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. 2015
  2. Environmental and Sustainability Education: The Global Scene

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    20.07.201531.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. Training on Environmental and Sustainability Education for Teacher Education and Theological Colleges in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    20.07.201531.07.2015

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

  4. How do chemistry teachers implement inquiry-based learning in their classes?

    Hofer, E. (presenter) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)

    13.07.201516.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  5. Summer School des Zentrums für Lehrer*innenbildung an der Universität Wien 2015

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    13.07.201516.07.2015

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

  6. The Process of Dividuation and the Nebula of Anonymity

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    12.07.201516.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. (Un)regulated affect: sensing moods and analyzing sentiments from pre-individual intensities as a new modulation of control

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    12.07.201516.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Analyzing management preferences for sustainability: Toward a new framework

    Sundermann, A. (Coauthor)

    03.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Just why, how and when should more participation lead to better environmental policy outcomes? A causal framework for analysis

    Challies, E. (Speaker)

    03.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Integrales Energiekonzept für eine klimaneutrale Universität: Projekt "klimaneutraler Campus"

    Strodel, N. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    02.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Does participation benefit the environment? Insights from a meta analysis of 259 cases of public environmental decision-making

    Challies, E. (Speaker)

    01.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.07.2015 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  13. A multi-criteria decision model for selecting a portfolio of sustainable phosphorus management strategies in different regions

    Weiser, A. (Coauthor)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  14. Integrating Time Aspects into the Assessment of Sustainable Resource Management

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  15. 21. Internationale Sommerakademie der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    30.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  16. Do Good Things Come in Small Packages’? Issue Packages in Negotiation and Their Effect on Dyadic Economic Outcomes.

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

    28.06.201501.07.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 2nd Environmental Monitoring of Biocides in Europe - NORMAN 2015

    Wieck, S. (Participant)

    25.06.201526.06.2015

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

  18. Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrophe in the Age of Simulation - 2015

    Schrickel, I. (Organiser)

    25.06.201526.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. MECS Conference: Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrope in the Age of Simulation - 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    25.06.201526.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Stadt Forscht: Allianzen für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)

    23.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch