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. 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

  3. ‘Thinking the Problematic‘

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    22.06.2017

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

  4. ‘Thinking the Problematic‘

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

    22.06.201723.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2017

    Lam, D. (Speaker)

    18.06.201721.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. The journey to Balance Brings Beauty

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Apetrei, C. (Participant) & Clarke, E. (Speaker)

    07.06.2017

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

  15. 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)

    06.06.201708.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Co-Production of Knowledge

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Moderator), Fischer, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    05.06.2017

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

  17. Für Nachhaltigkeit werben: Praktische Beispiele und Inspirationen

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    31.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Telecoupling. A current challenge to global environmental governance

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    30.05.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsEducation

  19. Environmental Fate and Behavior of Transformation Products of Pesticides used in Agricultural and Urban Areas

    Hensen, B. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    29.05.201703.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Limitations of regulatory risk assessments of chemicals

    Wieck, S. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    29.05.201703.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch