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
Implementierung von Aspekten Forschenden Lernens in den Chemieunterricht der Sekundarstufe II
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
19.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Implementing sustainability related key competencies into teacher education - Learning processes and outcomes
Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Implementing Sustainability Strategies Through Accounting Controls: An Exploration of Practices in Seven Multinational Corporations
Crutzen, N. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2013 → 08.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Including justice in institutional analysis: How do frameworks for institutional analysis consider ideas of justice?
Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Hanger, S. (Coauthor) & da Fonseca, I. F. (Coauthor)
18.06.2013 → 21.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Including Justice in Institutional Analysis - How Do Frameworks for Institutional Analysis Consider Ideas of Justice?
Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Hanger, S. (Coauthor) & da Fonseca, I. F. (Coauthor)
10.04.2013 → 13.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inclusive science teaching in the field of tension between theory and practice
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
13.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Income inequality and willingness to pay for ecosystem services
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Drupp, M. A. (Speaker), Meya, J. (Speaker), Munz, J. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)
18.06.2013 → 21.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Independenz und Migration in kosmopolitische Städte [Independence and migration toward cosmopolitan cities]
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Varnum, M. E. W. (Coauthor) & Kitayama, S. (Coauthor)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusion im Sachunterricht. Empirische und theoretische Befunde für die Gestaltung eines zukunftsfähigen Sachunterrichts
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker), Bürgener, L. (Speaker), Sellin, K. (Speaker), Brauns, S. (Speaker) & Meschede, N. (Oral presentation)
06.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusion in der außerschulischen politischen Bildung
Offen, S. (Speaker)
02.11.2015 → 03.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusion und Chemiedidaktik: Eine Annäherung
Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusive Gestaltung einer Einheit offenen Forschenden Lernens
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusiven Chemieunterricht entwickeln und erforschen
Abels, S. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusive Unterrichtsgestaltung - Brüche und Brücken zwischen Sach- und Fachuntericht
Abels, S. (Plenary speaker)
19.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Innovation contests for sustainability innovations: Findings from a worldwide shoe innovation contest
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
25.11.2010 → 27.11.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovation in sustainable supply chains – A reflection on resources and SME collaboration with supply chain stakeholders
Harms, D. (Speaker)
06.06.2012 → 08.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives
Esders, M. (Speaker)
05.07.2009 → 08.07.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations
Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
01.06.2011 → 04.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutionalizing transdisciplinary learning on different levels
Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Weiß, M. (Speaker)
09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutional Proxy Representatives of Future Generations: A Comparative Analysis of Types and Design Features
Rose, M. (Speaker)
06.12.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutionen für zukünftige Generationen und ihre Institutionalisierung unter den Bedingungen einer gegenwartsfixierten Demokratie
Rose, M. (Speaker)
25.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutionenübergreifende Entwicklungsteams als Formate transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit.
Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
01.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrales Energiekonzept für eine klimaneutrale Universität: Projekt "klimaneutraler Campus"
Strodel, N. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
02.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrating Systems Thinking Approaches in Chemical Education for Sustainable Development - Exploring the Status Quo
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
05.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interlinking Feed/Food Commodity Chains: Social and Environmental Impacts, and Challenges for Governance
Challies, E. (Speaker)
04.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Academic Partnership “Teaching and Learning Sustainability”: Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador)
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
26.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Application of Intensive, Project-Based Sustainability Professional Development for In-Service Primary School Teachers
Barth, M. (Speaker) & Redman, E. (Speaker)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Consumption - Towards Action and Impact - SuCo 2011
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
07.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Workshop on Food Waste Valorization
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
09.03.2016 → 11.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internet-based guided self-help to reduce depressive symptoms in teachers: Results from a randomized controlled trial
Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Boß, L. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker), Thiart, H. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker) & Heber, E. (Speaker)
03.10.2013 → 04.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internetgestützte Berichterstattung der DAX-30 Unternehmen
Blanke, M. (Speaker), Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)
21.09.2006 → 23.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
07.09.2009 → 09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
In the forest: doing gender by doing nature
Katz, C. (Speaker)
28.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Invasion success of Ulmus pumila L. in North America and Argentina:Environment or adaptation?
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Investigating the relationship between teachers' acceptance and use of educational technology and student data
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Hase, A. K. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Coauthor) & Kuhl, P. (Coauthor)
23.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Iron Oxidizing Bacteria: Influence of Calcium and Magnesium on Growth Rates
Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Jerofke, S. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
24.06.2012 → 29.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
26.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
ISA Word Congress of Sociology 2010
Newig, J. (Speaker)
11.07.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Is small beautiful? Small-scale farming in Poland and its contribution to sustainable rural development
Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Is small beautiful? The case of small-scale farming in Poland, the CAP and rural resilience
Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
30.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Is the question of democracy a blind spot in the debate about transformation?
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
22.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
It Matters When You Do It – Issue Packaging in Multi-Issue Negotiation.
Zhang, H. (Speaker), Geiger, I. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
09.07.2017 → 12.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
01.09.2013 → 04.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
30.06.2013 → 03.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
It's Time to Talk About Time Shaping Competence: A Framework for Addressing “Time” in ESE „Now I Appreciate the Small Things in Life.“ – An Inquiry into Learning Potentials for ESE by Researching Students' Time Use During “Lockdown”
Grauer, C. (Speaker)
09.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jaquelines-of-all-trades: Testing Lazear's View on Entrepreneurship for Women Graduates
Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker), Kurczewska, A. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)
06.06.2015 → 09.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Jaquelines-of-all-trades: Women Graduate Entrepreneurs and Their Skill-sets
Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker), Kurczewska, A. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)
18.11.2015 → 19.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Justice, Democracy and Future Generations
Rose, M. (Speaker)
27.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research