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.
Untersuchung zum Austrag und Verbleib von Metazachlor und seiner Transformationsprodukte Metazachlor Oxalsäure und Sulfonsäure in einem landwirtschaftlich genutzten Kleineinzugsgebiet
Vollert, D. (Speaker), Lange, J. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)
22.03.2018 → 23.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Untersuchungen zur Eliminierbarkeit von CSB-verursachenden Stoffen mit physikalisch-chemischen Verfahren
Wagner, R. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
05.05.1986 → 07.05.1986Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Untersuchungen zum Umweltverhalten und Verbleib von Pflanzenschutzmitteln und ihrer Transformationsprodukte in landwirtschaftlich genutzten Einzugsgebieten
Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Untersuchendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
20.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Unternehmen und Flüchtlinge: Wie kann das vorhandene Potential durch (Social) Start-ups nachhaltig genutzt werden?
Freudenberg, J. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Kobayashi, Y. E. (Speaker)
08.10.2015 → 09.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
(Un)regulated affect: sensing moods and analyzing sentiments from pre-individual intensities as a new modulation of control
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
12.07.2015 → 16.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unravelling the paradox of public participation: Beyond competing claims about effectiveness
Challies, E. (Coauthor)
21.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
UNLEASH 2018
Derwort, P. (Participant)
30.05.2018 → 06.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie
Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)
14.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
UNIWIND-Workshop "Graduiertenkarrieren: Master - Promotion - Postdoc" 2011
Thiem, A. (Participant)
09.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research