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. 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)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Combining Ecological Research and Sustainability Management with Industrial Needs

    Walmsley, D. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Seed predation of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Transdisciplinary research - a bridge between science and practitioners to produce reliable knowledge

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Tri‐trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient of BEF‐China

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Vegetation changes along a climatic gradient during a severe drought year in the El Nino region

    von Wehrden, H. (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  8.  Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest

    Staab, M. (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 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)

    09.09.201213.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Volunteer Services in the Global South and their Impact on Diversity Education

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    09.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  11. Mid-term Conference of the ESA Consumption Research Network 2012

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. University and education – how to teach sustainability and change?

    Lam, D. (Lecturer)

    06.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  13. 6th European Thermal Sciences Conferences/ Eurotherm 2012

    Rammelberg, H. U. (presenter)

    04.09.201207.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy

    Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  15. Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy

    Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  16. 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)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  17. 20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 3rd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions - IST 2012

    Lutz, L. M. (presenter)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch