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.
- 2009
Berliner Abfallrechtstage 2009
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
19.11.2009 → 20.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Social Entrepreneure als institutionelle Innovatoren
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
13.11.2009 → 14.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Research Workshop “Innovation and Value Creation” - 2009
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
12.11.2009 → 14.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Management von Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken: Prozess - Instrumente - Organisation
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
12.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
6th Langenauer Wasserforum 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
09.11.2009 → 10.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd IRTG-Autumn School of Psychobiology 2009
Peifer, C. (Participant)
08.11.2009 → 11.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ifo Conference on Survey Data in Economics - Methodology and Applications - 2011
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
06.11.2009 → 07.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2nd International Symposium on Wastewater-Recycling 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
04.11.2009 → 06.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
BEIDS, Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" - CLIMATE2009
Burandt, S. (presenter)
02.11.2009 → 06.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd European Fair on Education for Sustainable Development 2009
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
29.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Seminar “Education for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity” - 2009
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
28.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich 2009
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
26.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Steuerung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse: Plädoyer für eine Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen
Mölders, T. (Lecturer)
24.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Stolpersteine bei der Dissertation
Abels, S. (Speaker)
24.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Abschlusskonferenz des Projektes KUNTIKUM 2009
Burandt, S. (presenter)
21.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
KUNTIKUM-Abschlusskonferenz - 2009
Schulz, D. (Speaker)
21.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Decentralised Integrated Analysis and Enhancement of Awareness through Collaborative Modelling and Management of Flood Risk [DIANE-CM] 2009
Evers, M. (presenter)
20.10.2009 → 21.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mid-term conference Eranet-CRUE
Lange, L. (Participant)
20.10.2009 → 21.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
DFG-NSF Research Conference “Sustainable Use of Nanomaterials for Novel Engineering Solutions” 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
14.10.2009 → 17.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st Central European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI2009
Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)
09.10.2009 → 12.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Eine Antwort auf das Leben in der Weltgesellschaft: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
09.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gen-Diagnostik e.V. - 2009
Schneider, M. (Speaker)
09.10.2009 → 10.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationaler Workshop Governance and Capacity building - 2009
Evers, M. (Organiser)
07.10.2009 → 08.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
4. Deutsch-Brasilianisches Symposium “Nachhaltige Entwicklung” 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
05.10.2009 → 10.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Herbsttagung der Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
05.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting: Managing Climate Change Information and other Sustainability Performance Challenges
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
05.10.2009 → 06.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Genetic Engineering Law
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
01.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag in der UFSM (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
30.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
How to develop the professional Identity of prospective teachers
Abels, S. (Speaker)
29.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Workshop zur Entwicklung umweltpolitischer Instrumente im Rahmen des Projekts „Materialeffizienz und Ressourcenschonung“ (MaRess) - 2009
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
29.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The European Conference on Educational Research- ECER 2009
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
28.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst.“ – Beitrag feministischer Forschungsperspektiven auf gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
24.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Social Marketing: ERASMUS guest lecture
Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)
24.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie - 2010
Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
23.09.2009 → 25.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Photochemical timescales in the degradation of pesticides: Direct photolysis of dimethomorph in aqueous solution using polychromatic and monochromatic irradiation
Palm, W.-U. (Speaker), Vierke, L. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
23.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Social Entrepreneurship - an introduction: ERASMUS guest lecture
Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)
22.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
8th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2009
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
20.09.2009 → 21.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Würzburger Gespräche zum Umweltenergierecht, Klimaschutz durch Bioenergie – Das Recht der Biomassenutzung zwischen Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit 2009
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aktueller Wissensstand und Ansätze zu einer interkulturellen Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Offen, S. (Lecturer)
18.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Safety Pharmacology Society - SPS 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Lehrerinnen und Lehrer als “Reflective Practitioner“: Eine Studie über die Bedeutsamkeit von Reflexionskompetenz für die Umsetzung eines bildenden Naturwissenschaftsunterrichts.
Abels, S. (Speaker)
15.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
39. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ) - 2009
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
14.09.2009 → 18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Weitere Vereinfachung des Abfallrechts – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entsorgungsfachbetriebe
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
14.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Auswirkungen von Lärm und sozialem Stress auf das Beanspruchungserleben bei der Bearbeitung komplexer Mehrfachaufgaben
Peifer, C. (Coauthor)
09.09.2009 → 11.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Potential für die Region
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
07.09.2009 → 09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Konzepte der Gesellschaftstheorie: Ludwig von Mises’ Praxeologie
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
07.09.2009 → 09.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
04.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)
Newig, J. (Speaker)
03.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Salongespräche zur Nachhaltigkeit zu aktuellen Forschungsthemen der Nachhaltigkeit 2011
Evers, M. (Speaker)
03.09.2009 → 03.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research