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. Competencies for sustainable development of rural areas need the integration of Gender

    Thiem, A. (Speaker) & Katz, C. (Speaker)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  3. Representing Future Generations Today

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    29.07.201310.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  4. 17th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association - APRIA 2013

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Engler, J.-O. (presenter)

    28.07.201331.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Perform to Disclose or Disclose to Perform: Which Drives Which?

    Qian, W. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    26.07.201328.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Vom schwierigen Vergnügen Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Zwischenbilanztagung der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz-Projekt "nexus" - HRK nexus 2013

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.07.201316.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network - EMAN Asia-Pacific 2013

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    14.07.201315.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 2013 Retreat of the Sustainability Economics Group

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

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

  10. The Role and Use of Environmental Management Accounting for Supply Chains: An explorative Study

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Burritt, R. L. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Post Conference Worskhop Pharmaceutical residues - 2013

    Weiss, J. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Bolek, R. (Speaker), Boireau, V. (Speaker), Roig, B. (Speaker) & Lamoree, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Value Trade-offs and Efficiency

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    05.07.201307.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. The Politics of Sustainability Indicators in Rhineland-Palatinate: A Case Study

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    03.07.201305.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Verleihung des Klaus-Bahlsen-Preises 2013

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    28.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  17. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 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

  19. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

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

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 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

  21. 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