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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  2. Workshop Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand - 2011

    Klewitz, J. (Moderator)

    31.08.2011

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

  3. 3rd EU-China River Basin Governance Research Network Workshop - RiBaGo 2011

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    30.08.2011

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

  4. Konstellationsanalyse - Ein interdisziplinäres Brückenkonzept 2011

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    29.08.2011

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

  5. 1. Summer School Wissenschaft kommunizieren im Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig - 2011

    Schmidt, A. (Participant)

    24.08.201126.08.2011

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

  6. Multifunctionality in EU´s Common Agricultural Policy between Competitiveness and Sustainability

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

    23.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Working in regional agro-food networks – strengthening local food systems through cooperation

    Burandt, A. (Speaker)

    23.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Rural Gender Relations and Sustainable Development – Theoretical Remarks and Empirical Findings on Feminization Trends

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    22.08.201125.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. The debate on the future of small individual farms in Poland

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker), Lang, F. J. (Speaker) & Thiem, A. (Speaker)

    22.08.201125.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. XXIV Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - 2011

    Mölders, T. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)

    22.08.201125.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 6th International Conference of Critical Geography - ICCG 2011

    Friedrich, B. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    16.08.201120.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  12. Green vs. Jobs: Goal Conflict Inherence in the Solar Policies of California, China and Germany

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    15.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. 14th Symposium of Insect Plant Interactions - SIP 2011

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    13.08.201118.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Organiser) & Zeyen, A. (Organiser)

    13.08.2011

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

  15. Annual Meeting of the Society for Business Ethics - 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.08.201114.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Commitment Strategies for Sustainability: How Corporations Can Create Value through New Governance

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Mission Accmplished? How Social Entrepreneurs Define Success

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the US, Germany and China

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker), West, J. (Speaker) & Quan, X. (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. First Annual Convention of the Black German Cultural Society - BGCS 2011

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  20. Food & Chemical Toxicology (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

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  3. Concentration measurements of biodiesel in engine oil and in diesel fuel
  4. Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung
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  6. Waldwissen aus Genderperspektive
  7. Immanent und Produktivität der Normen
  8. Ein internetbasiertes Programm zur Prävention von Depression bei Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 Patienten
  9. Die europäische Union als Innovationsverbund – Innovationsverfassung und rechtliche Innovationen in der EU
  10. The Hanging Tree
  11. Benutzung der Marke im Ausland kann Kennzeichnungskraft erhöhen
  12. Schiedsrichtertätigkeit im inklusiven Handballsport - Eine Interviewstudie am Beispiel von Freiwurf Hamburg e.V.
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  14. The New Law of Piercing the Corporate Veil in the UK
  15. Ansätze zur Modellierung der NH3-Verflüchtigung nach Ausbringung von organischen Wirtschaftdüngern
  16. Künstlerische Versuche, "das ungenaue Gefühl so genau wie möglich festzuhalten". Zur erzählerischen Visualität Peter Stamms
  17. Reiseentscheidung
  18. Is ecotourism a panacea? Political ecology perspectives from the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India
  19. Koordination von Supply Chains durch Mengenbindungsvereinbarungen
  20. Zum Stand der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation – Potenziale für Nachhaltigkeitsjournalismus
  21. Rezension zu: Markus Büring (2010): Lernumgebungen im Musikunterricht. Eine empirische Studie zur Wirksamkeit problemorientierter Aufgabensets.(ISBN 978-3-931852-46-7)
  22. Diskurs über Nachhaltigkeit als Herausforderung für Disziplinen zur ethischen Vergewisserung – konkretisiert am Beispiel Erziehungswissenschaft
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  24. Internationale Fahndung nach Personen – von Steckbriefen, Rotecken und Funksprüchen
  25. Kinder leben Räume
  26. »Ich zwinge niemanden, freiwillig zurück zu gehen.« Die institutionelle Umsetzung der Politik der geförderten Rückkehr durch staatliche und nicht-staatliche Akteure
  27. Herkunftsnachweise und verpflichtende Direktvermarktung
  28. Sachunterricht für das 21. Jahrhundert - Weltorientierung durch Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
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  30. Beschäftigungsverhalten mittelständischer Unternehmen
  31. Gesellschaft und Kultur der siebziger Jahre
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