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
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2017
Weiser, A. (Organiser)
25.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
‘Thinking the Problematic‘
Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)
22.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
‘Thinking the Problematic‘
Leistert, O. (Speaker) & Hörl, E. (Speaker)
22.06.2017 → 23.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Keep Calm and Solve the Problem: An Integrated Model to Reduce Threat and Defense in Conflicts
Schuster, C. (Lecturer)
21.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Agent Psychology and Socio-Technical Transitions: State of Play and Research Agenda
Upham, P. J. (Coauthor) & Bögel, P. M. (presenter)
19.06.2017 → 21.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Motive activation in business models for sustainable textiles: A field study
Woznica, A. (Speaker), Freudenreich, B. (Speaker) & Hübner, G. (Speaker)
19.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Benign by Design as an Important Building Block of Green and Sustainable Chemistry - Examples of its Application for Molecules, Materials, Products and the Management of Their Flows
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
18.06.2017 → 22.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Determinants of Researchers' Roles in Real-World Transitions: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Real-World Laboratories.
Rose, M. (Speaker)
18.06.2017 → 21.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2017
Lam, D. (Speaker)
18.06.2017 → 21.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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)
18.06.2017 → 22.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Field weeks in the district of Oldenburg, Germany
Engbers, M. (Participant)
12.06.2017 → 21.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Democratic Myopia and Future Generations: On Institutional Innovations, their Impact Potential, and the Challenges of their Institutionalization
Rose, M. (Speaker)
08.06.2017 → 09.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries 2017
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
07.06.2017 → 09.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The journey to Balance Brings Beauty
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Apetrei, C. (Participant) & Clarke, E. (Speaker)
07.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Towards a psychology of expectations in sociotechnical systems: the case of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in Europe
Upham, P. J. (presenter), Bögel, P. M. (Coauthor), Dütschke, E. (Coauthor), Schneider, U. (Coauthor), Oltra, C. (Coauthor), Sala, R. (Coauthor), Lores, M. (Coauthor) & Klapper, R. (Coauthor)
06.06.2017 → 08.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Co-Production of Knowledge
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Moderator), Fischer, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
05.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Für Nachhaltigkeit werben: Praktische Beispiele und Inspirationen
Fischer, D. (Lecturer)
31.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Telecoupling. A current challenge to global environmental governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Environmental Fate and Behavior of Transformation Products of Pesticides used in Agricultural and Urban Areas
Hensen, B. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Limitations of regulatory risk assessments of chemicals
Wieck, S. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research