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.
- 2013
1st International Conference on Beneficial Uses of Algal Biomass - ICBUAB 2013
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
05.11.2013 → 08.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Zwischenräume erkunden – Zum kritischen und visionären Potenzial von Genderperspektiven: Antrittsvorlesung zur Juniorprofessur „Raum und Gender“ an der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
05.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
A mobile phone supported internet-based intervention for depressive symptoms in diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2: design and preliminary results of a randomised controlled trial.
Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker), Nobis, S. (Speaker), Baumeister, H. (Speaker), Becker, A. (Speaker), Snoek, F. (Speaker) & Heber, E. (Speaker)
04.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Comorbid depression in diabetes mellitus (cost-)effectiveness of this web-based intervention & mobile phone support
Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker), Nobis, S. (Speaker), Baumeister, H. (Speaker), Becker, A. (Speaker) & Snoek, F. (Speaker)
04.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Efficacy of web-based treatment of major depressive disorder: results from a rater blind randomized controlled trial
Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Sieland, B. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Boß, L. (Speaker), Reins, J. A. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Buntrock, C. (Speaker) & Riper, H. (Speaker)
04.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Preliminary results of a web-based and mobile stress-management intervention for employees
Heber, E. (Speaker), Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker) & Nobis, S. (Speaker)
04.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wissenschaftskongress der Pluralen Ökonomik - 2013
Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)
01.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transdisciplinarity: A new research approach for engaged scholarship in business administration and corporate sustainability?
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
30.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Trends in sustainability management: Progress and standstill
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
30.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
A biorefinery concept: Utilization of food waste
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
29.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Learning through Volunteer Services in the Global South – Impact on Northern Societies
Richter, S. (Speaker)
28.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
17th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy - IAEP 2013
Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)
26.10.2013 → 28.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Zwischen_Zeiten: Das Geschlecht, die Zeit - und was ist nachhaltig?
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
25.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Gentechnikrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
24.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Gerechtigkeit neu denken. Für eine fürsorgliche und gerechte Gestaltung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
24.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Forschendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen? Eine Aktionsforschungsstudie
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
23.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sustainability on Campus - Overview, Implementation and Outlook
Opel, O. (Speaker), Werner, K. (Coauthor), Brüggen, I. (Coauthor) & Ruck, W. (Coauthor)
23.10.2013 → 25.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Is the question of democracy a blind spot in the debate about transformation?
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
22.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Round Table Gespräch des Transformationsworkshop "JPI-Climate – Transformation Review" - JPI 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
22.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung weiterdenken – Anregungen durch das Konzept des ‚Buen Vivir‘
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
19.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research