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. 2016
  2. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - GfÖ 2016

    Ohse, B. (Speaker)

    05.09.201609.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Eine didaktische Rekonstruktion der Energiewende

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    05.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik - GDCP 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    05.09.201608.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Neon ist doch eine Farbe!: Ein Unterrichtsgespräch über den Atombau

    Abels, S. (Speaker), Heidinger, C. (Speaker), Koliander, B. (Speaker) & Plotz, T. (Speaker)

    05.09.201608.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Netzwerk inklusiver naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht

    Abels, S. (Speaker), Menthe, J. (Speaker), Blumberg, E. (Speaker), Fromme, T. (Speaker), Marohn, A. (Speaker) & Rott, L. (Speaker)

    05.09.201608.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers (External organisation)

    Pleißner, D. (Member)

    01.09.201631.08.2017

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsTransfer

  8. Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology e.V. (External organisation)

    Pleißner, D. (Member)

    01.09.2016

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsTransfer

  9. Transformative Research and Development in Urban and Regional Environments

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201603.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Transforming Well-Being in Wuppertal: Conditions and Constraints

    Rose, M. (Speaker) & Maibaum, K. (Speaker)

    01.09.201603.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  11. Alkohol-Myopie und Glückspiel: Ein hilfreiches Getränk? [Alcohol-myopia and gambling: a useful beverage?]

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

    09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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  1. The Cool Water Effect