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. Verbraucherschutzforum: Nachhaltigkeit und Verbraucherschutz

    Halfmeier, A. (Organiser), Halfmeier, A. (Speaker) & Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    01.10.2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Positive fantasies spoll the fun of soccer fans

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Wagner, G. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    10.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. A Matter of Framing: Analyzing Value Communication in Sustainable Business Models

    Norris, S. (Speaker)

    30.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Cradle to Cradle Forschungskolloquium - 2021

    Braungart, M. (Organiser)

    30.09.2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. ZuS-Tagung "Inklusion Digital" - 2021

    Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant)

    29.09.202101.10.2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. The role of co-production in the governance of nature’s contributions to people: a multilevel approach

    Isaac, R. (Speaker), Däfler, L. (Coauthor), Schleyer, C. (Speaker) & Martín-López, B. (Speaker)

    21.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Welches Kontextverständnis braucht der inklusive Nawi-Unterricht

    Weirauch, K. (Speaker), Hüfner, S. K. (Speaker), Abels, S. (Speaker) & Menthe, J. (Speaker)

    16.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Deutungsmuster von MINT-Lehrpersonen zu Forschendem Lernen

    Koliander, B. (Speaker), Hofer, E. (Coauthor) & Puddu, S. (Coauthor)

    15.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Literature Review zu konzeptuellem Lernen in Open Inquiry Settings

    Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)

    14.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Polity for sustainability: Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions for empirical analysis

    Rose, M. (Speaker), Mathis, O. L. (Coauthor), Rose, M. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor) & Bauer, S. (Coauthor)

    14.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch