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. 26. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts - GDSU 2017

    Bruhn, K. (Speaker)

    09.03.201711.03.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Frühjahrstagung der Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie - DECHEMA 2017

    Pleißner, D. (Participant)

    06.03.201707.03.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Sustainable use of biomass

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    02.03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. Co-creating transformative processes - a designerly approach

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  6. Design based knowledge production in transdisciplinary Sustainability Science

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  7. Reducing ongoing slot machine gambling under the influence of alcohol

    Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    03.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. 71. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2017

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    22.02.201724.02.2017

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

  9. Kongress BIO-raffiniert 2017

    Pleißner, D. (Participant)

    13.02.201714.02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Transformative Wissenschaft – autonom, nützlich oder transversal? Ein feldtheoretischer Öffnungsversuch der Gaia-Debatte

    Herberg, J. (Speaker)

    08.02.201710.02.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 15 Years of the Jena Experiment: The Past, the Present, and the Future

    Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)

    07.02.201708.02.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. "Love your Ocean"

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    27.01.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventtrade fairs and exhibitionsTransfer

  13. Vorstellung der Doktorarbeit bei Buchholzer "Verdieck Stiftung"

    Herberg, J. (Oral presentation)

    27.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  14. Relationen der Auflösung sind Relationen der Konstituierung: Überlegungen zur Ontogenese im Anschluss an Gilbert Simondon

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    25.01.201727.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Educating Future Change Agens - Higher Education as a Motor for the Sustainability Transformation

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    24.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. ‘Nachhaltige Entwicklung: ein diskursives System und seine normative Dynamik‘

    Meyer, E. M. (Coauthor)

    23.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  17. ‘Statussymposium Wissenschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung‘

    Herberg, J. (presenter), Leistert, O. (Coauthor), Meyer, E. M. (Coauthor), Schmieg, G. (Coauthor), Schrickel, I. (Coauthor), Caniglia, G. (Coauthor), Laubichler, M. (Coauthor), Hörl, E. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Vilsmaier, U. (Coauthor)

    23.01.201724.01.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  18. "‚Raum‘ in der sozial-ökologischen Forschung

    Friedrich, B. (Lecturer)

    17.01.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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