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. 2006
  2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (External organisation)

    Michelsen, G. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  3. 2005
  4. Schlucken, ausscheiden und was dann?: Pharmaka in Gewässern.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    09.12.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. 10 Thesen zu Corporate Citizenship

    Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    01.12.200503.12.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development

    Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Understanding and Supporting Management Decision-Making: South-East-Asian Case Studies on Environmental Management Accounting

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Bildungspolitische Instrumente einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung für die UN-Dekade in Deutschland

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    23.11.200524.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Workshop on German-Dutch-Perspectives on Current Issues of Environmental Social Sciences

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    17.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  10. Wastewater management: pharmaceuticals in the water cycle.

    Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)

    08.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Jahrestagung der Sektion Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant) & Mölders, T. (Participant)

    04.11.200505.11.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Fachtagung Frauen und kommunaler Umweltschutz der Landesgemeinschaft kommunaler Frauenbüros/Gleichstellungsstellen NRW

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. MännerWeltWald - Natur- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen in Handlungsmustern von WaldakteurenInnen

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Ecopharmacology.

    Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)

    17.10.200519.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Environmental Management Accounting as Support for Management Decision-Making: South-East Asian Case Studies

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    10.10.200512.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Community - IHDP 2005

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    09.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  17. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – aktuelle Herausforderungen für die außerschulische Arbeit

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    07.10.200509.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Bundestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung - ANU 2005

    Katz, C. (Organiser)

    07.10.200509.10.2005

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

  19. Workshops "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung" - 2005

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    10.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 10. Tagung des Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, German Language Branch e.V. - SETAC 2005

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    28.09.200530.09.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Begründung und Anwendung des Vorsorgeprinzips aus zeitökologischer Sicht.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    28.09.200530.09.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch