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.
- 2011
Symposium “Arzneimittel im Wasser - Ziele und Rahmenbedingungen“ der Emschergenossenschaft - 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
25.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6. Forschungsseminar „Innovation and Value Creation“ 2011
Hansen, E. G. (Chair)
24.11.2011 → 26.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Anica Zeyen)
Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)
24.11.2011 → 26.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Social Entrepreneurship in Theorie und Praxis: 2,5-tägiges Blockseminar (mit Markus Beckmann)
Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)
24.11.2011 → 26.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Workshop IV des Innovationsverbunds nachhaltiger Mittelstand - 2011
Klewitz, J. (Moderator)
23.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Vom Schützen und Nutzen zum erhaltenden Gestalten – Agrobiodiversität in ländlichen Räumen
Burandt, A. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)
18.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011
Mölders, T. (Participant)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011
Burandt, A. (Participant)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011
Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Genetisch modifizierte Organismen und politisch modifiziertes Wissen: Umgang mit Wissenspluralismus im Agro-Gentechnik-Diskurs in Polen
Sulmowski, J. A. (Speaker)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Semi-Subsistenzbetriebe zwischen Bereitstellung von öffentlichen Gütern, Erhalt der Vitalität ländlicher Räume und ökonomischer Bedrängnis – Argumente der europäischen und polnischen politischen Debatte über ihre Zukunft
Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Themenoffene Nachwuchstagung - DVPW 2011
Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
17.11.2011 → 18.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MINT trifft BNE – 2011
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
16.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
14.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
„Aus dem Denkraum der Naturalisierungsstrategie ausbrechen“: herrschende ökonomische Begriffe hinterfragen und neu besetzen und Commons und Care: das Verhältnis von Sozialstaat und Commons unter die Lupe nehmen
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
11.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Fachgespräch “Green Economy – Wirtschaften für nachhaltige Lebensbedingungen. Erkenntnisse zu politischen Perspektiven gender_gerechten Wirtschaftens“ - 2011
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
11.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Lateinamerika
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
10.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
International Conference on "Payments for Ecosystem services and their Institutional Dimensions" - 2011
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Drupp, M. (Speaker), Meya, J. (Speaker), Munz, J. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)
10.11.2011 → 12.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Deliberations on how to assess sustainability in consumption
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
07.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Consumption - Towards Action and Impact - SuCo 2011
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
07.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Pre-Conference Sustainable Consumption - 2011
Fischer, D. (Organiser)
06.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kultur und Natur in einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
04.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Indicators in Sustainability Management
Zvezdov, D. (Lecturer)
01.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Drugs in the Environment: Ecopharmacovigilance for Better Health 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
31.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aktuelle Fragen des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes 2012 - Biomasse, Solar, Windkraft: Vergütung und Netzanschluss/-ausbau
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
28.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jubiläumstagung der Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie - 2011
Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
27.10.2011 → 29.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Products service systems as enabler for sustainability-oriented innovation: The case of Osram’s off-grid lighting
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
27.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Experiences on the theme of actions for sustainable development in the field of educational systems
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
26.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Product-Service Systems as Enabler for Sustainability Innovation: The Case of Service Stations in Kenya
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
26.10.2011 → 28.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs - Forms of collaboration for capacity building
Klewitz, J. (presenter)
26.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Social Network Analysis 2011
Zvezdov, D. (Participant)
24.10.2011 → 28.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Workshop "Politiken der Naturgestaltung I" - PoNa 2011
Burandt, A. (Speaker)
21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Das PoNa-Nachhaltigkeitsverständnis
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)
20.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Identitäten? Widersprüche? Geschlechtergerechtigkeit?: Praxisorientierte Reflexion von Jungenarbeitskonzepten
Offen, S. (Lecturer)
20.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Ländliche Entwicklung als Politiken der Naturgestaltung: Eine Analyse der europäischen, deutschen und polnischen Politik zur Entwicklung ländlicher Räume in der Förderperiode 2007-2013
Burandt, A. (Speaker)
20.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop "Politiken der Naturgestaltung I" - PoNa 2011
Mölders, T. (Chair), Gottschlich, D. (Chair), Friedrich, B. (Organiser), Szumelda, A. U. (Organiser), Sulmowski, J. A. (Organiser) & Burandt, A. (Organiser)
20.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
14. Eröffnung des Akademischen Jahres 2011/2012
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
19.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st European Brachypodium Workshop 2011
Delory, B. (Coauthor)
19.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Theorieseminar zur Unternehmensethik
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
19.10.2011 → 21.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Brush up zu KODE© und KODEX© 2011
Thiem, A. (Speaker)
15.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop: "Die Energiefrage im Grünen Kapitalismus" 2011
Friedrich, B. (Organiser)
14.10.2011 → 16.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Verbünde Spezial 2011
Klewitz, J. (Organiser)
13.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management - IWRM BMBF 2011
Vilsmaier, U. (Keynote speaker)
12.10.2011 → 13.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Entwicklung und Einsatz von wassergefüllten Schlauchsystemen im Hochwasserschutz
Brinkmann, B. (Speaker) & Koppe, B. (Coauthor)
11.10.2011 → 13.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
34. Symposium für Land- und Agrarsoziologie „Landreflexionen“ - 2011
Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Friedrich, B. (Participant)
07.10.2011 → 08.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
8. Jahrestagung der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie - DGS 2011
Schmidt, A. (Organiser) & Wedl, I. (Organiser)
07.10.2011 → 08.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
INSEAD CSI Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2011
Beckmann, M. (Opponent)
07.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Partizipative Veränderung schulischer Konsumkultur Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie aus dem Projekt BINK
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
07.10.2011 → 08.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Herbst-Tagung des Verbands der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaf - VHB 2011
Harms, D. (Coauthor)
06.10.2011 → 07.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Identification and Determination of Selected Pharmaceuticals and Their Dead End Degradation Products in Degradation Testing
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Oral presentation)
06.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research