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. Jubiläumstagung der Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie - 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    27.10.201129.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Products service systems as enabler for sustainability-oriented innovation: The case of Osram’s off-grid lighting

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    27.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Experiences on the theme of actions for sustainable development in the field of educational systems

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    26.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Product-Service Systems as Enabler for Sustainability Innovation: The Case of Service Stations in Kenya

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    26.10.201128.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs - Forms of collaboration for capacity building

    Klewitz, J. (presenter)

    26.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  7. Social Network Analysis 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Participant)

    24.10.201128.10.2011

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

  8. Workshop "Politiken der Naturgestaltung I" - PoNa 2011

    Burandt, A. (Speaker)

    21.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Das PoNa-Nachhaltigkeitsverständnis

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    20.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Identitäten? Widersprüche? Geschlechtergerechtigkeit?: Praxisorientierte Reflexion von Jungenarbeitskonzepten

    Offen, S. (Lecturer)

    20.10.201121.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  11. Workshop "Politiken der Naturgestaltung I" - PoNa 2011

    Mölders, T. (Chair), Gottschlich, D. (Chair), Friedrich, B. (Organiser), Szumelda, A. U. (Organiser), Sulmowski, J. A. (Organiser) & Burandt, A. (Organiser)

    20.10.201121.10.2011

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

  12. 14. Eröffnung des Akademischen Jahres 2011/2012

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    19.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011

    Delory, B. (Coauthor)

    19.10.201121.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Theorieseminar zur Unternehmensethik

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    19.10.201121.10.2011

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

  15. Brush up zu KODE© und KODEX© 2011

    Thiem, A. (Speaker)

    15.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  16. Workshop: "Die Energiefrage im Grünen Kapitalismus" 2011

    Friedrich, B. (Organiser)

    14.10.201116.10.2011

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

  17. Verbünde Spezial 2011

    Klewitz, J. (Organiser)

    13.10.2011

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

  18. International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management - IWRM BMBF 2011

    Vilsmaier, U. (Keynote speaker)

    12.10.201113.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Entwicklung und Einsatz von wassergefüllten Schlauchsystemen im Hochwasserschutz

    Brinkmann, B. (Speaker) & Koppe, B. (Coauthor)

    11.10.201113.10.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch