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. Gerechtigkeitsaspekte in der Naturschutzkommunikation

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    29.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. Planet Under Pressure Conference 2012

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    26.03.201229.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Tag der Hydrologie - TdH 2012

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    22.03.201223.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    21.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  9. TEEB Conference 2012

    Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)

    21.03.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Describing consumer competence: A transdisciplinary approach

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    20.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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Publications

  1. Geschäftsführung ohne Auftrag (§ 677)
  2. Von der Herrschaft der Technik zum Parlament der Dinge
  3. Conserving the World's Finest Grassland Amidst Ambitious National Development
  4. Too much R & D
  5. Geschlecht und Ethnizität in audiovisuellen Medien
  6. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Erziehung und Strafe
  7. Was heißt Bildung im 18. Jahrhundert?
  8. A new Parazuphium Jeannel, 1942 species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Zagros Mountains in Iran
  9. Juristisches Gutachten über die Förderung der Vorbereitung zur Wiederverwendung von Elektro-Altgeräten im Sinne der zweiten Stufe der Abfallhierarchie
  10. Wo bleiben die Kinder im Kinderschutz?
  11. Szenario „Ein Arbeitstag“
  12. Wege der Anti-Dialektik
  13. Sprachliche Diversität und Themenentfaltungsmuster in Schülertexten am Beispiel von Beschreibe-Aufgaben im Fachunterricht
  14. The Politics of Party Funding
  15. Stratigraphische Begriffe für das Quartär des Periglazialraums in Deutschland
  16. State-Building and the European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus
  17. Fabbriche del sapere, industrie della creatività
  18. Lernwerkstatt "Mensch" – von den Fragen der SchülerInnen ausgehen
  19. Die "Kinderszenen" von Robert Schumann: ein Ego-Dokument?
  20. Künstlerische Versuche, "das ungenaue Gefühl so genau wie möglich festzuhalten". Zur erzählerischen Visualität Peter Stamms
  21. Neuerungen durch das Abschlussprüfungsreformgesetz (AReG).
  22. Die Gefangenschaft des Frei-Denkers
  23. Results from the U.S. Embassy School Election Project 2012
  24. Regelspiele im inklusiven Sportunterricht - Eine reflektierte Fallbeschreibung förderlicher Strukturen für den Förderschwerpunkt geistige Entwicklung - Praxisbeispiel
  25. Zur (Un-)Bedeutsamkeit der Ökonomisierung. Eine Differenzierung des Einflusses ökonomischer Logiken auf Akteur:innen der stationären Kinder- und Jugendhilfe
  26. Populäre Musik