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. 2016
  2. Mit uns die Zukunft

    Hofmeister, S. (Organiser)

    11.07.201612.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Green Innovation Processes in SMEs: Anatomy of a Learning Journey

    Wicki, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    03.07.201606.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Problem Framing Workshop with the Viscri Farming Association

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser)

    03.07.2016

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

  5. Education and Sustainability – Podiumsdiskussion

    Michelsen, G. (Panel participant)

    28.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Vortrag (Einladung): Differenzierung als Weg zu inklusivem Chemieunterricht?

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    27.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  7. “Take Things Easy First” or “Get Straight to The Point”? The Order of Issue Packages in Negotiation and Its Effect on Dyadic Economic Outcomes.

    Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Geiger, I. (Speaker)

    26.06.201629.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Inklusion und Fachdidaktik: Vortrag (Einladung) und Workshop im Rahmen eines Doktorand_innenworkshops

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. ÖFEB Tagung 'Autonom und selbstbewusst' 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    24.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Editor)

    17.06.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  11. Leverage points for sustainability transformation in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus – Institutional perspectives

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    16.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  12. Nachhaltiger Konsum in der Wachstumsgesellschaft

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    16.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  13. International Conference of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative - SCORAI 2016

    Fischer, D. (Coauthor)

    15.06.201617.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. (Hochschul-)Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - ein Ansatz für transdisziplinäre Lehre?

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    13.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  15. No greenwashing, please!

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    09.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  16. How Education Made Computers Personal

    Herberg, J. (Organiser)

    07.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Woche der Umwelt 2016

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  18. Learning and Teaching Sustainable Development in Global-Local Contexts

    Michelsen, G. (Speaker)

    03.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. 13th International Conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) 2016

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    01.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 8th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference 2014

    Dannenberg, J. (presenter)

    06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Education for Sustainable Lifestyles

    Fischer, D. (Participant)

    31.05.2016

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

  22. Wie kann nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschulen integriert werden?

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    31.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  23. Postervortrag: Science Education Research and Practical Work, mit Elisabeth Hofer und Anja Lembens

    Abels, S. (Oral presentation)

    27.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  24. 23rd Symposium on Chemistry and Science Education 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    26.05.201628.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Enquiry-based Science Education in Austrian Teacher Professional Development Courses

    Hofer, E. (presenter), Lembens, A. (Coauthor) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)

    26.05.201628.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  26. Value creation through business models - A stakeholder perspective

    Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    25.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Deciphering Sustainable Consumption: Understanding, Motives and Heuristic Cues in the Context of Personal Care Product. Poster Presentation

    Moser, A. K. (Speaker)

    24.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  28. Digitalität und Abstraktion

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    24.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  29. 6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation - WasteEng2016

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    23.05.201626.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. Fermentative production of lactic acid and biogas from food waste: preliminary tests.

    Demichelis, F. (Speaker), Pleißner, D. (Speaker), Venus, J. (Speaker) & Fiore, S. (Speaker)

    23.05.201625.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Komplexe Systeme transformieren II - Kooperation mit der Praxis (Nachhaltiger Konsum)

    Bergmann, M. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)

    23.05.201631.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  32. SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting

    Wieck, S. (presenter)

    22.05.201626.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. ELTT - Enabling Leadership for Transformational Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    20.05.2016

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

  34. The view of the young generation on (E)SD in Germany

    Michelsen, G. (Speaker)

    20.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  35. University of Vienna

    Vilsmaier, U. (Visiting researcher)

    17.05.201617.06.2016

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionEducation

  36. Hochschulen und Nachhaltigkeit: Österreichische Hochschulen machen sich auf den Weg

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    03.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  37. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    01.05.201601.10.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  38. Wissen aus der Perspektive transdisziplinärer Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    21.04.201622.04.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  39. Salongespräch des Netzwerks Geschlechter- und Diversitätsforschung

    Friedrich, B. (Moderator)

    20.04.2016

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

  40. The Global Classroom Curriculum - Virtual and Real in the University of the Anthropocene

    John, B. (Speaker)

    18.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  41. 2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    17.04.201620.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Von Inter- zu Transdisziplinarität – Wissenschaft im Umbruch

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    15.04.2016

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

  43. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung an Hochschulen

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    14.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  44. TEMI Congress 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    14.04.201617.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  45. Agrobiodiversity and culture in rural Bogota

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    07.04.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  46. The efficacy of an internet- and mobile-based stress management intervention in employees in different guidance formats: the results of three randomised controlled trials

    Heber, E. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker) & Ebert, D. D. (Speaker)

    07.04.201609.04.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. 1st Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    06.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. Nachhaltigkeit bewegt die jüngere Generation!

    Michelsen, G. (Speaker)

    05.04.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  49. Komplexe Systeme transformieren I - Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit (Nachhaltiger Konsum)

    Bergmann, M. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)

    04.04.201620.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation