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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  2. Exploring the potential role of priority effects for ecological restoration

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    22.08.201626.08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    22.08.2016 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  4. International Conference on Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Development of Offshore Wind Power Around the World

    Maly, C. (Speaker)

    22.08.201623.08.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. Priority effects influence plant traits and biomass in a grassland field experiment

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    22.08.201626.08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. ESERA Summer School 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    21.08.201626.08.2016

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

  7. How do Austrian chemistry teachers implement inquiry-based learning in their classes?

    Hofer, E. (presenter)

    21.08.201626.08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8. 2016 Energy Policy for Bridging and Communications Forum

    Maly, C. (Speaker)

    19.08.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  9. Leadership for Sustainability: The Role of Values, Sustainability Understanding, and Education

    Sundermann, A. (presenter)

    08.08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. Applied Science (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.08.2016 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  11. Self-regulation of energization and direction

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

    08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Using cardiovascular measures to integrate two theories: motivational intensity theory and mental contrasting

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

    08.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Macht-, diskurs- und feldanalytische Perspektiven

    Herberg, J. (presenter)

    30.07.201631.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Summer School des Zentrums für Lehrer*innenbildung an der Universität Wien - 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    18.07.201621.07.2016

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

  15. Wie implementieren österreichische ChemielehrerInnen Forschendes Lernen in ihren Unterricht?

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    18.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Does EMA Tool Application Influence Carbon Performance and Information disclosure?

    Qian, W. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    13.07.201618.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    12.07.2016 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  18. Mit uns die Zukunft

    Hofmeister, S. (Organiser)

    11.07.201612.07.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Green Innovation Processes in SMEs: Anatomy of a Learning Journey

    Wicki, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    03.07.201606.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Problem Framing Workshop with the Viscri Farming Association

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser)

    03.07.2016

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

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  1. 'KNOW WHY' thinking as a new approach to systems thinking
  2. Medienwissenschaft, Medientheorie oder Medienphilosophie?
  3. Fahrten & Fährten: Zur Kamera in Eric Hattans Videoräumen
  4. Stabilizing the grid with regional virtual power plants
  5. THE OCTOBER-REVOLUTION AS CYCLICAL SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION
  6. Sozialwissenschaftliche Aspekte des Gründungsmanagements
  7. Kinetic modeling of active plasma resonance spectroscopy
  8. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Kindergärten
  9. The Friend as Conceptual Persona in Deleuze and Guattari
  10. Partizipation, Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, Nachhaltigkeit
  11. Einfluss von Steuern auf unternehmerische Entscheidungen
  12. Rezension zu Fahlenbrach, Kathrin/Brück, Ingrid/Bartsch, Anne
  13. Repräsentation, Krise der Repräsentation, Pradigmenwechsel
  14. Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations
  15. The concept of joint production and ecological economics
  16. Kritik der Kritik oder der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod
  17. Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates
  18. Impact of tree saplings on the kinetic energy of rainfall
  19. Der Niedergang der Kreativität und die Konstanz der Kunst
  20. La sostenibilità come processo di sviluppo e apprendimento
  21. The Supply of Project Information to External Stakeholders
  22. Recruitment practices in small and medium size enterprises.
  23. KESS 4 - Lehr- und Lernbedingungen in Hamburger Grundschulen.
  24. The legacy of Idealism and the rise of academic aesthetics
  25. Productivity premia for many modes of internationalization.
  26. BETWEEN SPECIFITY AND CONTEXT. SOCIAL ART HISTORY REVISITED
  27. Kunstgeschichte "vom weltgeschichtlichen Gesichtspunkte aus"
  28. Public Value – oder die zweite Generation des Wertmanagement