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.
- 2015
Interdisziplinäre DGfE-Nachwuchstagung - 2015
Hüfner, S. (Speaker)
16.10.2015 → 17.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Interdisziplinäre DGfE-Nachwuchstagung - 2015
Bruhn, K. (Speaker)
16.10.2015 → 17.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
All-Affected, Non-Identity and the Political Representation of Future Generations
Rose, M. (Speaker)
09.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Unternehmen und Flüchtlinge: Wie kann das vorhandene Potential durch (Social) Start-ups nachhaltig genutzt werden?
Freudenberg, J. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Kobayashi, Y. E. (Speaker)
08.10.2015 → 09.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Von Besserwissern, Moralaposteln und Tugendwächtern: Woran kann Kommunikation über Ethik scheitern?
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
08.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Agrobiodiversity and culture: an analysis from place and agroecosystems in the Tunjuelo river
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker), de la Pava, R. (Speaker) & Quiroga, C. (Speaker)
07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
14th IEA SHC/ECES Task 42/Annex 29 Experts meeting - 2015
Rammelberg, H. U. (Participant)
05.10.2015 → 07.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Change agents for corporate sustainability: the role of competencies in sustainability transformations
Buhr, M. (Speaker)
05.10.2015 → 07.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tag der Fachdidaktik der Universität Graz 2015
Hofer, E. (Participant)
05.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Agroecological practices in the Andean high lands agrobiodiversity, culture and family farming
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker) & de la Pava, R. (Speaker)
02.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Marine Drugs (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.10.2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Workshop, Legal Systems & Wind Energy - A Comparative Perspective - 2015
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
01.10.2015 → 03.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
27. Hamburger Kolloquium zur Abwasserwirtschaft
Olsson, O. (presenter)
30.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschung. Theoretische und methodologische Grundlagen
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
30.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Nachhaltigkeit in der Lehre verankern - mit Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung Innovation in die Lehre bringen
Barth, M. (Speaker)
30.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zwischen Relevanz und Rigor: Konstruktion eines validen Messinstruments für die Erhebung von nachhaltigem Konsum aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive
Geiger, S. M. (Speaker), Fischer, D. (Coauthor) & Schrader, U. (Coauthor)
30.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
20 Years of Performance Measurement in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: What has been achieved?
Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
29.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does ISO 14001 Lead the Way? Investigating the Application of relevant Sustainability Management Tools
Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
29.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
EU BIS Meeting (Cost-Action) - 2015
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
29.09.2015 → 30.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Green Hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
29.09.2015 → 30.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research