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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  2. 2nd European-Chinese RiBaGo (River Basin Governance) Workshop

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    25.08.2010

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

  3. 7th World Congress on Stress - 2010

    Peifer, C. (presenter)

    25.08.201027.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. International Conference on Conflict of Interest in Central and Eastern Europe - 2010

    Gottschlich, D. (Moderator), Sulmowski, J. A. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Participant), Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    25.08.201027.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational ecological justice.

    Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)

    25.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The European Conference on Educational Research (Pre-Conference) - 2010

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    24.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 1st oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy - 2010

    Zeyen, A. (Participant)

    22.08.201027.08.2010

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

  8. Determinants and management consequences of normative views of sustainability in Namibian commercial cattle farming

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker)

    22.08.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Tagung ,,Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt IX'' - 2009

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    18.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 16th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - 2010

    Leonhardt, S. (presenter)

    08.08.201014.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Annual Conference of the Society for Business Ethics - 2010

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    07.08.201010.08.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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  1. Datenbasierte Entscheidungsfindung trifft Digitalisierung - Einblicke in die prozesshafte unterrichtliche Nutzung digitaler Lerndaten durch Grundschullehrkräfte
  2. Methode zur Erzeugung von diskontinuierlichen Profilquerschnitten durch eine Kombination aus dem Umformverfahren Strangpressen und dem Urformverfahren Kunststoffextrusion
  3. § 286 bis § 292 BGB Verzug des Schuldners
  4. Verbundvorteile für den Börsengang der Deutschen Bahn ausreichend berücksichtigt?
  5. Zum Erkenntnispotenzial von künstlichen Bildsystemen
  6. Entrance fees as a subjective barrier to visiting museums
  7. Ludwig Adolf Petri (1803-1873)
  8. § 32 Solare Strahlungsenergie
  9. Wirkung von Lehrerfortbildungen auf Expertise von Lehrkräften zu formativem Assessment im kompetenzorientierten Mathematikunterricht
  10. Lehrergesundheit als kollegiale Aufgabe
  11. Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
  12. Green chemistry and the leisure industry
  13. Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How they all connect
  14. Bildungspersonal in der beruflichen Integrationsförderung: Forschungsfragen und -desiderata
  15. Not without music business. The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany
  16. Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen und auf ihre Verwertung nach der europäischen REACH-Verordnung
  17. Zum Verhältnisbegriff im Mathematikunterricht
  18. Gender wage discrimination
  19. Environmental governance
  20. Liebe in Zeiten pädagogischer Professionalisierung
  21. Interessenpolitisch orientiertes Umweltmanagement
  22. Online-Trainings zur Stressbewältigung - eine neue Chance zur Gesundheitsförderung im Lehrerberuf?