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.
- 2016
Der UNESCO Chair ‚Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung‘ – Ziel Schwerpunkte, Perspektiven
Michelsen, G. (Speaker)
29.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Corporación Universitaria Minuto De Dios-Uniminuto (External organisation)
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Member)
27.09.2016 → 12.09.2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
38. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Herberg, J. (Speaker), Meyer, E. (Speaker) & Schmieg, G. (Speaker)
26.09.2016 → 30.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Diversität und Differenz
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
26.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Aarhus-Convention and Nuclear Energy
Schomerus, C.-T. (Speaker)
24.09.2016 → 25.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
20th EMAN Conference 2016
Hetze, K. (Speaker), Bögel, P. M. (Speaker) & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Coauthor)
22.09.2016 → 23.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Problem Framing Workshop with Local NGOs
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Peukert, D. (Participant), Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Fischer, J. (Organiser) & Lam, D. (Participant)
22.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
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)
21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Methoden der (Kultur-)Landschaftsforschung
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
21.09.2016 → 23.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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)
20.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Jahrestagung der GDCh-Fachgruppe “Nachhaltige Chemie” 2016
Wieck, S. (presenter)
19.09.2016 → 21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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)
19.09.2016 → 23.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Multinational Enterprises’ Management of Sustainability Issues Across Distance
Rammal, H. G. (Speaker), Burritt, R. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Christ, K. (Speaker)
17.09.2016 → 20.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Valorisation of food waste for lactic acid production
Demichelis, F. (Speaker), Mariano, S. (Coauthor), Pleissner, D. (Coauthor) & Venus, J. (Coauthor)
15.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
What could university look like in the 21st Century. The Global Classroom Curriculum
John, B. (Oral presentation)
14.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the example of textiles 2016
Kümmerer, K. (Organiser)
12.09.2016 → 16.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Blockchain - Digitale Souveränität
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
10.09.2016 → 01.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conceptual and Inclusive Chemistry Learning – A Contradiction
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
09.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mitigating Democratic Myopia as a Means to Mitigate Climate Change: On Institutional Innovations, their Impact Potential, and the Challenges of their Institutionalization
Rose, M. (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Establishing real-life laboratories: a transdisciplinary approach.
Bernert, P. (presenter)
06.09.2016 → 09.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research