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.
- 2023
From the Environmental State to the Sustainability State? Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives
Rose, M. (Speaker)
01.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Sustainable State.
Saretzki, T. (Organiser), Bornemann, B. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Organiser), Laruffa, F. (Organiser) & Marius, C. (Organiser)
01.06.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Klimapolitiken in ländlichen Räumen transdisziplinär erforschen & mitgestalten
Möller, S. (Speaker)
31.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Stellungsnahme für öffentliche Sachverständigenanhörung im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema der Weiterentwicklung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung. 39. Sitzung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Rose, M. (Reviewer)
24.05.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
UNITED we stand: A principle-based negotiation training for collective bargaining
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Speaker), Hüffmeier, J. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
18.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
iSleep well: Protokoll für eine Multicenter-Studie zur Nichtunterlegenheit von internetbasierter KVT-I im Vergleich zu KVT-I vor Ort
Grolig, L. (Speaker), Hannibal, S. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
10.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Sufficiency: The Missing Elephant in the EU Trade and Biodiversity Agenda?
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Roux, N. (Speaker)
05.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Praxisforum Berufsfeld Kommunaler Klimaschutz
Kruse, L. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)
04.05.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
... und jetzt auch noch BNE?! Mikrofortbildung zum transformativen Lernen
Möller, S. (Speaker), Richter, F. (Speaker) & Ziethen, S. (Speaker)
28.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Podiumsdiskussion zum Ukraine-Krieg: Keine Kriegspartei und doch im Wirtschaftskrieg
Kück, T. (Moderator) & Oermann, N. O. (Participant)
21.04.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Explaining primary school teachers’ usage of digital learning data: A mixed method study
Hase, A. K. (Speaker), Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Kuhl, P. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Speaker)
13.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Perspectives on Monetary Politics in Europe
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
30.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference - 8th Entrepreneurship-as-Practice Conference
Cnossen, B. (Organiser), Byrne, O. (Organiser), Farny, S. (Organiser), Nathues, E. (Organiser), Rehwinkel, S. M. R. (Organiser) & Thompson, N. (Organiser)
29.03.2023 → 31.03.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sustainability and the City
Möller, S. (Speaker)
21.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Technologieakzeptanz als Voraussetzung zum digital-gestützten Üben – Eine systematische Literaturübersicht
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
28.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vorstellung des Projektes "Studienpfad für den Beruf des kommunalen Klimamanagements" im Fachausschuss Klimaneutralität 2030
Möller, S. (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
How, when, and why do negotiators use reference points? A qualitative interview study with negotiation experts.
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
19.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A story about grasslands that needs to be told: their importance, assembly dynamics and ecological restoration in a changing world
Temperton, V. (Lecturer)
17.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Benign by Design. Approaches and methods for designing environmentally mineralising chemicals
Amsel, A.-K. (Speaker)
16.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Ecosystem Services (Journal)
Benra, F. (Editorial Board), Langemeyer, J. (Editor) & Zoderer, B. (Editor)
12.01.2023 → 31.05.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research