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
Inklusion und Chemiedidaktik: Eine Annäherung
Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inklusion und Chemiedidaktik – eine Annäherung: Vortrag auf der GDCP Tagung
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
14.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Mit Mysteries zu Forschendem Lernen im Chemieunterricht – das Projekt
Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Selbstkonzept von Lernenden beim Abschätzen physikalischer Größen
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Speaker)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry 2015
Kümmerer, K. (Organiser)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
TEMI: Ein Fortbildungsprogramm für NaturwissenschaftslehrerInnen
Puddu, S. (Speaker), Lembens, A. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Education Change Agents for the 21st Century? Re-thinking Teacher Education and the Competent Professional
Barth, M. (Speaker)
11.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Setting up a transnational, transdisciplinary and transformative research cooperation - but how?
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
11.09.2015 → 12.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Alles nachhaltig, oder was?
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
09.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Education for Sustainable Development in Elementary School Education
Barth, M. (Speaker)
09.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
ESD in Elementary School Education
Barth, M. (Speaker), Bruhn, K. (Speaker) & Preisigke, J. (Speaker)
09.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Role of Higher Education in the Transition to a Sustainable Future: Implications for Teaching and Learning
Barth, M. (Speaker)
09.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator) & Meyer, E. M. (Organiser)
08.09.2015 → 10.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
International Transdisciplinarity Conference - td-net 2015
Newig, J. (Speaker), Bergmann, M. (Coauthor), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Kahle, J. (Coauthor) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)
08.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Modes and impacts of sustainability research. Introducing ‘MONA: Modes of research and their impact on scientific and societal project outcomes – A comparative analysis of 100 third-party funded sustainability-related research projects’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Using a Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Approach in HESD Research: Reflections on Pitfalls and Added Value
Sundermann, A. (Speaker) & Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
08.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Scaffolding guided inquiry-based chemistry education at an inclusive school, mit Dominic Klika
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
04.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
ESD in Elementary Education, Literature Review 2005-2014
Bruhn, K. (Speaker)
03.09.2015 → 11.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Focusing on enquiry-based science education within a European in-service teacher education programme, mit Anja Lembens
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
03.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Small Scale Video Analysis of Scaffolding Inclusive Science Education by Grounded Theory
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
01.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research