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
Sustainability Awareness and Volunteer Services in the Global South
Richter, S. (Speaker)
09.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Sustainability in the ICT industry - A systematic literature review
Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting: Managing Climate Change Information and other Sustainability Performance Challenges
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
05.10.2009 → 06.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting - Revolution or Evolution of Management Accounting?
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)
10.05.2005 → 11.05.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporters
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
04.09.2005 → 06.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development
Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)
24.11.2005 → 25.11.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web: Developments in Germany
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
17.09.2008 → 19.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability, temporal irreversibility and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)
14.06.2011 → 17.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Transformation: Building Resilience in Sustainability Reporting for a Net-Zero Future
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
19.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability transformation of markets: How can companies contribute?
Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
11.10.2017 → 13.10.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages
Norris, S. (Speaker), Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor)
03.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Gerlach, A. (Speaker)
01.08.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable entrepreneurship and the transformation of industries: The case of the apparel industry
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Land Use: Gender Perspectives - Session 61 A: Introduction “Gender – Culture – Nature
Katz, C. (Speaker)
02.08.2012 → 03.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Empirische Studie bei DAX & MDAX - Theorie & Praxis
Harms, D. (Speaker)
30.09.2010 → 01.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Supply Chains im globalen Kontext - Lieferantenmanagement in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen
Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)
15.03.2011 → 16.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable use of arable lands within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germana using SAR-Data
Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 25.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable use of High Aswan Dam Reservoir in view of climate change
Elba, E. (Speaker), Urban, B. (Coauthor) & Farghaly, D. (Coauthor)
21.10.2015 → 23.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Value Added
Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)
23.06.2002 → 26.06.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability
Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)
10.09.2001 → 11.09.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen AkadeNachhaltigkeit & Gender - neue Fragen und Herausforderungenmie Tutzing "Das Geschlecht der Zeit" - 2013
Katz, C. (Speaker)
19.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung - GEBF 2018
Troll, B. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker), Abels, S. (Speaker), Greve, S. (Speaker) & Süßenbach, J. (Speaker)
16.02.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung der Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktiken - GFD 2017
Troll, B. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker), Abels, S. (Speaker), Greve, S. (Speaker) & Süßenbach, J. (Speaker)
27.09.2017 → 29.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Gender trifft Nachhaltigkeit - Nachhaltigkeit braucht Gender" - NaGe 2012
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker) & Biesecker, A. (Speaker)
11.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Take Things Easy First” or “Get Straight to The Point”? The Order of Issue Packages in Negotiation and Its Effect on Dyadic Economic Outcomes.
Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Geiger, I. (Speaker)
26.06.2016 → 29.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teachers beliefs and goals concerning inquiry-based science
Hofer, E. (Speaker), Koliander, B. (Coauthor) & Puddu, S. (Coauthor)
01.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teaching and Learning in an Interconnected World. A Guide to Transnational Education for Sustainability
John, B. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Leonie, B. (Speaker), Laubichler, M. D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
31.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teaching Science Education Inclusively - A Framework to analyse Teacher Students' Professional Competencies for Inclusive Science Education
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Technologieakzeptanz als Voraussetzung zum digital-gestützten Üben – Eine systematische Literaturübersicht
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
28.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the US, Germany and China
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker), West, J. (Speaker) & Quan, X. (Speaker)
12.08.2011 → 16.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
TEMI: Ein Fortbildungsprogramm für NaturwissenschaftslehrerInnen
Puddu, S. (Speaker), Lembens, A. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
TEMI – ein Fortbildungsprogramm für NaturwissenschaftslehrerInnen.: Vortrag auf der GDCP Tagung (mit Sandra Puddu & Anja Lembens)
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
15.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Testing how plant interactions alter plant mediated interactions
Turner, S. (Speaker)
08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping - OHBM 2012
Zhang, K. (Speaker), Aust, S. (Speaker), Grimm, S. (Speaker) & Bajbouj, M. (Speaker)
10.06.2012 → 14.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The botherder's lure and the figure of the pirate: trespassing enclosures and tweaking affordances
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
25.06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The cascading impacts of biotic starting conditions on Cirsium discolor growth-reproduction trade-offs
Turner, S. (Speaker)
12.12.2023 → 15.12.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Chronostratigraphy and environmental development of the Middle Pleistocene sequence of Schöningen.
Richter, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
01.09.2014 → 07.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices
John, B. (Speaker)
30.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The climate niche of a mountain carabid: consequences under climate change
Brandt, P. (Speaker) & von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The debate on the future of small individual farms in Poland
Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker), Lang, F. J. (Speaker) & Thiem, A. (Speaker)
22.08.2011 → 25.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Diffusion of Sustainable Cotton: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Industry Transformation and the Role of Standards
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
04.06.2013 → 07.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The economic insurance value of ecological resilience
Strunz, S. (Speaker)
16.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Effects of Outcome Uncertainty on Negotiators Facing Externalities
Schauer, M. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The efficacy of an internet- and mobile-based stress management intervention in employees in different guidance formats: the results of three randomised controlled trials
Heber, E. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker) & Ebert, D. D. (Speaker)
07.04.2016 → 09.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The EU governs beyond borders to address the displacement of environmental impacts
Coenen, J. (Speaker), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Challies, E. (Coauthor) & Bager, S. (Coauthor)
31.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Feasibility of Vaccum CO2 Stripping in ATES Systems.
Ruck, W. (Speaker) & Nordsieck, H. O. (Speaker)
06.10.1992Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The forest beyond the trees: a network perspective on governing nature's contributions to people co-production
Isaac, R. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Kachler, J. (Coauthor), Felipe-Lucia, M. R. (Coauthor) & Cumming, G. S. (Coauthor)
19.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Framework for Inclusive Science Education
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research