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.
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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Maly, C. (Speaker)
12.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Lernprozesse in Reallaboren & Co. verstehen und gestalten
Barth, M. (Speaker)
22.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Leverage points for sustainability transformation in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus – Institutional perspectives
Newig, J. (Speaker)
16.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
LP 2020 - Informationsveranstaltung für Gutachterkommissionen
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
28.06.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
LP 2020 - Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsmaterialien für die Sekundarstufe I: Workshop 3 (Chemie)
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
24.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
„macht-los?“ – Zwischen Partizipation und Eigensinn
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
19.06.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
28.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Methods workshop: A social science perspective on coastal issues
Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)
24.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Mit 'Mysteries' zum Forschenden Lernen im Chemieunterricht
Hofer, E. (Lecturer) & Puddu, S. (Lecturer)
31.03.2016 → 01.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Moderation: Check-In and Agenda Of The Day and Introduction of the facilitator of the panel
Hantke, H. (Speaker)
08.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker) & Weiser, A. (Speaker)
25.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Nachhaltige Entwicklung - ein Thema für die Grundschule!
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
09.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Narrations and documentations - the emigration and adoption of Afro-German children to Scandinavia after World II
Golly, N. (Speaker)
06.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
NSSI Factory, IED
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Offene Beteiligungsprozesse: Stadt- und Freiraumentwicklung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen
Edelhoff, S. H. (Speaker)
18.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
ÖkoKult - Sicherung der Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität in extensiv bewirtschafteten Kulturlandschaften
Walmsley, D. (Speaker)
21.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Once upon a time … – About effects of stories in environmental communication
Sundermann, A. (Keynote Speaker)
25.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Parliaments, Climate Change, and Intergenerational Justice
Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker) & Rose, M. (Panel participant)
06.10.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Performance Monitoring for the Management of Heathland Ecosystems in times of Global Change - Novel Research Results for an Ancient Cultural Landscape
Walmsley, D. (Speaker)
04.12.2018 → 07.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Pflanzenkohle aus kontaminiertem Auen-Grünland als Bodenverbesserer
Wolski, S. (Speaker), Thiem, C. (Speaker), Krüger, F. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
22.09.2014 → 23.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
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)
07.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Policy learning and evidence-based governance in mandated participatory planning
Newig, J. (Speaker)
27.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Potentials, limits and context factors of participation for achieving environmental sustainability
Newig, J. (Speaker)
31.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach
Newig, J. (Speaker)
19.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Public perceptions of 1.5 degrees
Kause, A. (Speaker)
17.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Publishing success in ecology, and African perspective
Turner, S. (Speaker)
09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Relevance of selected health institutions on the impact of pharmaceuticals to the environment
Herrmann, M. (Speaker)
24.09.2013 → 25.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Representing Future Generations in Parliament
Rose, M. (Panel participant)
22.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Storytelling und Nachhaltigkeit: Gut erzählt = überzeugt?
Sundermann, A. (Speaker)
14.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Stürme, Hitze, Fluten - die Psychologie von Klimarisiken
Kause, A. (Speaker)
26.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Sustainability and the City
Möller, S. (Speaker)
21.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Sustainability on Campus - Overview, Implementation and Outlook
Opel, O. (Speaker), Werner, K. (Coauthor), Brüggen, I. (Coauthor) & Ruck, W. (Coauthor)
23.10.2013 → 25.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Tag der Lehre 2016
John, B. (Speaker)
29.01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Talk on false memories
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Talk on thinking about the future
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Task Force on Access to Information under the Aarhus Convention, UNECE
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
09.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Teilnahme am Podium "Europa- Menschenwürde, Freiheit, Demokratie!?"
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
25.05.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Telecoupling. A current challenge to global environmental governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
The growing importance of sustainability in European markets and the role of universities in sustainability-oriented management education
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
31.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
The importance of scales for legitimate and effective participatory environmental governance. Findings from a multi-level comparative case study of implementing the Water Framework Directive (with D. Schulz)
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)
08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
The Water Framework Directive: Policy Implementation Through Multi-Level Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Transformative Indikatoren: Wirkungsabschätzungen in Reallaboren
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Schleicher, K. (Speaker)
07.10.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Urbane Regenwasserversickerung als Eintragspfad für biozide Wirkstoffe in das Grundwasser. Fachreferent in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Jens Lange und Vertretern des BMBF-MUTReWa Projektes im Rahmen des UBA Fachgesprächs: "Wissensgrundlage über die Belastung der Umwelt mit Bioziden schaffen – Möglichkeiten zur Umsetzung von Empfehlungen des Umweltbundesamtes."
Olsson, O. (Coauthor)
16.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Vom Alltagsphänomen zur Maturaaufgabe
Puddu, S. (Lecturer) & Hofer, E. (Lecturer)
25.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Von der Kooperation zu gemeinsamen Lernprozessen: Lehrerbildung auf neuen Wegen
Barth, M. (Speaker)
26.01.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Vorschau zum neuen Lehrplan Chemie in der Sekundarstufe I
Hofer, E. (Oral presentation)
06.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Vorstellung des Projektes "Studienpfad für den Beruf des kommunalen Klimamanagements" im Fachausschuss Klimaneutralität 2030
Möller, S. (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Vortrag in der UFSM (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
30.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
WATHLINGEN 20_50: Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Exploration Nachhaltig gut leben - Beobachtungen und Empfehlungen für die Samtgemeinde Wathlingen
Redenius, P. (Speaker) & Hoernemann, D. (Speaker)
11.09.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Webinar Pharmaceuticals in the environment - A new strategic approach is needed
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer