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. 2012
  2. Vegetation changes along a climatic gradient during a severe drought year in the El Nino region

    von Wehrden, H. (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3.  Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest

    Staab, M. (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Corrosion, scaling and biofouling processes in thermal systems and monitoring using redox potential measurements

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    09.09.201213.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Volunteer Services in the Global South and their Impact on Diversity Education

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    09.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  6. Mid-term Conference of the ESA Consumption Research Network 2012

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. University and education – how to teach sustainability and change?

    Lam, D. (Lecturer)

    06.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. 6th European Thermal Sciences Conferences/ Eurotherm 2012

    Rammelberg, H. U. (presenter)

    04.09.201207.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy

    Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  10. Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy

    Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  11. Zum Verhältnis von Gender, Green Economy und Finanzmärkten: Warum nachhaltiges, geschlechter_gerechtes Wirtschaften eine andere Gestaltung der Finanzmärkte braucht

    Çağlar, G. (Reviewer), Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer) & Habermann, F. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  12. 20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 3rd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions - IST 2012

    Lutz, L. M. (presenter)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 3rd International Sustainability Conference 2012

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability

    Fünfgelt, J. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)

    29.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Ignorant or gatekeeper? What role do accountants play in the sustainability accounting practice?

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Role-determined information needs of sustainability management control

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology - ECCB 2012

    Brittain, C. (Speaker)

    28.08.201201.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 32nd International Geographical Congress 2012

    Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)

    26.08.201230.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Konfliktreiche Begegnungen?!: Sozialwissenschaftliche Einwürfe zur Gewaltdiskussion im Fußball

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    16.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  21. Ant Course 2012

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    06.08.201216.08.2012

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

  22. Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries

    Pufal, G. (presenter)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  23. Seed fate of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. 13th International Rural Sociology Association (IRSA) XIII World Congress on Rural Sociology 2012

    Challies, E. (Chair)

    04.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managment - AOM 2012

    Zeyen, A. (Organiser), Beckmann, M. (Organiser), König, M. (Participant) & Frese, M. (Organiser)

    04.08.2012

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

  26. Interlinking Feed/Food Commodity Chains: Social and Environmental Impacts, and Challenges for Governance

    Challies, E. (Speaker)

    04.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. A Contingency Analysis of SUccess Definitions - Is Social Entrepreneurship REally Different?

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    03.08.201207.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. A Hayekian Perspective on Social Franchising: Scaling Social Entrepreneurship by Combining Small-Group and Big-Group Logics

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    03.08.201207.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Agrobiodiversity between conservation and use - examples from Germany

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Nature-Gender-Relations within the Agrarian Change - the Example of Agrobiodiversity

    Burandt, A. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Successes and failures of farm diversification processes – some evidence from two Polish regions

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Sustainable Land Use: Gender Perspectives - Session 61 A: Introduction “Gender – Culture – Nature

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    02.08.201203.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology of the International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA 2012

    Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Mölders, T. (Organiser), Gottschlich, D. (Participant), Mölders, T. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)

    02.08.201203.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Does resin represent a neglected component of bee ecology? A comparison between Old and New World bees.

    Leonhardt, S. (Speaker)

    08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Towards and interdisciplinary understanding of ecological novelty 2012

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    08.2012

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

  36. Boon or Bane? Typing Speed in Online Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    11.07.201214.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Never gonna give you up! Better gonna take you back? Negotiating Benefits and Burdens in Common Resource Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    11.07.201214.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Wissenschaftliche Tagung „Das neue Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft“ 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    09.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. The Global Sustainability Summer School 2012

    Engler, J.-O. (Participant)

    08.07.201221.07.2012

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

  40. 28th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2012

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    04.07.201207.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. 11th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    03.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. RGS – IBG DARG Conference 2012

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    02.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  44. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry

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

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Science Slam im Wissenschaftsjahr - Zukunftsprojekt Erde 2012

    Bolek, R. (Speaker)

    30.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  46. Abschlusskonferenz des Mercator Forschungsverbundes Innovatives Soziales Handeln – Social Entrepreneurship 2012

    Beckmann, M. (Organiser)

    28.06.201229.06.2012

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

  47. Competencies for Sustainability – Does Gender play any Role?

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch