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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  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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  1. PoNa als inter- und transdisziplinäres Experiment in der Sozial-ökologischen Forschung
  2. Distributionsdichte
  3. Heldenmädchen und gespaltene Männer
  4. Ausschreibungsmodelle für Erneuerbare Energien
  5. Not Just Riot Grrrls! Punk Rock Feminism in the Philippines
  6. Aspects of Sustainability
  7. Selbstreflexion und kollegialer Austausch
  8. Suggestions in British and American English
  9. Heiligabend, ein Mietwagen und ein Happy End
  10. Capital structure decisions of globally-listed shipping companies
  11. Wie können sich Schulen durch musikpädagogische Förderung weiterentwickeln?
  12. Die Rampe - Hefte für Literatur 01/2011
  13. Graphische Variation im Rahmen emotionaler Online-Praktiken
  14. Landscape diversity and the resilience of agricultural returns
  15. Effizienzprüfung des Aufsichtsrats als Qualitätsindikator der Corporate Governance
  16. The funeral industry and the Internet
  17. Habitus - Pierre Bourdieu
  18. Die Job-Family-Cluster-Organisation
  19. Anaerobic biodegradation of organochlorine pesticides in contaminated soil
  20. Eine internetbasierte Intervention zur Verbesserung des psychischen Wohlbefindens bei hochbelasteten Arbeitnehmern
  21. Der 11. September auf dem Theater
  22. Kommunistische Parteien
  23. Temporality
  24. A Regional(ist) Party in Denial? The German PDS and its Arrival in Unified Germany
  25. Betriebliche Altersversorgung (§ 2 Abs. 2 Satz 2)
  26. Valuation Beyond the Market: On Symbolic and Economic Value in Contemporary Art
  27. Einleitung: Warum hacken?
  28. Professionalisierung in und für Evaluationen
  29. „Beziehungsweise“ werden oder das sozialisatorische Potential von Freundschaften unter Jugendlichen
  30. Cooperation in public good games. Calculated or confused?
  31. Sieben Thesen zu Inter- und Transdisziplinarität und was daraus für das Studium folgt
  32. Implementierung von Aspekten Forschenden Lernens in den Chemieunterricht der Sekundarstufe II