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. 2012
  2. 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)

    23.03.201224.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 1st Conference of the Energy and Society Network 2012

    Fischer, L.-B. (Speaker)

    22.03.201224.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Altlastensymposium der ingenieurtechnischen Vereinigung Altlasten - ITVA 2012

    Sanden, J. (Speaker)

    22.03.201223.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Tag der Hydrologie - TdH 2012

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    22.03.201223.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Linking stakeholder participation and environmental outcomes: In search of evidence

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    21.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  7. TEEB Conference 2012

    Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)

    21.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Describing consumer competence: A transdisciplinary approach

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    20.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Gesprächs- und Verhandlungsführung, Vertiefung

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    20.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  10. Vernetzungstreffen Nachwuchsgruppe "BioDiva" 2012

    Mölders, T. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    20.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  11. 2nd PERL International Conference 2012

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    19.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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  1. Der Belegschaftskultur-Ansatz und die Links-Volkskunde
  2. Anmerkungen zu Zivilverfahren, Mediation und Schiedsverfahren
  3. Landscape-scale biodiversity governance
  4. Rezension zu Röthemeyer, VDuG – Verbraucherrechtedurchsetzungsgesetz, Handkommentar
  5. Das Kloster Loccum als Ort des Predigerseminars und das Predigerseminar als Garant des Klosters seit 1918
  6. Die Zeit des Tourismus
  7. Settingbasierte Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention in Deutschland
  8. Sozioökonomische Analyse des Heidemanagements in Nordwestdeutschland
  9. Periods of recent dune sand mobilisation in Cuddalore, Southeast India
  10. Mathematische Förderung am Übergang von der Schule in den Beruf
  11. Resonanzen: Neurobiologie, Evolution und Theologie
  12. Mutter, Vater, Sternenkind. Die Änderung des Personenstandsrechts für Fehlgeborene und ihre unvorhergesehenen Folgen
  13. Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen und auf ihre Verwertung nach der europäischen REACH-Verordnung
  14. Nachhaltige Gewerbegebiete
  15. Emotional Competence and Friendship Involvement
  16. Hochschulen als Weiterbildungsanbieter
  17. Wann werden Serviceleistungen nachgefragt?
  18. Sprache in Wissenschaft: Sprachliche Anforderungen wissenschaftlicher Texte
  19. Methodenmanagement in der Unternehmensberatung - Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung in einem internationalen IT-Beratungsunternehmen
  20. Schwöbel, Christoph: Gott im Gespräch. Studien zur theologischen Gegenwartsdeutung. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2011
  21. Szenarienentwicklung für die "nachhaltige Hochschule"
  22. Food policy councils as loci for practising food democracy? Insights from the case of Oldenburg, Germany
  23. The Global Economic Crisis and Migration
  24. Kinder brauchen Bewegung, und wie!
  25. Die Kultur des 20. Jarhunderts im Überblick