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
Praxis der interpretativen politikwissenschaftlichen Wissens- & Wissenschaftsforschung: Methodologie-Workshop für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen 2011
Sulmowski, J. A. (Speaker)
14.04.2011 → 15.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
CHE-Bildungsveranstaltung Forum "Exzellente Nachwuchsförderung" - 2011
Thiem, A. (Participant)
12.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Shaping Nature – Policy, Politics and Polity. What is PoNa all about?
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Burandt, A. (Speaker)
11.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Umweltpolitische/rechtliche Fachtagung an der Ev. Akademie Hofgeismar - 2011
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
11.04.2011 → 12.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th Workshop on Adaptation Research in Social Sciences - AESOP 2011
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
06.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biomass production and climate change in Europe
Palocz-Andresen, M. (Speaker)
06.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Hannover Messe 2011
Rammelberg, H. U. (Organiser)
04.04.2011 → 08.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Studienpraktikum „Nachhaltiger Konsum und Globale Gerechtigkeit – Perspektiven der Nachhaltigkeit durch universitäre Nord-Süd-Kooperation“ 2011
Richter, S. (Organiser)
01.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop "Marked-based Instruments (MBI) for Ecosystem Services and Nature Protection" - 2011
Burandt, A. (Speaker), Mölders, T. (Speaker) & Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
01.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop "Marked-based Instruments (MBI) for Ecosystem Services and Nature Protection" - 2011
Mölders, T. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)
01.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
European Sociological Association, Research Network 12 - Environment and Society (External organisation)
Burandt, A. (Member)
04.2011 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
International Conference "Intercultural Versus Critical Education – Contrast or Concordance?" 2011
Golly, N. (Speaker)
04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interdisciplinary Study Days of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the biological sciences - DRZE 2011
Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)
25.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
KODEX©-Fortbildung - 2011
Thiem, A. (Participant)
25.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
4. Workshop: Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand 2011
Klewitz, J. (Moderator)
23.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Wirtschaften in Netzen. Stärkung regionaler Absatzmärkte für KMU als Beitrag zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung in der Region
Lang, F. J. (Speaker) & Thiem, A. (Speaker)
23.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Analyseverfahren zur gemeinsamen Bestimmung von NSO-Heterocyclen, Phenolen und PAK aus wässrigen und festen Proben über GC-MS und LC-MS/MS
Mänz, J. S. (Speaker), Siemers, A.-K. (Speaker), Tangermann, L. (Speaker), Palm, W.-U. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
22.03.2011 → 25.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Photodegradation and aerobic biodegradability of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor Captopril and identification of transformation products by LC MS/MS.
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
22.03.2011 → 25.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interdisciplinary Study Days „Biodiversity - Concept and Value“
Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)
21.03.2011 → 26.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Interdisciplinary Study Days of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the biological sciences - DRZE 2011
Glotzbach, S. (Participant)
21.03.2011 → 26.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research