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.
- Conferences
14th Symposium of Insect Plant Interactions - SIP 2011
Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)
13.08.2011 → 18.08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15. Internationale Fachtagung der Hochschullernwerkstätten - 2022
Hofer, E. (Participant) & Abels, S. (Participant)
07.03.2022 → 09.03.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15th EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting - EMAN 2012
Hörisch, J. (Speaker)
24.09.2012 → 26.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15th European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE 2022
Hofer, E. (Participant) & Abels, S. (Participant)
11.07.2022 → 13.07.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS ICCE 2015
Wieck, S. (presenter)
20.09.2015 → 24.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 08.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15 Years of the Jena Experiment: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)
07.02.2017 → 08.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
16 European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE 2024
Hofer, E. (Participant)
05.09.2024 → 06.09.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
16. LeLa-Jahrestagung - LeLa 2021
Hofer, E. (Participant)
08.03.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
16th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - 2010
Leonhardt, S. (presenter)
08.08.2010 → 14.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
16th Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network Conference - EMAN EU Conference 2013
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
20.02.2013 → 22.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
16th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2011
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
12.07.2011 → 16.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs - 2019
Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Loschelder, D. D. (Coauthor)
17.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs - FGSP 2019
Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Loschelder, D. D. (Coauthor)
16.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association - APRIA 2013
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Engler, J.-O. (presenter)
28.07.2013 → 31.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy - IAEP 2013
Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)
26.10.2013 → 28.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - EASP 2014
Majer, J. M. (presenter)
09.07.2014 → 12.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17th IEA Triannual Conference and World Congress 2014
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
05.06.2014 → 10.06.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
17. Treffen des Netzwerkes inklusiver naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht (NinU): Digitalisierung und Inklusion
Abels, S. (Organiser), Hofer, E. (Participant), List, F. (Participant), Sowinski, R. (Participant) & Fietkau, A. (Participant)
27.09.2023 → 29.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
18. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten - 2010
Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
22.10.2010 → 24.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE 2011
Engler, J.-O. (Participant)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
18th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2005
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
12.06.2005 → 15.06.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
19th Annual Conference EAERE 2012
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2012 → 30.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
19th Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology 2020
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1. Bundesweiter und Transdisziplinärer Mentoring Kongress für Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - 2010
Thiem, A. (Organiser)
20.09.2010 → 21.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1. Circular Economy Kongress 2020
Braungart, M. (Participant)
04.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
1. LSBTI*-Wissenschaftskongress - Magnus-Hirschfeld Kongress - 2013
Offen, S. (Speaker)
30.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
1. Lüneburger Salongespräch zur Nachhaltigkeit - 2010
Paszkowska, J. (Organiser), Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Mölders, T. (Organiser), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant), Burandt, A. (Participant), Friedrich, B. (Participant) & Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
05.05.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Central European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI2009
Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)
09.10.2009 → 12.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Conference of the Energy and Society Network 2012
Fischer, L.-B. (Speaker)
22.03.2012 → 24.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research - CSEAR France 2011
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
13.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011
Delory, B. (Coauthor)
19.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Global Bioeconomy Summit - 2015
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
25.11.2015 → 26.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)
09.09.2013 → 10.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference - GSCC 2016
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
03.04.2016 → 06.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
1st Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference
Weiser, A. (presenter)
06.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st iDiv Annual Conference - 2015
Ohse, B. (Speaker)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Conference on Beneficial Uses of Algal Biomass - ICBUAB 2013
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
05.11.2013 → 08.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Conference on Corporate Responsibility 2008
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
08.10.2008 → 10.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Conference on Landscape Economics - 2009
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
07.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013
Challies, E. (presenter)
27.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Symposium on Local Knowledge related to Medicinal and Nutritional Plants
Pérez, D. (Organiser), de la Pava, R. (Organiser), Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser) & Diazgranados, M. (Organiser)
27.09.2015 → 02.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st ISA Forum of Sociology 2008
Schulz, D. (Speaker)
05.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
17.04.2016 → 20.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2016 Energy Policy for Bridging and Communications Forum
Maly, C. (Speaker)
19.08.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
2021 Annual International Conference - NARST 2021
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant)
07.04.2021 → 10.04.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance
Rose, M. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Organiser)
20.10.2022 → 24.10.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research - INQUA 2019
Tucci, M. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
20th EMAN Conference 2016
Hetze, K. (Speaker), Bögel, P. M. (Speaker) & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Coauthor)
22.09.2016 → 23.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research