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. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2013

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

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Hofmeister, S. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational justice in the use of ecosystems and their services. An ecological-economic mode.

    Glotzbach, S. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Photocatalytic degradation of Diclofenac observed transformation products and assessment of their toxicological impact

    Leder, C. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Schmoock, C. (Speaker), Börnick, H. (Speaker) & Gravenhorst, O. (Speaker)

    16.06.201320.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Workshop des Forums Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft zur „Umsetzung eines Effizienzmarktes – Wie muss ein optimales Anreizsystem ausgestaltet werden?“ - FÖS 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    12.06.2013

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

  14. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Kita. - 2013

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    07.06.201308.06.2013

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

  15. 12th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment - COCE 2013

    Lüdecke, G. (presenter)

    06.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Plenartagung des Umweltausschusses des Ausschusses der Regionen - ENVE 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network - EBEN 2013

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    06.06.201308.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Shaping the Future, Participation & Coping with Complexity – Culture as blind spot and pivotal Perspective of ESD

    Holz, V. (Lecturer)

    05.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. The Diffusion of Sustainable Cotton: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Industry Transformation and the Role of Standards

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

    04.06.201307.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 25th NOFOMA Conference - 2013

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Seuring, S. (Speaker)

    03.06.201305.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. A screening biodegradation Water Sediment Test

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Baginska, E. (Coauthor) & Haiß, A. (Coauthor)

    03.06.201304.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research