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. 2003
  2. Corporate Sustainability Management as a Driver for Innovation and Development

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    04.09.200306.09.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 12. Workshop „Umweltrecht“ der Lehrstühle Schulte (TU Dresden) und Oebbecke (Univ. Münster) 2003

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    03.09.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Arzneimittel in der Umwelt.: Eintrag, Nachweis, Wirkung – was dann?

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    27.08.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    Gerlach, A. (Speaker)

    01.08.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Aus(nahme)fälle in der Nachwuchsförderung – Qualifizierungen im Themenfeld‚ Gender und Nachhaltigkeit

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    27.07.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Flexibility of Industrial Material Flow Networks

    Möller, A. (Speaker) & Viere, T. (Speaker)

    29.06.200302.07.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. The effects of drugs on the environment-ecopharmacology.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    24.06.200328.06.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Wirkungen von Antibiotika auf Abwasserbakterien.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    16.06.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Zürich- ETH Zürich (External organisation)

    Burandt, S. (Member)

    06.2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsTransfer

  11. Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies

    Kim, K. (Speaker)

    15.05.200317.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Frühjahrstagung "Ungleichheit und Umverteilung" des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2003

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    09.05.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 7. Gaytaler Gespräche - 2003

    Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.2003

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Antibiotika in der Umwelt.: Vorkommen, Verhalten und Wirkung.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    05.05.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Overview on the long west European pollen records

    Urban, B. (Speaker)

    24.03.200328.03.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Sind klassische Tests zur Wirkungsprüfung gegenüber Umweltbakterien geeignet?

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    16.03.200319.03.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. College (Organisational unit)

    Hofmeister, S. (Chair)

    20032011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  18. EMAN (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Chair)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  19. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    20032007

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch