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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  1. 2010
  2. Symposium ,,Bildung an der Fachhochschule Jena" - 2010

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Developing Strategies Against the Risks of Severe Storm Surges: Opportunities for the Integration of Different Stakeholder Perspectives

    Kuhn, K. (presenter) & Schmidt, A. (presenter)

    13.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  4. Podiumsdiskussion ,,Spielen mit den Bausteinen des Lebens''

    Friedrich, B. (Moderator)

    09.09.2010

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

  5. Spielen mit den Bausteinen des Lebens - Wie verändert die Gentechnik unser Verhältnis zu Natur?

    Gottschlich, D. (Panel participant)

    09.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. Tagung ,,Konzepte der Gesellschaftstheorie: William Baumols Markttheorie unternehmerischer Innovation''

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    06.09.201008.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 40th Anniversary Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2010

    Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)

    03.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Biennial forum of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology - 2010

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    02.09.201004.09.2010

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

  9. Carbon Management Accounting

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    01.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Public Participation and River Basin Management in the WFD - Taking Stock and Looking Forwards - 2010

    Evers, M. (Organiser) & Lange, L. (Organiser)

    01.09.201003.09.2010

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

  11. African Entomology (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    09.2010

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

  12. Alkohol führt zu leeren Zielbindungen

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Apidologie (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    09.2010

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

  14. International Meeting of theAssociation for Tropical Biology and Conservation - 2010

    Klein, A.-M. (presenter)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Invasion success of Ulmus pumila L. in North America and Argentina:Environment or adaptation?

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Postgraduate Conference ''Multidirectional Memory: Slavery, The Holocaust and the Colonial Past'' - 2010

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Rosa rubinosa invades various habitat types and climates throughout Argentina despite highly reduced genetiv diversity

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Why did she act like this? The fundamental attribution error in Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.S.

    Wucherpfennig, A.Z.-R. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Kitayama, S. (Coauthor)

    09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. 40th Anniversary Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2010

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    30.08.201003.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Educational Change in the Global Context Conference - 2010

    Holz, V. (Speaker)

    30.08.201004.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. 20th International Conference on Subterranean Biology - 2010

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    29.08.201003.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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