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. 2014
  2. Gruenes Wissen.NET: Ein Angebot der Wissenschaftskommunikation im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit und Globaler Wandel

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    05.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. 5. Allgemeinen Erfahrungsaustausch „Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit“ des Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbands 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    04.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  4. 7th European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Biobased Economy - EFIB 2014

    Pleißner, D. (Participant)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Schul- und Qualitätsentwicklung im Kontext von Mobilität und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE)

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  6. The Best of the Rest

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energuzation

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. The Psychophysiology of Self-Regulation

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. The botherder's lure and the figure of the pirate: trespassing enclosures and tweaking affordances

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    25.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Realizing Sustainability in Institutions needs Gender sensitive Competencies and Organisations and the ethical frame "Self-in-Relation"

    Moths, K. (Speaker)

    24.06.201426.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Coastal Zone Canada - CZC 2014

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    17.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  12. Special Conference on Micro-Foundations for Strategic Management Research: Embracing Individuals - SMS 2014

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)

    14.06.201415.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Crossing boundaries in transdisciplinary sustainability research

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    13.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Systematic Review of Its Use in Research and Practice

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

    11.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit – Befunde aus Theorie und Praxis

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    10.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  16. Exploration deficiency: lessons learned from an unsuccessful sustainable energy technology innovation

    Wicki, S. (Speaker)

    08.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 17th IEA Triannual Conference and World Congress 2014

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    05.06.201410.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 2nd International Conference of Recycling and Reuse - R&R 2014

    Herrmann, M. (presenter)

    04.06.201406.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch