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. 2017
  2. 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)

    29.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Arizona State University

    Barth, M. (Visiting researcher)

    29.06.201730.06.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  4. ESERA Summer School 2017

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    28.06.201704.07.2017

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

  5. The global sustainability agenda in urban planning - Insights from community visioning

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    28.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Vortrag (Einladung): Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    28.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Vortrag: Measuring positive sustainability. A systematic literature review.

    Silva, S. L. (Speaker), Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    27.06.201729.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Vortrag: Social assessment and management of conflict minerals in supply chains. A systematic literature review

    Silva, S. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    27.06.201729.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017

    Weiser, A. (Organiser)

    25.06.2017

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

  10. ‘Thinking the Problematic‘

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    22.06.2017

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

  11. ‘Thinking the Problematic‘

    Leistert, O. (Speaker) & Hörl, E. (Speaker)

    22.06.201723.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Keep Calm and Solve the Problem: An Integrated Model to Reduce Threat and Defense in Conflicts

    Schuster, C. (Lecturer)

    21.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Agent Psychology and Socio-Technical Transitions: State of Play and Research Agenda

    Upham, P. J. (Coauthor) & Bögel, P. M. (presenter)

    19.06.201721.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Motive activation in business models for sustainable textiles: A field study

    Woznica, A. (Speaker), Freudenreich, B. (Speaker) & Hübner, G. (Speaker)

    19.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Determinants of Researchers' Roles in Real-World Transitions: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Real-World Laboratories.

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    18.06.201721.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2017

    Lam, D. (Speaker)

    18.06.201721.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Simulation of the enviromental fate of the fungicide Penconazole and its transformation products in a vineyard-terraces catchment

    Vollert, D. (Speaker), Gassmann, M. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)

    18.06.201722.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Field weeks in the district of Oldenburg, Germany

    Engbers, M. (Participant)

    12.06.201721.06.2017

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

  19. Democratic Myopia and Future Generations: On Institutional Innovations, their Impact Potential, and the Challenges of their Institutionalization

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    08.06.201709.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries 2017

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    07.06.201709.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch