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. Social Entrepreneurship als Kapitalismus 2.0?

    Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    23.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. What Kinds of PV Projects Do Debt Capital Providers Prefer to Finance?

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Loock, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.201026.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Fachtagung der Initiative „Von Anfang an – Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der frühen Kindheit“ - 2010

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    22.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Pigment and lipid synthesis in heterotrophic microalgal cultures

    Eriksen, N. T. (Speaker), Pleissner, D. (Speaker) & Isleten, M. (Speaker)

    16.06.201019.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. XIV International Conference on the Foundations and Applications of Utility, Risk and Decision Theory - 2010

    Olbrich, R. (presenter)

    16.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 2. Nachwuchsworkshop des Arbeitskreises Ländlicher Raum der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - 2010

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant), Mölders, T. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)

    11.06.201012.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. 36. Tagung "Psychologie und Gehirn" - 2010

    Peifer, C. (presenter)

    10.06.201012.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Tagung zum Projekt ,,KITA21 – Die Zukunftsgestalter '' - 2010

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    10.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    10.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  11. 7th Workshop of the Forum on Sustainable Technological Development in a Globalising World - 2010

    Holz, V. (Speaker)

    09.06.201012.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Integriertes Wasserressourcenmanagement - förderliche Faktoren und Instrumente

    Evers, M. (Speaker)

    09.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Jahrestagung des Deutsch-Polnischen Netzwerkes Wissenschaftler für nachhaltige Entwicklung zum Thema "Nachhaltiger Konsum"

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    09.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    08.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  15. Continuous culture of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii

    Pleissner, D. (Speaker) & Eriksen, N. T. (Speaker)

    07.06.201010.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. European Green Capital Seminar - 2010

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    07.06.201008.06.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. European Workshop Biotechnology of Microalgae

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    07.06.201010.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. Management Control in Supply Chain Management: A Concept and first Empirical Insights

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Seuring, S. (Speaker), Westhaus, M. (Speaker) & Freise, M. (Speaker)

    07.06.201008.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Vom Naturschutz zu nachhaltigen Politiken der Naturgestaltung. Das Beispiel integrierte ländliche Entwicklung

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    07.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation