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. 3rd IRTG-Autumn School of Psychobiology 2009

    Peifer, C. (Participant)

    08.11.200911.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Ifo Conference on Survey Data in Economics - Methodology and Applications - 2011

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker)

    06.11.200907.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 2nd International Symposium on Wastewater-Recycling 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    04.11.200906.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. BEIDS, Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" - CLIMATE2009

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    02.11.200906.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 3rd European Fair on Education for Sustainable Development 2009

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    29.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. International Seminar “Education for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity” - 2009

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    28.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich 2009

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    26.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Stolpersteine bei der Dissertation

    Abels, S. (Speaker)

    24.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. Abschlusskonferenz des Projektes KUNTIKUM 2009

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    21.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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Publications

  1. Auf der Innenseite der Sprache
  2. Earnings baths by bank CEOs during turnovers
  3. Experimentieren 4.0 – Zum Einsatz von Experimenten im Biologieunterricht
  4. Souveränität und Hypertrophie
  5. Lebendiges Lernen als Wegweiser zu einer humanen Ökonomie und nachhaltigen Entwicklung
  6. Maintenance-(Art)Work und die Arbeit am eigenen Bild
  7. Food Tourists' Travel Behavior and Well-Being Effects
  8. Auslegung und Schicksal des Bieterangebots im Vergabeverfahren
  9. Sulfonylureas and glinides exhibit peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ activity
  10. PoNa als inter- und transdisziplinäres Experiment in der Sozial-ökologischen Forschung
  11. Good Vibrations
  12. Editorial for the special issue “Scopes of the Social Imaginary in Sociology” in the ÖZS
  13. Hypothekentilgung
  14. Schwarz, N. (2008): Umweltinnovationen und Lebensstile.Eine raumbezogene empirisch fundierte Mulit-Agenten-Simulation.
  15. Mehr Gender-Strategie tut gut
  16. Permeable reactive barriers for manufactured gas plants and related sites
  17. Not Just Riot Grrrls! Punk Rock Feminism in the Philippines
  18. Later Life Workplace Index: Validation of an English Version
  19. Schöner leben
  20. Revealing the coastal event-history of the Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal) during the Holocene using radiocarbon and OSL dating
  21. Gene tests and employees in an international comparison.
  22. Graphische Variation im Rahmen emotionaler Online-Praktiken
  23. Einflußstrukturen und ihre Bedeutung für die Entscheidungsfindung in Problemlösungsgruppen
  24. Arts Management: A Sociological Inquiry
  25. Kollektive Entscheidungsprozesse
  26. Verändern: Zielklärung, Planung und Ressourcenprüfung im persönlichen Entwicklungsplan
  27. Musiklernen am Computer
  28. Spielwelt