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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  1. 2011
  2. 5. Workshop zur Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaanpassungsforschung - 2011

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    30.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  3. 6th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition - IRES 2011

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    28.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Vortrag im wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Paulo Freire Zentrum Wien.

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    28.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Postwachstumsökonomie und Suffizienz - 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Organiser)

    26.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  6. 5th Annual Research Colloquium “Innovation & Value Creation" 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    25.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. proDUO – Jobsharing als Element des akademischen Personalmanagements von promovierten MitarbeiterInnen an deutschen Hochschulen

    Birkner, S. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Rehm, A. (Speaker)

    25.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Symposium “Arzneimittel im Wasser - Ziele und Rahmenbedingungen“ der Emschergenossenschaft - 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    25.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 6. Forschungsseminar „Innovation and Value Creation“ 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Chair)

    24.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Anica Zeyen)

    Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    24.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  11. Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Markus Beckmann)

    Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)

    24.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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Researchers

  1. Valérie Riepe

Publications

  1. Heldenmädchen und gespaltene Männer
  2. Erschließung des gesellschaftlichen Problem-Lösungs-Raums durch Open Social Innovation
  3. Not Just Riot Grrrls! Punk Rock Feminism in the Philippines
  4. Effects of orientations to happiness on vocational identity achievement.
  5. Partizipation als reflexive Praxis im Hilfeplangespräch?
  6. Verändern: Zielklärung, Planung und Ressourcenprüfung im persönlichen Entwicklungsplan
  7. Umweltmanagementsysteme in europäischen Häfen
  8. Professionalisierung in und für Evaluationen
  9. Plasticizer and Surfactant Formation from Food-Waste- and Algal Biomass-Derived Lipids
  10. Gesellschaftsbilder Sozialer Arbeit
  11. Sieben Thesen zu Inter- und Transdisziplinarität und was daraus für das Studium folgt
  12. Austrag von gelösten Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoffverbindungen aus einem Ackerstandort unter erhöhten atmosphärischen CO2-Konzentrationen
  13. § 290 Verzinsung des Wertersatzes
  14. Ein unmöglicher Blick von außen
  15. Industrial Relations and Trade Union Effects on Innovation in Germany
  16. Political culture and democracy
  17. Der implizite Übersetzer in der Kinderliteratur: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des kinderliterarischen Übersetzens.
  18. Article 5
  19. Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems
  20. Gesellschaftlichen Wandel gestalten: Forschendes Lernen
  21. The WTO's Crisis
  22. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen
  23. Perceived inclusivity and trust in protected area management decisions among stakeholders in Alaska
  24. Evaluation eines Emotionsregulationstrainings als zusätzliche Behandlungskomponente in KVT-basierter Depressionstherapie
  25. Klassentestheft Teil 1 (10 Ex.) - 2. Schuljahr
  26. Einzelschule
  27. A safe space and leadership matter for innovation
  28. Abwanderung und Ausgrenzung
  29. Human Terrain System
  30. The effects of psychotherapies for major depression in adults on remission, recovery and improvement
  31. The sources of international investment law
  32. The economic insurance value of ecosystem resilience
  33. Vasodilatierende Substanzen in Kläranlagenabläufen und Oberflächengewässern