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. 2020
  2. Democracy and Intergenerational Justice: Overcoming Harmful Short-termism Through New Institutions?

    Hoffmann, J. M. (Organiser), Leung, G.-K. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)

    08.09.202009.09.2020

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

  3. 1. Circular Economy Kongress 2020

    Braungart, M. (Keynote Speaker)

    04.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  4. 1. Circular Economy Kongress 2020

    Braungart, M. (Participant)

    04.09.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. How to educate the educators of tomorrow. Teacher education for sustainable development – inquiries, insights and implications.

    Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)

    01.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Institutionenübergreifende Entwicklungsteams als Formate transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit.

    Bürgener, L. (Speaker)

    01.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Promoting the SDGs through transdisciplinary learning: Innovative approaches of transdisciplinary cooperation in transnational partnerships

    Bürgener, L. (Speaker), Barth, M. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    01.09.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Policy Brief Series

    Glover, D. (Consultant), Friedrich, B. (Consultant) & Ely , A. (Consultant)

    09.2020

    Activity: Consultancy

  9. How Do Civil Servants Use Social Science Evidence for Designing Participatory Governance Processes?

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    27.08.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Environmental Governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Case Study from Montenegro

    Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)

    24.08.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Virtual Keynote 'Fast learning for radical business model innovation'

    Weissbrod, I. (Speaker)

    01.07.202002.07.2020

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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  2. Die Gefangenschaft des Frei-Denkers
  3. Good Governance and Bad Neighbors?
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  6. Verwertung von Reststoffen aus der Kaffeeproduktion als Kohlenstoffquellen in der fermentativen Milchsäureproduktion
  7. § 350 Erlöschen des Rücktrittsrechts nach Fristsetzung
  8. Ein nationaler Energieeffizienzfonds
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  10. Landscape-scale biodiversity governance
  11. Kinderbilder in den sozialen Netzwerken – Wenn Eltern posten
  12. Sven Dupre (ed.), Perspective as Practice. Renaissance Cultures of Optics. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2019, 512 p. ISBN 978-2-503-58107-1
  13. Auswirkungen illegaler Altfahrzeugverwertung
  14. Rechtsphilosophie nach Hegel
  15. Stand und Perspektiven des Wirtschaftsrechtsstudiums an Fachhochschulen
  16. Einleitung: Nachhaltige Gesellschaft – Gestaltung durch Partizipation und Kooperation?
  17. Beziehungsstrukturen und Schulentwicklung
  18. Pierre Bourdieu: Soziologische Herrschaftsanalyse des Rechts
  19. Medialisierung der Wissenschaft als Voraussetzung ihrer Legitimierung und politischen Relevanz
  20. Rechtsangleichung zwischen Gemeinschafts- und Unionsrecht – die Richtlinie über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung vor dem EuGH
  21. Legal Aspects of Electricity Tariff Fixation in Germany
  22. Röntgenkontrastmittel, Quelle für die AOX-Belastung des Abwassers durch Krankenhäuser
  23. International reports on literacy research
  24. The Role of Corporate Sustainability in a Low-Cost Business Model
  25. Regulierung der europäischen Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung
  26. Desiderata zur Erforschung des Einflusses von Kohäsion auf das Leseverständnis
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  28. Responsabilidade Internacional Dos Estados: duas décadas após os trabalhos da Comissão de Direito Internacional
  29. Grundlagen des Umweltmanagements
  30. 12 Fragen an Gerd Michelsen