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.
- 2020
GDCP Jahrestagung 2020
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant)
14.09.2020 → 17.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Democracy and Intergenerational Justice: Overcoming Harmful Short-termism Through New Institutions?
Hoffmann, J. M. (Organiser), Leung, G.-K. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)
08.09.2020 → 09.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
1. Circular Economy Kongress 2020
Braungart, M. (Keynote Speaker)
04.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
1. Circular Economy Kongress 2020
Braungart, M. (Participant)
04.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
How to educate the educators of tomorrow. Teacher education for sustainable development – inquiries, insights and implications.
Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
01.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutionenübergreifende Entwicklungsteams als Formate transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit.
Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
01.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Promoting the SDGs through transdisciplinary learning: Innovative approaches of transdisciplinary cooperation in transnational partnerships
Bürgener, L. (Speaker), Barth, M. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
01.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Policy Brief Series
Glover, D. (Consultant), Friedrich, B. (Consultant) & Ely , A. (Consultant)
09.2020Activity: Consultancy
How Do Civil Servants Use Social Science Evidence for Designing Participatory Governance Processes?
Rose, M. (Speaker)
27.08.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Case Study from Montenegro
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
24.08.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Virtual Keynote 'Fast learning for radical business model innovation'
Weissbrod, I. (Speaker)
01.07.2020 → 02.07.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
National Sustainability Institutions as Levers for Climate Performance? A Research Proposal
Rose, M. (Speaker)
26.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Two degrees and the SDGs: A network analysis of interlinkages between transnational climate actions and the SDGs
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Glass, L.-M. (Speaker)
10.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der virtuelle Chemieunterricht - Austausch zu Best-Practice-Erfahrungen im Rahmen des Home-Schooling und Distance-Learning
Spitzer, P. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Lecturer)
04.05.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Waldgärten als multi-funktionale Nachhaltigkeitslösung verstehen
Albrecht, S. (Speaker)
06.04.2020 → 10.07.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
BNE in der universitären Lehrerausbildung für den Bereich Grund-, Real- und Hauptschule
Barth, M. (Speaker)
09.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Recht auf Ineffizienz – Eine Untersuchung des Verhältnisses von Grundrechten zur Effizienz
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
07.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusion im Sachunterricht. Empirische und theoretische Befunde für die Gestaltung eines zukunftsfähigen Sachunterrichts
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker), Bürgener, L. (Speaker), Sellin, K. (Speaker), Brauns, S. (Speaker) & Meschede, N. (Oral presentation)
06.03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Risky Business: Risk.Taking and Cosmopolitan Cities
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
03.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Video-Stimulated Reflections in der Lehrer*innenbildung -
Egger, D. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)
28.02.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research