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.

1221 - 1240 out of 3,277Page size: 20
  1. 2015
  2. archiDART: an R package for the automated 2D computation of root architectural traits

    Delory, B. (Speaker), Baudson, C. (Speaker), Brostaux, Y. (Speaker), Lobet, G. (Speaker), du Jardin, P. (Speaker), Pagès, L. (Speaker) & Delaplace, P. (Speaker)

    21.06.201525.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  3. Rhizosphere 4 Conference - 2015

    Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)

    21.06.201525.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Exploration of green technologies in SMEs: the role of ambidexterity, domain separation and commercialization

    Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    14.06.201517.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Functions of Innovation Systems: the Case of Flywheel Energy Storage

    Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Czernin, F. (Speaker)

    14.06.201517.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Certificate Sustainability & Journalism: Case Study of a Pilot Continuing Education Program for Journalists

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    11.06.201514.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Demokratie und Wahlrecht

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    11.06.201513.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  8. Life Sciences Forschungskolloquium - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Organiser)

    11.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. “To sustain, or not to sustain…?” An Analysis of Sustainability Journalism in German Newspapers

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    11.06.201514.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. An analysis of founder-CEOs' and salaried CEOs' short-term investment behavior under consideration of aspiration levels

    Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)

    10.06.201513.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Einsatz der „Fracking-Technologie“ zur Erdgasgewinnung

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    10.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. Jaquelines-of-all-trades: Testing Lazear's View on Entrepreneurship for Women Graduates

    Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker), Kurczewska, A. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)

    06.06.201509.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Policy learning and evidence-based governance in mandated participatory planning

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    27.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  14. Agroecological landscapes in rural Bogota. Agrobiodiversity and peasant culture

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    12.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Dechema Himmelfahrtstagung "Scale-up and scale-down of bioprocesses"

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    11.05.201513.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Scale-up of fermentative lactic acid production from renewable feedstocks

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker) & Venus, J. (Speaker)

    11.05.201513.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Multi-stakeholder learning in transdisciplinary settings

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    07.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Vismaier, U. (Speaker), Engbers, M. (Coauthor) & Brandner, V. (Coauthor)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. International JTEFS/BBCC Conference Sustainable Development. Culture. Education 2015

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    05.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch