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. 2013
  2. A biorefinery concept: Utilization of food waste

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    29.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. Learning through Volunteer Services in the Global South – Impact on Northern Societies

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    28.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  4. 17th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy - IAEP 2013

    Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)

    26.10.201328.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Zwischen_Zeiten: Das Geschlecht, die Zeit - und was ist nachhaltig?

    Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)

    25.10.2013

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

  6. Gentechnikrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    24.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Forschendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen? Eine Aktionsforschungsstudie

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    23.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Sustainability on Campus - Overview, Implementation and Outlook

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Werner, K. (Coauthor), Brüggen, I. (Coauthor) & Ruck, W. (Coauthor)

    23.10.201325.10.2013

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

  9. Is the question of democracy a blind spot in the debate about transformation?

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    22.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Round Table Gespräch des Transformationsworkshop "JPI-Climate – Transformation Review" - JPI 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    22.10.2013

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

  11. Progress and Standstil. How is Sustainability Management Developing in Corporate Practice?

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    18.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Naturverständnisse in den Kampagnen um Agro-Gentechnik in Deutschland und Polen. Eine Bilderdiskursanalyse

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    16.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. 12th Annual Academy of Business in Society Colloquium - ABIS 2013

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

    15.10.201317.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Governance und Transformation: Ein konzeptioneller Rahmen

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    14.10.2013

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

  15. PhytoRet Teningen Meeting

    Gutowski, L. (presenter)

    11.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. AHV Writing Workshop - 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant), Burandt, A. (Participant) & Mölders, T. (Participant)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

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

  17. AHV Writing Workshop - 2013

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch