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.
- 2010
3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress - 2010
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
29.08.2010 → 01.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Environment and Health in Science Education Conference - 2010
Richter, S. (presenter)
28.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The European Conference on Educational Research - 2010
Fischer, D. (presenter)
27.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2nd European-Chinese RiBaGo (River Basin Governance) Workshop
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
7th World Congress on Stress - 2010
Peifer, C. (presenter)
25.08.2010 → 27.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference on Conflict of Interest in Central and Eastern Europe - 2010
Gottschlich, D. (Moderator), Sulmowski, J. A. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Participant), Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
25.08.2010 → 27.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational ecological justice.
Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)
25.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The European Conference on Educational Research (Pre-Conference) - 2010
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
24.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy - 2010
Zeyen, A. (Participant)
22.08.2010 → 27.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Determinants and management consequences of normative views of sustainability in Namibian commercial cattle farming
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
22.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung ,,Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt IX'' - 2009
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
18.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
16th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - 2010
Leonhardt, S. (presenter)
08.08.2010 → 14.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Conference of the Society for Business Ethics - 2010
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
07.08.2010 → 10.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Social Entrepreneurship: Passion and Compassion as Strategic Drivers for Value Creation
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
06.08.2010 → 10.08.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Future Scenarios and Ecosystem Services 2010
Burandt, S. (Speaker)
02.08.2010 → 04.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) - 2010
Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)
01.08.2010 → 06.08.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gegenwart und Zukunft verantwortlich leben und gestalten – Anforderungen an eine Schule - 2010
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
16.07.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Adaptation of Coastal Protection to Climate Change: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Viable Strategies
Kuhn, K. (Speaker)
14.07.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Primer •Seminario Internacional sobre la Gestión de la Calidad y el Desarollo Sustentable en Educación Superior, Universidad Técnica del Norte,
Richter, S. (Speaker)
14.07.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Educating through pricing? Linking Sustainable Products' availability and pricing in schools and the development of sustainable consumer competence
Fischer, D. (presenter)
12.07.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research