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. 2018
  2. Blockchains, Economy, Anonymity

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    25.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Tailor-made bio-based ingredients for a competitive bioeconomy 2

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    24.10.2018

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  4. Webinar Pharmaceuticals in the environment - A new strategic approach is needed

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    17.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  5. XENOWAC II - 2018

    Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)

    10.10.201812.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Herbsttagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement des Verbands für Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB 2018

    Hörisch, J. (Participant)

    04.10.201805.10.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships II

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Lam, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    27.09.2018

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

  8. IMST-Fachdidaktiktag 2018

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    26.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  9. Universities as Transformative Locations for Sustainable Approaches to Science: Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers’

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    26.09.201828.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. Institutionen für zukünftige Generationen und ihre Institutionalisierung unter den Bedingungen einer gegenwartsfixierten Demokratie

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    25.09.201828.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen in der Lehrerbildung

    Barth, M. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)

    25.09.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch