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. 2013
  2. Is small beautiful? Small-scale farming in Poland and its contribution to sustainable rural development

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Methodological Trends and Challenges of Entrepreneurship Research

    Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Burger, C. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Money or Charity?: From (Women's) Social Intention to Commercial Business Models

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. L. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Research Conference "Social & Economic Transformations Affecting Rural People and Communities in Central & Eastern Europe Since 1990" - 2013

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Zu Bodenhydrologie und Kohlenstoffhaushalt sandiger Ackerböden im Klimawandel: Umgang mit Unsicherheiten bei der Modellierung

    Urban, B. (Speaker) & Schmelmer, K. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie - FGSP 2013

    Majer, J. M. (Speaker)

    01.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    01.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201310.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  10. Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    26.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off - 2013

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    26.08.201330.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Speaker)

    21.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Are managed honey bees a threat to native wild bees?

    Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)

    19.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. 11th INTECOL Congress 2013

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Participant)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Oral presentation)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Biodiversity and ecosystem funtions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. Biodiversity and crop pollination services

    Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.201317.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  19. ETH Zürich World Food System Center Summer School - 2013

    Velten, S. (Participant)

    11.08.201325.08.2013

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

  20. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.08.2013

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

  21. BIT's 2nd Annual International Congress of Algae - AICA 2013

    Pleißner, D. (Chair)

    01.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. BIT's 2nd Annual International Congress of Algae - AICA 2013

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    01.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Erdgasgewinnung durch "Fracking": Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch„Hydraulic Fracturing“

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  24. Rethinking economy, nature use and development: Caring as a socio-ecological concept for sustainability and gender justice

    Katz, C. (Speaker) & Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Workshop zur Konstituierung des Instituts für transdisziplinäre Sozialwissenschaft der Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe -2013

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Is small beautiful? The case of small-scale farming in Poland, the CAP and rural resilience

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)

    30.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. 25th Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - ESRS 2013

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. 25th Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - ESRS 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Organiser)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Competencies for sustainable development of rural areas need the integration of Gender

    Thiem, A. (Speaker) & Katz, C. (Speaker)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  30. Representing Future Generations Today

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    29.07.201310.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  31. 17th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association - APRIA 2013

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Engler, J.-O. (presenter)

    28.07.201331.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. Perform to Disclose or Disclose to Perform: Which Drives Which?

    Qian, W. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    26.07.201328.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. Vom schwierigen Vergnügen Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  34. Zwischenbilanztagung der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz-Projekt "nexus" - HRK nexus 2013

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.07.201316.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network - EMAN Asia-Pacific 2013

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    14.07.201315.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. 2013 Retreat of the Sustainability Economics Group

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

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

  37. The Role and Use of Environmental Management Accounting for Supply Chains: An explorative Study

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Burritt, R. L. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Post Conference Worskhop Pharmaceutical residues - 2013

    Weiss, J. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Bolek, R. (Speaker), Boireau, V. (Speaker), Roig, B. (Speaker) & Lamoree, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. Value Trade-offs and Efficiency

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    05.07.201307.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. The Politics of Sustainability Indicators in Rhineland-Palatinate: A Case Study

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    03.07.201305.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. 26th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2013

    Majer, J. M. (Speaker)

    30.06.201303.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    30.06.201303.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Verleihung des Klaus-Bahlsen-Preises 2013

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    28.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  44. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Challies, E. (Speaker) & Kochskämper, E. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker) & Koontz, T. M. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Jager, N. W. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2013

    Peifer, C. (Speaker)

    27.06.201330.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ziele, Inhalte und Beispiele guter Praxis

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  50. The influence of polycentricity on collaborative environmental management – the case of EU Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany

    Newig, J. (Oral presentation)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. Biologische Vielfalt und Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Wirkungszusammenhänge und Gestaltungspotenziale

    Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)

    26.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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