School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
XIV International Conference on the Foundations and Applications of Utility, Risk and Decision Theory - 2010
Roland Olbrich (presenter)
16.06.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology of the International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA 2012
Daniela Gottschlich (Organiser), Tanja Mölders (Organiser), Daniela Gottschlich (Participant), Tanja Mölders (Participant), Anna Urszula Szumelda (Participant) & Annemarie Burandt (Participant)
02.08.2012 → 03.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Xerochore Final Conference on Supporting Drought Policies in Europe - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.02.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XENOWAC II - 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
WZB-Kongress „Bürgergesellschaft – Wunsch und Wirklichkeit“ - 2006
Jens Newig (Speaker)
19.10.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy gGmbH (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Wrapping up the Results of the 1st stage of the Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning Experiment - BEF-China 2011
Thorsten Aßmann (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Universities Congress 2010
Ute Stoltenberg (Keynote speaker)
21.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Students Environmental Summit
David Lam (Organiser)
2012 → 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
World Resources Forum - WRF 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.09.2011 → 21.09.2100Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research