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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  2. 26th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2013

    Majer, J. M. (Speaker)

    30.06.201303.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    30.06.201303.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Verleihung des Klaus-Bahlsen-Preises 2013

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    28.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Challies, E. (Speaker) & Kochskämper, E. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker) & Koontz, T. M. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Jager, N. W. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2013

    Peifer, C. (Speaker)

    27.06.201330.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ziele, Inhalte und Beispiele guter Praxis

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  11. The influence of polycentricity on collaborative environmental management – the case of EU Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany

    Newig, J. (Oral presentation)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Biologische Vielfalt und Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Wirkungszusammenhänge und Gestaltungspotenziale

    Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)

    26.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  13. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2013

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Klein, A.-M. (Coauthor), Thiel, D. (Coauthor) & Winkler, K. (Coauthor)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. 14th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS 2013

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    25.06.201328.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Hofmeister, S. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  17. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  19. Including justice in institutional analysis: How do frameworks for institutional analysis consider ideas of justice?

    Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Hanger, S. (Coauthor) & da Fonseca, I. F. (Coauthor)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Income inequality and willingness to pay for ecosystem services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Drupp, M. A. (Speaker), Meya, J. (Speaker), Munz, J. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. The Justice Dimension of Sustainability - A systematic and general conceptual framework

    Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor), Glotzbach, S. (Coauthor) & Becker, C. (Coauthor)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch