School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
- 2017
Sustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy
Sundermann, A. (Participant) & Frank, P. (Speaker)
18.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Speaking with One Voice While Being Different - Effects of Comparison Mindsets in Negotiations between Groups
Schuster, C. (presenter)
11.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Impulse zum inklusiven Chemieunterricht; Dialoggespräch zwischen Praxis und Wissenschaft zum inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht
Abels, S. (Speaker)
10.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2017
Schuster, C. (Coauthor)
09.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A Model of Mental Accounting in Negotiations.
Trötschel, R. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker), Majer, J. M. (Speaker), Leitsch, L. (Speaker) & Warsitzka, M. (Speaker)
09.07.2017 → 12.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
It Matters When You Do It – Issue Packaging in Multi-Issue Negotiation.
Zhang, H. (Speaker), Geiger, I. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
09.07.2017 → 12.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Begutachtung eines Antrags für ein Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
07.07.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
12th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference - IPA 2017
Sieveking, A. (Participant)
05.07.2017 → 07.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Gastvorlesung: Welt im Grid. Zur Poetologie der meteorologischen Simulation
Schrickel, I. (Lecturer)
04.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
How the Ant taught Scholars about Science – a story by Iimbovane Outreach Project
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Spontaneous self-regulation by mentally contrasting future and reality
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (External organisation)
Hunning, S. (Member) & Mölders, T. (Member)
07.2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Rurbane Landschaften
Friedrich, B. (presenter)
30.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Anwendbarkeit des "Reflexionsrahmen für Forschen in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung des BMBF-Projekts LeNa" im Kontext von Hochschulen
Vogt, M. (Speaker), Kopfmüller, J. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)
29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Arizona State University
Barth, M. (Visiting researcher)
29.06.2017 → 30.06.2019Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
ESERA Summer School 2017
Hüfner, S. (Speaker)
28.06.2017 → 04.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning
Weiser, A. (presenter)
28.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Vortrag (Einladung): Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
28.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vortrag: Measuring positive sustainability. A systematic literature review.
Silva, S. L. (Speaker), Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2017 → 29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vortrag: Social assessment and management of conflict minerals in supply chains. A systematic literature review
Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2017 → 29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research