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. 1. Circular Economy Kongress 2020

    Braungart, M. (Keynote Speaker)

    04.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  2. 1. Bundesweiter und Transdisziplinärer Mentoring Kongress für Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - 2010

    Thiem, A. (Organiser)

    20.09.201021.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 19th Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology 2020

    Schuster, C. (Speaker)

    2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 19th Annual Conference EAERE 2012

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    27.06.201230.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 18th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2005

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    12.06.200515.06.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE 2011

    Engler, J.-O. (Participant)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 18. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten - 2010

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    22.10.201024.10.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 18. Internationale Frühjahrsschule der Fachsektion Didaktik der Biologie im VBIO (FDdB) 2016

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    22.05.201725.05.2017

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

  9. 17. Treffen des Netzwerkes inklusiver naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht (NinU): Digitalisierung und Inklusion

    Abels, S. (Organiser), Hofer, E. (Participant), List, F. (Participant), Sowinski, R. (Participant) & Fietkau, A. (Participant)

    27.09.202329.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 17th IEA Triannual Conference and World Congress 2014

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    05.06.201410.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch