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
Kinder gestalten Zukunft – Chancen und Möglichkeiten von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im Kita-Alltag
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
26.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Kooperation und Vernetzung
Offen, S. (Speaker)
20.05.2011 → 21.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Jenseits des Wachstums?! - Attac 2011
Szumelda, A. U. (Moderator) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
20.05.2011 → 22.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
20.05.2011 → 21.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Approaches from the Cultural Sciences as an impulse for an Education for Sustainable Development – discursive reflections
Holz, V. (Oral presentation)
18.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Berliner Energietage - 2011
Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
18.05.2011 → 20.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance - 2011
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
17.05.2011 → 20.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Zwischenkonferenz im Mercator-Forscherverbund "Innovatives Soziales Handeln - Social Entrepreneurship" 2011
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
16.05.2011 → 17.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Abschlusstagung des DFG-Projektverbundes „Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaft - KULAKon“ 2011
Mölders, T. (Participant)
12.05.2011 → 13.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wo Biber Burgen bauen und ein Fürst ein Gartenreich schaffte - Landschaften im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
12.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop: "Wissenschaftskommunikation am Beispiel 'Grüne Gentechnik': Public Relation oder Aufklärung?" 2011
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
10.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
International Ph.D. Workshop in Sustainable Development of the Columbia University - 2011
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
07.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
07.05.2011 → 11.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Staab, M. (Participant)
07.05.2011 → 12.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Konsum und Ernährung
Offen, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2011 → 07.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Kickoff meeting COMTESS project
Engler, J.-O. (Opponent)
04.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th International Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - 2011
Harms, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 03.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer
Harms, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 03.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rolling out corporate sustainability accounting: A set of challenges - 2011
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research