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. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum (WiFo) Chemie 2023: Rethinking Chemistry

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    04.09.202306.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  2. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011

    Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)

    04.07.201109.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Gastvorlesung: Welt im Grid. Zur Poetologie der meteorologischen Simulation

    Schrickel, I. (Lecturer)

    04.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. Gamification für den Artenschutz der Fledermaus nutzen

    Krebs, A.-K. (Speaker)

    12.01.202515.01.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Gamification as a tool to increase species protection awareness for bats

    Krebs, A.-K. (Speaker)

    03.07.2024

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. GAIA (Journal)

    Michelsen, G. (Editorial Board)

    20072013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  7. GAIA (Journal)

    Kümmerer, K. (Editorial Board)

    2009 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  8. GAC Mitgliederversammlung

    Aßmann, T. (Oral presentation), Boutaud, E. (Oral presentation), Harry, I. (Speaker), Drees, C. (Speaker), Buse, J. (Speaker), Vermeulen, R. (Speaker), Kaiser, M. (Speaker) & Irmler, U. (Speaker)

    14.02.202016.02.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Future Scenarios and Ecosystem Services 2010

    Burandt, S. (Speaker)

    02.08.201004.08.2010

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

  10. Future Earth Secretariat Stockholm (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Chair)

    2017 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

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  1. Buch 11. Justizielle Zusammenarbeit in der Europäischen Union
  2. Motiv-Tätigkeitskongruenzen in nachberuflicher Arbeitstätigkeit
  3. Mathematikbezogene Selbsteinschätzungen und Testbereitschaft von Erwachsenen
  4. Der Koalitionsvertrag nimmt die Gesellschaft in die Pflicht
  5. Biokohle in der Landwirtschaft als Klimaretter?
  6. Management in NPO. Entwurf einer Forschungslandkarte
  7. Unterricht theorie- und evidenzbasiert analysieren und gestalten.
  8. Geschlechtergerechtigkeit
  9. Biogasanlagen
  10. International Human Resource Management and the formation of cross-cultural competence
  11. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of green waste: An environmental and economic assessment of HTC coal in the metropolitan region of Berlin, Germany
  12. The interplay of social rank perceptions of Trump and Biden and emotions following the U.S. presidential election 2020
  13. Berufliche Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Whole School Approach und Unterrichtsgestaltung an berufsbildenden Schulen
  14. Factors influencing local ecological knowledge maintenance in Mediterranean watersheds
  15. Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 25.6.2009 – Roda Golf
  16. Bewertung von Klima- und Energiepolitikstrategien in der Immobilienwirtschaft
  17. Accounting towards Sustainability in Production and Supply Chains
  18. Emotion regulation mediates the effect of childhood trauma on depression
  19. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication via social media sites: evidence from the German banking industry
  20. Toward holistic corporate sustainability-Developing employees' action competence for sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises through training
  21. "Just-in-Time"-Logistik am Beispiel eines Zulieferbetriebs in der Automobilindustrie
  22. Günter Altner - großer Kopf, freier Geist
  23. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
  24. Editorial:
  25. Teachers in bullying situations (Tibs)
  26. Qualitätssicherung der Tätigkeit des unabhängigen Finanzexperten
  27. Methode zur Kompensierung des Streulichtanteils bei der kontinuierlichen Modulationsinterferometrie
  28. Klassifizierungskämpfe
  29. Unkonzentriert, aggressiv und hyperaktiv
  30. Geschlechterunterschiede beim Einsatz von Lernstrategien in Mathematikveranstaltungen
  31. On the problematics between Eastern Germany and Western Germany
  32. Almsjuka och mördarsniglar