transformations - A pragmatic Typology

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)

    2017

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