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. Education and Sustainability – Podiumsdiskussion

    Michelsen, G. (Panel participant)

    28.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Vortrag (Einladung): Differenzierung als Weg zu inklusivem Chemieunterricht?

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    27.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. “Take Things Easy First” or “Get Straight to The Point”? The Order of Issue Packages in Negotiation and Its Effect on Dyadic Economic Outcomes.

    Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Geiger, I. (Speaker)

    26.06.201629.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Inklusion und Fachdidaktik: Vortrag (Einladung) und Workshop im Rahmen eines Doktorand_innenworkshops

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. ÖFEB Tagung 'Autonom und selbstbewusst' 2016

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    24.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Editor)

    17.06.2016

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  8. Leverage points for sustainability transformation in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus – Institutional perspectives

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    16.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  9. Nachhaltiger Konsum in der Wachstumsgesellschaft

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    16.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. International Conference of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative - SCORAI 2016

    Fischer, D. (Coauthor)

    15.06.201617.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. (Hochschul-)Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - ein Ansatz für transdisziplinäre Lehre?

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    13.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. No greenwashing, please!

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    09.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  13. How Education Made Computers Personal

    Herberg, J. (Organiser)

    07.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Woche der Umwelt 2016

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  15. Learning and Teaching Sustainable Development in Global-Local Contexts

    Michelsen, G. (Speaker)

    03.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. 13th International Conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) 2016

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    01.06.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 8th Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference 2014

    Dannenberg, J. (presenter)

    06.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Education for Sustainable Lifestyles

    Fischer, D. (Participant)

    31.05.2016

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

  19. Wie kann nachhaltige Entwicklung in die Hochschulen integriert werden?

    Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)

    31.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  20. Postervortrag: Science Education Research and Practical Work, mit Elisabeth Hofer und Anja Lembens

    Abels, S. (Oral presentation)

    27.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch