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
Biodegradability of cytostatic drugs: Cyclophosphamide, 5-Fluorouracil and Methotrexate and their photo-transformation resulting from treatment with UV and simulated sunlight radiation products in Closed Bottle Test
Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Baginska, E. (presenter) & Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Environmental fate of Methotrexate:photodegradation, biodegradability and mutagenicity assessment
Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Toolaram, A. P. (presenter), Baginska, E. (presenter), Lutterbeck, C. (presenter), Huynh, K. D. (presenter) & Schneider, M. (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Identification of photo-transformation products of ciprofloxacin and evaluation of their genotoxicity using in silco methods and in vitro assay
Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Haddad, T. (Coauthor), Toolaram, A. P. (Coauthor) & Leder, C. (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Removal of Methotrexate, 5-Fluorouracil and Cyclophosphamide from water by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/Fe2+/H2O2 processe
Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Lutterbeck, C. (presenter), Bolek, R. (presenter) & Huynh, K. D. (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Biodegradability of cytostatic drugs:Cyclophosphamide, 5-Fluorouracil and Methotrexate and their photo-transformation resulting from treatment with UV and simulated sunlight radiation products in Closed Bottle Test
Baginska, E. (presenter), Kümmerer, K. (presenter) & Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)
02.06.2013 → 03.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Geschlecht und sexuelle Orientierung im Blick politischer Bildung
Offen, S. (Lecturer)
06.2013 → 08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Resource strategies for a sustainable use of critical metals – A framework for the evaluation of their sustainability potential considering their time frames and regulative level
Weiser, A. (presenter)
06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Towards a sustainable use of indium – Relating technology options and governance interventions for dealing with indium criticality
Weiser, A. (presenter)
06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
International Conference: Cooperation or Conflict? Economics of Natural Resources and Food - 2013
Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)
31.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltigkeit in der Erwachsenenbildung: Was ist damit gemeint und wie lässt sie sich in der eigenen Bildungspraxis realisieren?
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
28.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Doing Away with Labor: Working and Caring in a World of Commons
Gottschlich, D. (Keynote Speaker)
23.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tilling the fields of knowledge in sustainability-oriented science
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
23.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd International Scientific Conference on Regional development, spatial planning and strategic governance - RESPAG 2013
Herberg, J. (presenter)
22.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Economics and the Common(s) International Conference - 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
22.05.2013 → 24.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fußball und Diskriminierung: Einordnung und Entwicklungen
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
21.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zukunftsgestaltung, Mitbestimmung und Umgang mit Komplexität – Kultur als zentrale Bildungsperspektive einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Holz, V. (Lecturer)
14.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
6th GUNi Conference on Higher Education Side Event - 2013
Mader, C. (Organiser)
13.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Inter- und transdisziplinäre Lehre
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
13.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Micro and macro scale behavior of thermochemical materials in pure and composite forms for thermal storage applications
N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Korhammer, K. (Speaker), Fopah Lele, A. (Speaker), Osterland, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
12.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Demokratiequalität im Policy-Prozess und ihre Auswirkung auf die Policy-Performanz
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research