School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
18.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Organization Studies (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
06.2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
ORDO – Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ordnungsverantwortung: Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zugunsten einer semantischen Innovation
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
23.03.2006 → 25.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Oral Presentation Skills in English, ALMA – Programm zur Förderung der Forschungkultur - 2011
Burandt, S. (Participant)
01.07.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Optimizing water resources in Egypt: The case for sediment deduction at the High Aswan dam reservoir
Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Coauthor) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)
16.03.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Wilde, M. L. (Speaker), Mayer, F. M. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Martins, A. F. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Wilde, M. L. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Opinion on the Conformity of the European Union’s Position with the UNFSA concerning the Conservation and Management of North Atlantic Shortfin Mako Shark at ICCAT
Rosello, M. (Reviewer), Schatz, V. (Reviewer) & van der Marel, E. (Reviewer)
07.11.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Online CSR communication in German-speaking countries ('DACH-region')
Hetze, K. (presenter), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Coauthor), Glock, Y. (Coauthor) & Bögel, P. M. (Coauthor)
21.09.2017 → 23.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research