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
Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Alternative Adaptation Strategies Value-Tree Method as a Tool to Integrate Multiple Values of Science, Practice and the General Public into Decision-Making
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
26.08.2012 → 30.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Konfliktreiche Begegnungen?!: Sozialwissenschaftliche Einwürfe zur Gewaltdiskussion im Fußball
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
16.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Ant Course 2012
Staab, M. (Participant)
06.08.2012 → 16.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries
Pufal, G. (presenter)
05.08.2012 → 10.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Seed fate of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient
Pufal, G. (Speaker)
05.08.2012 → 10.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
13th International Rural Sociology Association (IRSA) XIII World Congress on Rural Sociology 2012
Challies, E. (Chair)
04.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managment - AOM 2012
Zeyen, A. (Organiser), Beckmann, M. (Organiser), König, M. (Participant) & Frese, M. (Organiser)
04.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Interlinking Feed/Food Commodity Chains: Social and Environmental Impacts, and Challenges for Governance
Challies, E. (Speaker)
04.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A Contingency Analysis of SUccess Definitions - Is Social Entrepreneurship REally Different?
Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
03.08.2012 → 07.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A Hayekian Perspective on Social Franchising: Scaling Social Entrepreneurship by Combining Small-Group and Big-Group Logics
Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
03.08.2012 → 07.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Agrobiodiversity between conservation and use - examples from Germany
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
02.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nature-Gender-Relations within the Agrarian Change - the Example of Agrobiodiversity
Burandt, A. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)
02.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Successes and failures of farm diversification processes – some evidence from two Polish regions
Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
02.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Land Use: Gender Perspectives - Session 61 A: Introduction “Gender – Culture – Nature
Katz, C. (Speaker)
02.08.2012 → 03.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology of the International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA 2012
Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Mölders, T. (Organiser), Gottschlich, D. (Participant), Mölders, T. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)
02.08.2012 → 03.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Does resin represent a neglected component of bee ecology? A comparison between Old and New World bees.
Leonhardt, S. (Speaker)
08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Towards and interdisciplinary understanding of ecological novelty 2012
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Inquiry-based Learning Environment to Welcome Diversity in Chemistry Classes: Vortrag mit Sandra Puddu & Anja Lembens
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
20.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Boon or Bane? Typing Speed in Online Negotiations
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
11.07.2012 → 14.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Never gonna give you up! Better gonna take you back? Negotiating Benefits and Burdens in Common Resource Negotiations
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
11.07.2012 → 14.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wissenschaftliche Tagung „Das neue Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft“ 2012
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
09.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Global Sustainability Summer School 2012
Engler, J.-O. (Participant)
08.07.2012 → 21.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
28th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2012
Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
04.07.2012 → 07.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
11th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2012
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
03.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
RGS – IBG DARG Conference 2012
Richter, S. (Speaker)
02.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 04.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Science Slam im Wissenschaftsjahr - Zukunftsprojekt Erde 2012
Bolek, R. (Speaker)
30.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Abschlusskonferenz des Mercator Forschungsverbundes Innovatives Soziales Handeln – Social Entrepreneurship 2012
Beckmann, M. (Organiser)
28.06.2012 → 29.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Competencies for Sustainability – Does Gender play any Role?
Katz, C. (Speaker)
28.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
In the forest: doing gender by doing nature
Katz, C. (Speaker)
28.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Social Entrepreneurs as Evolutionary Agents in the German Institutional Landscape.
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
28.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
19th Annual Conference EAERE 2012
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2012 → 30.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
proDUO: Job-Sharing for Postdoc and Higher Academic Employees: An Organizing Principle of the Human Resource Management of Science Institutions?
Birkner, S. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Rehm, A. (Speaker)
27.06.2012 → 29.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Referent: Herausforderungen an das Projektmanagement – Vom 7. Forschungsrahmen-programm zu Horizon 2020
Olsson, O. (Panel participant)
27.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
6th European Conference on Positive Psychology - ECPP 2012
Peifer, C. (Speaker)
26.06.2012 → 29.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Oikos - Theis Workshop
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Thor Heyerdahl Summer School: Global Environmental Governance 2012
Stumpf, K. H. (Participant)
25.06.2012 → 06.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Iron Oxidizing Bacteria: Influence of Calcium and Magnesium on Growth Rates
Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Jerofke, S. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
24.06.2012 → 29.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
ARL-Kongress 2012
Hofmeister, S. (Moderator)
21.06.2012 → 22.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Demokratiekonferenz „Gegenseitige Blicke über die Grenze: Bürgerbeteiligung und direkte Demokratie in Deutschland und der Schweiz“ 2012
Newig, J. (Speaker)
21.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
19.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Was ist nachhaltige Entwicklung?
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
17.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
3rd International Conference on Implications of GM Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales - GMLS-III 2012
Friedrich, B. (Participant) & Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
15.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Jahrestagung des Zentrums für Lehrerbildung der Universität Kassel 2012
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
15.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
13. Österreichischer Klimatag 2012
Vilsmaier, U. (presenter)
14.06.2012 → 15.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Zusammenhänge verstehen – die Zukunft gestalten: Festvortrag anlässlich der Auszeichnung „Lernorte der Zukunft Hessen“
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
13.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
13th Annual Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory - PET12
Hoberg, N. (presenter)
12.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltigkeit lernen? Grundlagen einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung und nachhaltige Lehre an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
12.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Qualitative Forschung – ein Überblick.
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
12.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Risk Management: An Econometric Analysis of Risk in Energy Market
Fianu, E. S. (Speaker)
12.06.2012 → 15.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd International Workshop on Renewable Energy 2012
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
11.06.2012 → 15.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
The 18th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping - OHBM 2012
Zhang, K. (Speaker), Aust, S. (Speaker), Grimm, S. (Speaker) & Bajbouj, M. (Speaker)
10.06.2012 → 14.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2. Hofgeismarer Forum für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik 2012
Newig, J. (Speaker)
09.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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
