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.
- 2011
Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)
19.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
16th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2011
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
12.07.2011 → 16.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Life Cycle Assessment and Material Flow Analysis
Möller, A. (Lecturer)
11.07.2011 → 22.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
27th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2011
Zeyen, A. (presenter) & Beckmann, M. (presenter)
08.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Small Groups, Big Groups and Social Franchising - A Hayekian Perspective on Scaling Social Entrepreneurship
Beckmann, M. (Speaker) & Zeyen, A. (Speaker)
06.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Seeking Legitimacy for Vvalu Ccreation: a Leadership Perspective on Social Eentrepreneurship and Ccorporate social Responsibility
Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
05.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – anspruchsvoll und auch den Wandel fördernd? Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
04.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
04.07.2011 → 09.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
15th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 08.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 06.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 06.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interdisziplinäre Konferenz Kompetenzen in der Kompetenzerfassung - 2011
Thiem, A. (Participant)
01.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Oral Presentation Skills in English, ALMA – Programm zur Förderung der Forschungkultur - 2011
Burandt, S. (Participant)
01.07.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Sozialunternehmer als Katalysatoren sozialer Innovation: "Erfahrungssache – Engagement 55+ wirkt!“
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
01.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Research Synthesis 2018
Schuster, C. (Speaker), Pinkowski, L. (Coauthor) & Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
30.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE 2011
Engler, J.-O. (Participant)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Lüneburger Salongespräch zur Nachhaltigkeit - 2011
Gottschlich, D. (Moderator), Mölders, T. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Moderator), Burandt, A. (Participant), Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant) & Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
29.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies: weak vs. strong demand-side interactions
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2011
Peifer, C. (Speaker)
23.06.2011 → 26.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research