School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
- Visiting an external academic institution
University of Bologna
Ute Stoltenberg (Visiting lecturer)
2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
University of California, Berkeley
Jeremias Herberg (Visiting researcher)
01.02.2015 → 30.06.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Marco Rieckmann (Visiting lecturer)
19.03.2012 → 23.03.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
University of South Australia
Dimitar Zvezdov (Visiting researcher)
05.03.2012 → 02.04.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Vienna
Ulli Vilsmaier (Visiting researcher)
17.05.2016 → 17.06.2016Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Utrecht University
Jens Newig (Visiting researcher)
2021 → …Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- Hosting an academic visitor
Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza
Berta Martín-López (Host)
05.2017 → 08.2017Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Peter G. Mahaffy
Klaus Kümmerer (Host) & Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Host)
02.10.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Zebensui Morales-Reyes
Berta Martín-López (Host)
04.2016 → 11.2016Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
- Academic Consultant
Arbeitspapier zum Bericht der Bundesregierung zur Verankerung von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in den einzelnen Bildungsbereichen (unveröffentlicht)
Barbara Benoist (Reviewer)
2008Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Beratung von Bürgerinitiativen zum Thema Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Vortrag zur Einführung ins Thema unkonventionelle Lagerstätten und hydraulic fracturing
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Berufung in den Beirat der Studie zur Entwicklung der Ganztagsschule (StEG)
Maria Salisch (Reviewer)
2014 → 2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Best Practice in Maritime Spatial Planning: Towards Mutually Beneficial Outcomes for Fishers, Renewable Energy Production and Marine Conservation
Cormac Walsh (Consultant)
01.11.2020 → 28.02.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Bewertung innovativer 380 kV-Freileitungsmastsysteme: bezüglich deren rechtlicher Zulässigkeit sowie Landschaftsbildauswirkungen in unterschiedlichen Einsatzgebieten
Claus-Thomas Schomerus (Reviewer), Karsten Runge (Reviewer), Wolfgang Marthen (Reviewer), Heinrich Pohlmann (Reviewer), Christian Butzeck (Reviewer), Julian Justus Lauer (Reviewer), Melanie Griem (Reviewer) & Lotte Marie Lutz (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Biodiversity Principles: Recommendations for the Financial Sector
Uwe Beständig (Reviewer)
01.10.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Das Konzept der öffentlichen Güter und seine Relevanz für Nachhaltigkeit und Geschlechterpolitik - eine Einleitung
Daniela Gottschlich (Reviewer) & Dagmar Vinz (Reviewer)
01.11.2006Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Die Beendigung der Energetischen Nutzung von Kohle in Deutschland: ein Überblick über Zusammenhänge, Herausforderungen und Lösungsoptionen.
Claudia Kemfert (Reviewer), Manfred Fischedick (Reviewer) & Camilla Bausch (Reviewer)
26.06.2018 → 01.12.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Einweg- und Mehrweg-Entsorgungssysteme für Patientenausscheidungen
Martin Scherrer (Reviewer), Armin König (Reviewer) & Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer)
2004Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
ESERA Online Conference - ESERA 2021
Elisabeth Hofer (Reviewer)
30.08.2021 → 03.09.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Evaluation von ausgewählten, öffentlich geförderten Einrichtungen der Energieberatung in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rainer Höger (Reviewer) & Maren Knolle (Reviewer)
1999Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer