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. 2016
  2. Der UNESCO Chair ‚Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung‘ – Ziel Schwerpunkte, Perspektiven

    Michelsen, G. (Speaker)

    29.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Corporación Universitaria Minuto De Dios-Uniminuto (External organisation)

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Member)

    27.09.201612.09.2017

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  4. 38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Herberg, J. (Speaker), Meyer, E. (Speaker) & Schmieg, G. (Speaker)

    26.09.201630.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  5. Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Diversität und Differenz

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    26.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. Aarhus-Convention and Nuclear Energy

    Schomerus, C.-T. (Speaker)

    24.09.201625.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 20th EMAN Conference 2016

    Hetze, K. (Speaker), Bögel, P. M. (Speaker) & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Coauthor)

    22.09.201623.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Problem Framing Workshop with Local NGOs

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Peukert, D. (Participant), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Organiser) & Lam, D. (Participant)

    22.09.2016

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

  9. How could this success model of the Agro-Eco-Viscri farming association (experience and knowledge) could be consolidated and transferred/adapted to Alma Vii?

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Lam, D. (Organiser)

    21.09.2016

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

  10. Methoden der (Kultur-)Landschaftsforschung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    21.09.201623.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Co-Production of Tools and Strategies to Upscale the Local Model of the Viscri Association by Involving a Policy Expert

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Peukert, D. (Participant), Lam, D. (Organiser) & Fischer, J. (Organiser)

    20.09.2016

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

  12. Jahrestagung der GDCh-Fachgruppe “Nachhaltige Chemie” 2016

    Wieck, S. (presenter)

    19.09.201621.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. PECS working group on social-ecological dynamics of ecosystem services

    Norström, A. (Speaker), Bennett, E. M. (Speaker), Peterson, G. (Speaker), Anderson, E. (Speaker), Felipe-Lucia, M. R. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Speaker), García-Llorente, M. (Speaker), Grace Turner, M. (Speaker), Hanspach, J. (Speaker), Hicks, C. (Speaker), Jacobs, S. (Speaker), Lavorel, S. (Speaker), Dittrich, A. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Speaker), Meacham, M. (Speaker), Locatelli, B. (Speaker), Plieninger, T. (Speaker), Qiu, J. (Speaker), Queiroz, C. (Speaker), Scholes, B. (Speaker), Seppelt, R. (Speaker) & Turner, M. (Speaker)

    19.09.201623.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Multinational Enterprises’ Management of Sustainability Issues Across Distance

    Rammal, H. G. (Speaker), Burritt, R. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Christ, K. (Speaker)

    17.09.201620.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Valorisation of food waste for lactic acid production

    Demichelis, F. (Speaker), Mariano, S. (Coauthor), Pleissner, D. (Coauthor) & Venus, J. (Coauthor)

    15.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  16. What could university look like in the 21st Century. The Global Classroom Curriculum

    John, B. (Oral presentation)

    14.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the example of textiles 2016

    Kümmerer, K. (Organiser)

    12.09.201616.09.2016

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

  18. Blockchain - Digitale Souveränität

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    10.09.201601.10.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Conceptual and Inclusive Chemistry Learning – A Contradiction

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    09.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. Establishing real-life laboratories: a transdisciplinary approach.

    Bernert, P. (presenter)

    06.09.201609.09.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research