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. Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (External organisation)

    Hofmeister, S. (Member)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  3. Netzwerk Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften (External organisation)

    Mölders, T. (Member)

    2003 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  4. 2002
  5. Kann moderne Umweltforschung zeitlos sein?

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.12.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Prescription, administration, excretion and…?: Pharmaceuticals and other compounds in hospital sewage.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    06.11.200208.11.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. The systematic approach: Residue management according to ISO 14 001 and EMAS-Scheme of the European Union.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    06.11.200208.11.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Overview of Current Trends in Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) and its Link to Environmental Performance Indicators (EPI)

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    24.10.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Give me hope, Jo‘anna? Eine Auswertung des Weltgipfels zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung aus Genderperspektive

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    09.10.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. A data base for biodegradability prediction for the Closed Bottle test using Multicase.

    Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)

    15.07.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Cultural Traits and Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Kokubu, K. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    07.07.200209.07.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Comparing Environmental Management and Strategies of Companies in the United Kingdom and Germany

    Wehrmeyer, W. (Speaker), Wagner, M. (Speaker), Pacheco, C. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Sustainable Value Added

    Figge, F. (Speaker) & Hahn, T. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Theory and Application of a Tool for Value-Based Sustainability Management

    Figge, F. (Speaker), Hahn, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.200226.06.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. „macht-los?“ – Zwischen Partizipation und Eigensinn

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    19.06.2002

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

  16. Eemian and early weichselian vegetation and uranium/thorium and thermoluminescence age determinations from sections in Northeast Lower-Saxony, Germany

    Urban, B. (Speaker)

    18.04.200221.04.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan

    Burritt, R. L. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Kokubu, K. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Speaker)

    14.04.2002 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung (External organisation)

    Gottschlich, D. (Member)

    2002 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  19. Greener Management International (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2002 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  20. Hafentechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)

    Brinkmann, B. (Member)

    2002 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  21. S. Hirzel Verlag (Publisher)

    Michelsen, G. (Editor)

    2002 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of seriesResearch