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. 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - 2010 (Event)

    Hansen, E. G. (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  2. 70. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    22.02.201626.02.2016

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

  3. 6. Wissenschaftliches Symposium „Supply Management“ des BME - 2013

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    05.03.201306.03.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 6th World Environmental Education Congress - 2011

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    20.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 6th Workshop on Unintended Consequences

    Derwort, P. (Participant)

    07.05.2018

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

  6. 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Community - IHDP 2005

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    09.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  7. 6th Langenauer Wasserforum 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    09.11.200910.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 6th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition - IRES 2011

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    28.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 6th International Functional Food Symposium 2012

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    25.10.201226.10.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 6th International Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air - 2013

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant)

    02.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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