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. 2010
  2. Tagung ,,Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt IX'' - 2009

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    18.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 16th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - 2010

    Leonhardt, S. (presenter)

    08.08.201014.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Annual Conference of the Society for Business Ethics - 2010

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    07.08.201010.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Social Entrepreneurship: Passion and Compassion as Strategic Drivers for Value Creation

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    06.08.201010.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Future Scenarios and Ecosystem Services 2010

    Burandt, S. (Speaker)

    02.08.201004.08.2010

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

  7. 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) - 2010

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    01.08.201006.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Gegenwart und Zukunft verantwortlich leben und gestalten – Anforderungen an eine Schule - 2010

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    16.07.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Adaptation of Coastal Protection to Climate Change: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Viable Strategies

    Kuhn, K. (Speaker)

    14.07.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Primer •Seminario Internacional sobre la Gestión de la Calidad y el Desarollo Sustentable en Educación Superior, Universidad Técnica del Norte,

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    14.07.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch