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.
- 2018
DAAD Workshop Tunesien
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
27.11.2018 → 29.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Once upon a time … – About effects of stories in environmental communication
Sundermann, A. (Keynote Speaker)
25.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Lebensmitteltagung
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
22.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7th Asia Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry - AOC7-GSC 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)
19.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Consumers versus prosumers: using a storytelling approach to understand consumers’ attitudes towards business models in energy storage
Bögel, P. M. (Speaker), Shahrokni, H. (Speaker), Upham, P. J. (Speaker) & Kordas, O. (Speaker)
08.11.2018 → 09.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
KBC Days 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
06.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Earth System Governance 2018
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
05.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Grundwassergefährdung durch biozide Wirkstoffe und ihrer Transformationsprodukte im urbanen Niederschlagsabfluss?
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
05.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Methods of boundary work for inter- and transdisciplinary research.
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
05.11.2018 → 06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
3. CeLeB Tagung zur Bildungsforschung
Bruhn, K. (Speaker)
02.11.2018 → 03.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ecosystems and People (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)
11.2018 → 11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Gerechtigkeit und Transformation. Eine Tagung in Tutzing
Baier, A. (Coauthor), Biesecker, A. (Speaker) & Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
11.2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Stories of a journey: tracing traditional knowledge associated to orphan crops across agrifood circuits in Bogota
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
26.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Blockchains, Economy, Anonymity
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
25.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tailor-made bio-based ingredients for a competitive bioeconomy 2
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
24.10.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Webinar Pharmaceuticals in the environment - A new strategic approach is needed
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
XENOWAC II - 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Herbsttagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement des Verbands für Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB 2018
Hörisch, J. (Participant)
04.10.2018 → 05.10.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships II
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Lam, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
27.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
IMST-Fachdidaktiktag 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Universities as Transformative Locations for Sustainable Approaches to Science: Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers’
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
26.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Institutionen für zukünftige Generationen und ihre Institutionalisierung unter den Bedingungen einer gegenwartsfixierten Demokratie
Rose, M. (Speaker)
25.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen in der Lehrerbildung
Barth, M. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
25.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6. Symposium der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
24.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht der Sekundarstufe
Hofer, E. (presenter), Koliander, B. (Coauthor), Puddu, S. (Coauthor), Spitzer, P. (Coauthor) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
24.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry in Construction Materials and Habitation 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Organiser)
24.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Administration 2.0
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
19.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd STS Austria Conference 2018
Friedrich, B. (Speaker), Boyer, M. (Speaker), Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Hackfort, S. K. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Narciss, S. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie - DGPS 2018
Martiny, S. E. (Chair) & Schuster, C. (Chair)
18.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
How stereotypes affect grading and tutorial feedback: Shifting evaluations or shifting standards?
Martiny, S. E. (Speaker), Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Narciss, S. (Coauthor)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Veränderung von Vor- und Einstellungen zu Forschendem Lernen
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
GDCP Jahrestagung - GDCP 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
17.09.2018 → 20.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Schätzen – Aber wie?
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Speaker)
17.09.2018 → 20.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Learning for sustainability in the higher education sector: Challenges and ways forward
Barth, M. (Speaker)
14.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Consumer engagement and behavioral response management, presentation, invited panel session (InteGrid – Insight a Horizon 2020-project)
Bögel, P. M. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Textile School - SusTex 2018
Buhr, M. (Speaker), Keßler, L. (Speaker), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten (Nawi-In)
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
09.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Expert workshop ‘Sustainability: platforms to facilitate deliberative policy learning’, MCC Berlin
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Becoming a competent teacher in education for sustainable development
Barth, M. (Speaker), Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker)
04.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changes of teachers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding inquiry-based learning in the framework of a professional development programme
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
04.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
14th European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
03.09.2018 → 06.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
An axiomatic foundation of entropic preferences under Knightian uncertainty
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
02.09.2018 → 05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stockholm University
Lam, D. (Visiting researcher)
01.09.2018 → 30.11.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Alkohol und Glückspiel [Alcohol and Gambling]
Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Developing Sustainability Competencies in Teacher Education – A Case Study
Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Selbstregulation im Alltag und spontane mentale Kontrastierung [Self-regulation in every-day life an spontaneous mental contrasting]
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research