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.
- 2012
Fachtagung „Information, Partizipation, Rechtsschutz: Neue Probleme und Konzepte für die Bürgerbeteiligung“ 2012
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
09.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference Transdisciplinary Intercultural Ecological Research for Sustainability - TIERS 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
08.06.2012 → 10.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltigkeit in Hochschulbildung und Forschung
Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)
08.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
12th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management - EURAM 2012
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
06.06.2012 → 08.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Innovation in sustainable supply chains – A reflection on resources and SME collaboration with supply chain stakeholders
Harms, D. (Speaker)
06.06.2012 → 08.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Prima Conferencia Internacional “Alternativas de desarrollo sostenible: cómo cambiar el paradigma social con énfasis en la centralidad del ser humano y la naturaleza” 2012
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
06.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Educación y comunicación para sociedades sustentables
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
05.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conflicts on shaping societies' relations to nature on a local level. The example of agricultural biotechnology
Friedrich, B. (Speaker)
03.06.2012 → 07.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Klein, A.-M. (Speaker), Thiel, D. (Speaker) & Winkler, K. (Speaker)
03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
VI ARALIG PhD-course 2012
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
03.06.2012 → 07.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development - ISSD 2012
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote speaker)
31.05.2012 → 01.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Euro 2012: Im Osten geht die Sonne auf - und der Fußball unter?: Fankultur in Polen und der Ukraine zwischen Gewalt, Politik und neuen Ufern
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
31.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Die Neuererfindung des Ökonomischen: Beitrag ökologischer Ökonomik zur Debatte um Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
30.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Environmental Management Accounting. Purposes, Patterns, Paths
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
30.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Transdisciplinary Research in Corporate Sustainability. Vision, Verdict, Value
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
29.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The RMIT Accounting for Sustainability Conference 2012
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
28.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
22nd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting - SETAC 2012
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
22.05.2012 → 24.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop mit Praxispartnern "Regionale Esskultur Lüneburger Heide"
Burandt, A. (Organiser)
22.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Including students with special needs in inquiry-based science education.: Vortrag auf dem 21st Symposium on Chemistry and Science Education “Issues of Heterogeneity and Cultural Diversity in Science Education and Science Education Research “
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
19.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Forschungskolloquium am Institut für Soziologie an der Jagiellonen Universität 2012
Mölders, T. (Participant)
18.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Nature of Rurality. Nature-Gender-Relations in Rural Areas
Mölders, T. (Lecturer)
18.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
18.05.2012 → 19.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
34. Bundeskongress der Kunstpädagogik - BuKo 2012
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
17.05.2012 → 19.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Ressourcenschutz durch Abfallvermeidung – Der Beitrag des KrWG
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
16.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Schooling for sustainability: Education for sustainable development
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
15.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
22. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Humanökologie - DGH 2012
Gottschlich, D. (Opponent) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
12.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Magstim Neuroscience Conference and Workshop (Oxford) 2012
Zhang, K. (Participant)
12.05.2012 → 13.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Natur neu denken: Zum Wechselverhältnis von kritischer Theorie und Praxis für eine Demokratisierung von Technologiepolitik
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
12.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Second International Symposium on Biology of Decision Making
Korn, C. (Speaker), Fan, Y. (Speaker), Zhang, K. (Speaker), Wang, C. (Speaker), Han, S. (Speaker) & Heekeren, H. (Speaker)
10.05.2012 → 11.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transdisziplinarität in der SÖF - 'Fallstricke', Blockaden, Chancen
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
10.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Erfolgreiche (Zusammen)Arbeit von Netzwerken der Regionalvermarktung
Burandt, A. (Speaker)
07.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Produkte regional vermarkten - Netzwerke zur Stärkung der Region
Burandt, A. (Organiser)
07.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
TADA Conference „Sustainability meets Ethics“, Transatlantic Doctoral Academy on Corporate Responsibility 2012
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
04.05.2012 → 05.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alcohol myopia as a mechanism for the effect of alcohol on goal commitment
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Oettingen, G. (Coauthor) & Lerner, T. (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ecology & Evolution, Lecture series 2012
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
positive future fantasies reduce physiological energization instantly and over time
Oettingen, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Kappers, H. B. (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why have a drink? Emotional, cognitive, and motivational mechanisms of acute alcohol consumption
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop on occasion of the 10th anniversary DFG Research Unit for 456/1451 2012
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jagiellonian University
Mölders, T. (Visiting researcher)
30.04.2012 → 25.07.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Scientific conference with integrated meeting of the European network „Gender, Diversity and Urban Sustainability (GDUS)“ 2012
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
27.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ICCSR 10th Anniversary Conference 2012
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
26.04.2012 → 27.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gender Relation and Sustainable Spatial Development
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
25.04.2012 → 28.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Green Procurement and Supply: Chancen und Herausforderungen
Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
25.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Green Procurement and Supply: Chancen und Herausforderungen
Harms, D. (Oral presentation)
25.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Die Energiewende und das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
20.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Anica Zeyen)
Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)
19.04.2012 → 21.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Markus Beckmann)
Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)
19.04.2012 → 21.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Workshop Transdisziplinäre Wissensproduktion in der Wasserforschung 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
19.04.2012 → 20.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference - PCST 2012
Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
18.04.2012 → 20.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. Potenziale für die Schulpraxis
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
18.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
How do secondary seed dispersal and post-dispersal seed predation influence the successful recruitment of common grassland species?
Pufal, G. (Lecturer)
18.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Agrobiodiversität im Wandel – zwischen Schutz und Nutzung zum erhaltenden Gestalten
Burandt, A. (Speaker)
17.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Statusseminar der Nachwuchsforschungsgruppen im Rahmen der Sozial-ökologischen Forschung 2012
Mölders, T. (Organiser), Hofmeister, S. (Participant), Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant), Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant), Burandt, A. (Participant) & Friedrich, B. (Participant)
16.04.2012 → 17.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Panel-Teilnehmer beim "Expertentreffen zu Social Business"
Beckmann, M. (Panel participant)
13.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Treffen des Netzwerks Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften 2012
Mölders, T. (Participant)
13.04.2012 → 14.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Social Entrepreneurship - Was ist das und was bringt es?
Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)
04.04.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
City University London
Richter, S. (Visiting researcher)
01.04.2012 → 30.06.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (External organisation)
Hofmeister, S. (Member)
01.04.2012 → 01.04.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Ringvorlesung: "Diversity Policies zwischen Zuschreibungen, Repräsentationszumutungen und Gerechtigkeit" 2012
Offen, S. (Organiser)
01.04.2012 → 31.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Badischer Imkertag 2012
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Gerechtigkeitsaspekte in der Naturschutzkommunikation
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
29.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Care and justice: the contribution of feminist and environmental justice approaches to counteract power in environmental governance
Gottschlich, D. (presenter)
26.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Planet Under Pressure Conference 2012
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
26.03.2012 → 29.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung: „(Un-)Sicherheit, (Bio-)Macht und (Cyber-)Kämpfe: Kritische Theorieperspektiven auf Technologien als Ort gesellschaftlicher Auseinandersetzung“ 2012
Gottschlich, D. (Participant), Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Friedrich, B. (Participant)
23.03.2012 → 24.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Conference of the Energy and Society Network 2012
Fischer, L.-B. (Speaker)
22.03.2012 → 24.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Altlastensymposium der ingenieurtechnischen Vereinigung Altlasten - ITVA 2012
Sanden, J. (Speaker)
22.03.2012 → 23.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tag der Hydrologie - TdH 2012
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
22.03.2012 → 23.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Linking stakeholder participation and environmental outcomes: In search of evidence
Challies, E. (presenter)
21.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
TEEB Conference 2012
Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)
21.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Describing consumer competence: A transdisciplinary approach
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
20.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gesprächs- und Verhandlungsführung, Vertiefung
Burandt, S. (Participant)
20.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Vernetzungstreffen Nachwuchsgruppe "BioDiva" 2012
Mölders, T. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
20.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
2nd PERL International Conference 2012
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
19.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biological Diversity and Sustainability Communication: Key Topics and Factors for Success
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
19.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Learning and Acting for a Sustainable Future
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
19.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Moving beyond unlearning unsustainable consumption. Salutogenetic perspectives on education for sustainable consumption
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
19.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Rieckmann, M. (Visiting lecturer)
19.03.2012 → 23.03.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
4th Global TraPs Workshop "Defining Case Studies – Setting Priorities”
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
16.03.2012 → 18.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Summer School in the context of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning 2012
Staab, M. (Participant)
16.03.2012 → 22.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Informationsansprüche im Atom- und Strahlenschutzrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Leaving you mother - what next?: seed dispersal and seed predation
Pufal, G. (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Soziale Dilemmata - Warum ist Nachhaltigkeit so schwierig?: mit FIshBanks-Planspiel
Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Wie beeinflussen sekundäre Samenausbreitung und Samenfraß die erfolgreiche Etablierung von Wiesenkräutern?
Pufal, G. (Lecturer)
14.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement - Eine Einführung
Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)
13.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
University of South Australia
Zvezdov, D. (Visiting researcher)
05.03.2012 → 02.04.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in the public - views, misconceptions and misunderstandings
Pufal, G. (presenter)
02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Ein Dialog über Naturwissenschaft, Kulturwissenschaft und Lebenswelt im Sachunterricht – Neue Perspektiven durch Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Holz, V. (Oral presentation)
02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts- GDSU 2012
Offen, S. (Speaker)
02.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Sachunterricht für das 21. Jahrhundert. Anschluss an internationale Positionen und Perspektiven: Vortrag im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts e.V. (GDSU)
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ammoniak-Emmissionen nach Ausbringung von Biogasrückständen und konventionellen Güllen
Pacholski, A. S. (Speaker), Ni, K. (Speaker), Quakernack, R. (Speaker), Gericke, D. O. (Speaker) & Kage, H. (Speaker)
01.03.2012 → 02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Biodiversity and pollination in the public
Pufal, G. (Speaker)
01.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leuphana Konferenz für nachhaltiges Handeln "Casino Global" - CG 2012
Sulmowski, J. A. (Organiser)
01.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
University-industry collaboration to stimulate learning in the context of sustainability-oriented innovations
Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
01.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Workshop "Biodiversity and pollination services – from basic and applied science to stakeholders and policy" 2012
Hudewenz, A. (Participant)
01.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Behavioral Ecology (Journal)
Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)
03.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ecological Applications (Journal)
Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)
03.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Journal of Innovation Management (Journal)
Zeyen, A. (Reviewer)
03.2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
03.2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)
Rieckmann, M. (Chair)
03.2012 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Beyond the supply chain – Sustainability-oriented product innovations through a transdisciplinary approach
Harms, D. (Speaker)
29.02.2012 → 02.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research