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. Relevance of selected health institutions on the impact of pharmaceuticals to the environment

    Herrmann, M. (Speaker)

    24.09.201325.09.2013

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

  2. Relationen der Auflösung sind Relationen der Konstituierung: Überlegungen zur Ontogenese im Anschluss an Gilbert Simondon

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    25.01.201727.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Relational ontologies in rural Bogota: experiences on agrobiodiversity.

    Pérez, D. (Speaker) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    19.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Regulatory Choices towards Climate Protection: Opportunities and Challenges in European Union Member States 2011

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    03.02.201104.02.2011

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

  5. Regulating alcohol use and its concequences

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Regionale Vermarktung der traditionellen Nutztiere des DBU-Grünlandprojektes

    Burandt, A. (Speaker)

    22.05.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Reflexive Multikriterielle Evaluation – Ein Instrument zur antizipativen Konfliktminderung bei Strategieentscheidungen im Küstenschutz

    Schmidt, A. (presenter)

    04.03.201306.03.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8. Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a Tool to Integrate Multiple Values of Scientists and Stakeholders

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    18.03.201320.03.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a tool to integrate Multiple Values into Decision-Making – a Case Study from Germany

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    09.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer