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. Transformation, Transdisciplinarity, Transition - About the new Responsibility of Design

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    11.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. UC Santa Barbara History of Science Workshop

    Schrickel, I. (Participant)

    31.10.2017

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

  4. Green Pharmacy Conference 2017

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    27.10.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 7th International Conference on Food Studies 2017

    Klaniecki, K. T. (Speaker)

    26.10.201727.10.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Arizona State University

    Engler, J.-O. (Visiting researcher)

    23.10.201722.11.2017

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  7. Relational ontologies in rural Bogota: experiences on agrobiodiversity.

    Pérez, D. (Speaker) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    19.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. A business management perspective on slow fashion

    Freudenreich, B. (Speaker)

    12.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chains - Investigating the Cradle to Cradle Approach

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Blauth, C. (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Networking for the environment: How does environmental orientation influence start-ups’ networking frequency and size?

    Dickel, P. (Speaker), Ritter, T. (Speaker) & Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Sustainability in the ICT industry - A systematic literature review

    Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    11.10.201713.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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Researchers

  1. Valérie Riepe

Publications

  1. Impact of land transformation, management and governance on subjective wellbeing across social–ecological systems
  2. Disentangling associations of human wellbeing with green infrastructure, degree of urbanity, and social factors around an Asian megacity
  3. Kapitalgesellschaftsrechtlicher Gläubigerschutz
  4. Gesellschaftlichen Wandel gestalten: Forschendes Lernen
  5. Bildung, Pluralität und Demokratie
  6. The WTO's Crisis
  7. Risikoanalyse für Human Factors
  8. Climate change policies and carbon-related CEO compensation systems
  9. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen
  10. Ertragsteuerrecht
  11. Philosophie der Responsivität
  12. Kompetenzorientiertes Fachwissen von Mathematik-Lehramtsstudierenden
  13. Wie aus Geflüchteten Kolleg/Innen werden!
  14. Perspectives on comprehensive sustainability-orientation in municipalities
  15. Klassentestheft Teil 1 (10 Ex.) - 2. Schuljahr
  16. Evaluation eines Emotionsregulationstrainings als zusätzliche Behandlungskomponente in KVT-basierter Depressionstherapie
  17. A safe space and leadership matter for innovation
  18. Arzneimittelentwicklung
  19. Four decades of research on alexithymia
  20. Empowering Women
  21. German version of the pediatric incontinence questionnaire for urinary incontinence health related quality of life
  22. Konzeptualisierung und Testkonstruktion zum fachbezogenen Professionswissen von Mathematiklehrkräften
  23. Education for a sustainable development – European Approaches
  24. Tobias Cheung: Organismen - Agenten zwischen Innen- und Außenwelt 1780-1860, (Science Studies) Bielefeld: transcript 2014
  25. Erziehungsarbeit und Kinderleben gestalten
  26. Fristendramen
  27. Interaktive Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen
  28. Prüfung der Buchführung durch den Aufsichtsrat – Recht oder Pflicht?
  29. Das Studium als Berufsvorbereitung - ein Mythos der Lehrerbildung