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
Entrepreneurial Motivations and Tendencies: A South African and German Case Study
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker), Scholtz, B. (Speaker), Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker) & Schuricht, M. (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Is small beautiful? Small-scale farming in Poland and its contribution to sustainable rural development
Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Methodological Trends and Challenges of Entrepreneurship Research
Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Burger, C. (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Money or Charity?: From (Women's) Social Intention to Commercial Business Models
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. L. (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Research Conference "Social & Economic Transformations Affecting Rural People and Communities in Central & Eastern Europe Since 1990" - 2013
Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Zu Bodenhydrologie und Kohlenstoffhaushalt sandiger Ackerböden im Klimawandel: Umgang mit Unsicherheiten bei der Modellierung
Urban, B. (Speaker) & Schmelmer, K. (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie - FGSP 2013
Majer, J. M. (Speaker)
01.09.2013 → 04.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
01.09.2013 → 04.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.09.2013 → 10.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
26.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off - 2013
Hoberg, N. (Speaker)
26.08.2013 → 30.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
Groeneveld, J. H. (Speaker)
21.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Are managed honey bees a threat to native wild bees?
Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)
19.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
11th INTECOL Congress 2013
Groeneveld, J. H. (Participant)
18.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
Groeneveld, J. H. (Oral presentation)
18.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biodiversity and ecosystem funtions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)
18.08.2013 → 23.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biodiversity and crop pollination services
Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)
14.08.2013 → 17.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie
Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)
14.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
ETH Zürich World Food System Center Summer School - 2013
Velten, S. (Participant)
11.08.2013 → 25.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar 2013
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
06.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education