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.
- 2012
Lessons for conservation biology under global change conditions: a case study on two burnet moth species in the high altitudes of the Pyrenees
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
North America's Pacific coastal rainforest under climate change: Deriving recommendations for conservation management from spatial modeling approaches
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Combining Ecological Research and Sustainability Management with Industrial Needs
Walmsley, D. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Seed predation of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient
Pufal, G. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transdisciplinary research - a bridge between science and practitioners to produce reliable knowledge
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Tri‐trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient of BEF‐China
Staab, M. (Speaker)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vegetation changes along a climatic gradient during a severe drought year in the El Nino region
von Wehrden, H. (presenter)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest
Staab, M. (Coauthor)
10.09.2012 → 14.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Corrosion, scaling and biofouling processes in thermal systems and monitoring using redox potential measurements
Opel, O. (Speaker), Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
09.09.2012 → 13.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Volunteer Services in the Global South and their Impact on Diversity Education
Richter, S. (Speaker)
09.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Mid-term Conference of the ESA Consumption Research Network 2012
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
07.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
¿Educación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad? Contribuciones de la Educación Superior al Desarrollo Sostenible
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
06.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
University and education – how to teach sustainability and change?
Lam, D. (Lecturer)
06.09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
6th European Thermal Sciences Conferences/ Eurotherm 2012
Rammelberg, H. U. (presenter)
04.09.2012 → 07.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy
Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)
01.09.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy
Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)
01.09.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Zum Verhältnis von Gender, Green Economy und Finanzmärkten: Warum nachhaltiges, geschlechter_gerechtes Wirtschaften eine andere Gestaltung der Finanzmärkte braucht
Çağlar, G. (Reviewer), Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer) & Habermann, F. (Reviewer)
01.09.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Agri-food globalisation and governance for environmental sustainability: Challenges and opportunities of a global commodity chains approach
Challies, E. (Speaker)
30.08.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
3rd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions - IST 2012
Lutz, L. M. (presenter)
29.08.2012 → 31.08.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research