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. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Richter, S. (Speaker) & Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  5. Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Herausforderung für Bildung und Wissenschaft

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Stoltenberg, U. (Participant)

    14.09.201116.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Education for Sustainable Development - 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Participant)

    14.09.201116.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  9. European Conference on Educational Research - ECER 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    14.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Understanding Teacher Engagement with Sustainable Consumption: Results of an Empirical Study

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    13.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Sustainability and internal supply chain management – A conceptual approach to intra-organisational knowledge transfer

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Sustainability and Internal Supply Chain Management: A Conceptual Approach to Intra-Organisational Knowledge Transfer

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Different Coastal Adaptation Strategies: Integrating Regional Perceptions of Scientists, Practitioners and the Public

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    12.09.201115.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Different Coastal Adaptation Strategies: Integrating Regional Perceptions of Scientists, Practitioners and the Public

    Schmidt, A. (presenter)

    12.09.201115.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  15. Personal norms of sustainability and their consequences in ecological-economic systems under uncertainty – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    11.09.201113.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Quaas, M. F. (Speaker) & van Soest, D. P. (Speaker)

    11.09.201113.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Risk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker), Quaas, M. F. (Speaker), Hänsler, A. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    11.09.201113.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Agrobiodiversity between Protection and Use – the Example of Rural Development in Germany

    Burandt, A. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    10.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. 43rd European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting - 2011

    Peifer, C. (presenter)

    09.09.201112.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch