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. 2018
  2. Processes of Sustainability Transformation. An inter- and transdisciplinary project

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker), Hilser, S. (Speaker), Hübel, C. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)

    13.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Examining the impact of transition initiatives on organizational change

    Bögel, P. M. (presenter), Pereverza, K. (Coauthor), Upham, P. J. (Coauthor) & Kordas, O. (Coauthor)

    11.06.201814.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Transport policy change - An actor-centered analysis of Berlin’s Verkehrswende project, speed talk session

    Bögel, P. M. (Speaker) & Upham, P. J. (Speaker)

    11.06.201814.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. 24th Symposium on Chemistry and Science Education - 2018

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    01.06.201803.06.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. The bumpy road from investigation to knowledge

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

    01.06.201803.06.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  7. 14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (RRB-14)

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. UNLEASH 2018

    Derwort, P. (Participant)

    30.05.201806.06.2018

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

  9. Control and Sovereignty via Blockchains

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    22.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting

    Wieck, S. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor) & Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor)

    14.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2018

    Kümmerer, K. (Chair)

    13.05.201816.05.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  12. Photolytic and biological degradation of silicon organic compounds

    Grabitz, E. (Speaker)

    13.05.201817.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  13. Photolytic degradation of organosilicon compounds: comparison of the effect of different co-solvents

    Grabitz, E. (Speaker)

    13.05.201816.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  14. Malta Legal Forum - MLF 2018

    Derwort, P. (Participant) & Schomerus, C.-T. (Participant)

    10.05.201811.05.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  15. 6th Workshop on Unintended Consequences

    Derwort, P. (Participant)

    07.05.2018

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

  16. Stockholm University

    Riechers, M. (Visiting researcher)

    07.05.201824.05.2018

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  17. WeltWeitWissen-Kongress 2018

    Fischer, D. (Organiser)

    04.05.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Alcohol myopia and risk-taking in gambling

    Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management (Journal)

    Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)

    05.201811.2018

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  20. Prototyping in der transdisziplinären Teamarbeit

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  21. Journal of CO2 Utilization (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    27.04.2018 → …

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