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. Einsatz der „Fracking-Technologie“ zur Erdgasgewinnung

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    10.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. 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

  4. 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

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

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    12.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Multi-stakeholder learning in transdisciplinary settings

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    07.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Making universities sustainable: UNESCO Chairs join forces

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    04.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  13. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Participant)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Khaleel, N. D. H. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  15. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Artificial sunlight photolysis of the pharmaceuticals doxepin hydrochloride, gabapentin and quetiapine hemifumarate as single compounds and as a mixture

    Herrmann, M. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  17. Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anti-cancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments

    Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anticancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments

    Lutterbeck, C. A. (Speaker), Baginska, E. (Speaker) & Machado, E. L. (Speaker)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Households as important source of biocidal active substances in influents of sewage treatment plants

    Wieck, S. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  20. PRIORITIZATION OF VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS USING A SIMPLE SCREENING APPROACH

    Menz, J. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research