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. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Kooperation und Vernetzung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    20.05.201121.05.2011

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

  3. Jenseits des Wachstums?! - Attac 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Moderator) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    20.05.201122.05.2011

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

  4. Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    20.05.201121.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. Approaches from the Cultural Sciences as an impulse for an Education for Sustainable Development – discursive reflections

    Holz, V. (Oral presentation)

    18.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Berliner Energietage - 2011

    Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    18.05.201120.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance - 2011

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    17.05.201120.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Zwischenkonferenz im Mercator-Forscherverbund "Innovatives Soziales Handeln - Social Entrepreneurship" 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    16.05.201117.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Abschlusstagung des DFG-Projektverbundes „Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaft - KULAKon“ 2011

    Mölders, T. (Participant)

    12.05.201113.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Wo Biber Burgen bauen und ein Fürst ein Gartenreich schaffte - Landschaften im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    12.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Workshop: "Wissenschaftskommunikation am Beispiel 'Grüne Gentechnik': Public Relation oder Aufklärung?" 2011

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    10.05.2011

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

  12. International Ph.D. Workshop in Sustainable Development of the Columbia University - 2011

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker)

    07.05.2011

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

  13. Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    07.05.201111.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    07.05.201112.05.2011

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

  15. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Konsum und Ernährung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201107.05.2011

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

  16. Kickoff meeting COMTESS project

    Engler, J.-O. (Opponent)

    04.05.201106.05.2011

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

  17. The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.05.201106.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 7th International Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - 2011

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    02.05.201103.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    02.05.201103.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Rolling out corporate sustainability accounting: A set of challenges - 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    02.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch