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. 2011
  2. Nachhaltigkeit lehren und lernen – Potenziale einer Nord-Süd-Hochschulpartnerschaft

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    13.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. 14th International Conference "Business Ethics and Risk Management" - 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    08.12.201110.12.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 5. Netzwerk21 Kongress 2011RIO+20 – Nachhaltig vor Ort!

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    08.12.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. 5. Netzwerk21 Kongress 2011RIO+20 – Nachhaltig vor Ort!

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    08.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  6. Power poles and tall trees adjacent to sunflower fields increase pest damage caused by the invasive Rose-ringed Parakeet in Israel

    Schäckermann, J. (Speaker), Mandelik, Y. (Speaker) & Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    07.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Debating Accounting and Sustainability: Incompatibility and Rapprochement in the Pursuit of Corporate Sustainability

    Gray, R. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    05.12.201107.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Debating Accounting and Sustainability: Incompatibility and Rapprochement in the Pursuit of Corporate Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    04.12.201107.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Umweltbewusstsein und Medien (Media and Environmental Awareness): Können Filme unser Alltagshandeln verändern? (Do media make a change?)

    Lüdecke, G. (Lecturer)

    01.12.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology - ICCB 2011

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    12.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 5. Workshop zur Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaanpassungsforschung - 2011

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    30.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  12. 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

  13. Vortrag im wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Paulo Freire Zentrum Wien.

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    28.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Postwachstumsökonomie und Suffizienz - 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Organiser)

    26.11.2011

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

  15. 5th Annual Research Colloquium “Innovation & Value Creation" 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    25.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. proDUO – Jobsharing als Element des akademischen Personalmanagements von promovierten MitarbeiterInnen an deutschen Hochschulen

    Birkner, S. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Rehm, A. (Speaker)

    25.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Symposium “Arzneimittel im Wasser - Ziele und Rahmenbedingungen“ der Emschergenossenschaft - 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    25.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 6. Forschungsseminar „Innovation and Value Creation“ 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Chair)

    24.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Anica Zeyen)

    Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    24.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  20. Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Markus Beckmann)

    Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)

    24.11.201126.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation