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
The Nature of Rurality. Nature-Gender-Relations in Rural Areas
Mölders, T. (Lecturer)
18.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
18.05.2012 → 19.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
34. Bundeskongress der Kunstpädagogik - BuKo 2012
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
17.05.2012 → 19.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Ressourcenschutz durch Abfallvermeidung – Der Beitrag des KrWG
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
16.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Schooling for sustainability: Education for sustainable development
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
15.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
22. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Humanökologie - DGH 2012
Gottschlich, D. (Opponent) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
12.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Magstim Neuroscience Conference and Workshop (Oxford) 2012
Zhang, K. (Participant)
12.05.2012 → 13.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Natur neu denken: Zum Wechselverhältnis von kritischer Theorie und Praxis für eine Demokratisierung von Technologiepolitik
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
12.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Second International Symposium on Biology of Decision Making
Korn, C. (Speaker), Fan, Y. (Speaker), Zhang, K. (Speaker), Wang, C. (Speaker), Han, S. (Speaker) & Heekeren, H. (Speaker)
10.05.2012 → 11.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transdisziplinarität in der SÖF - 'Fallstricke', Blockaden, Chancen
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
10.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Erfolgreiche (Zusammen)Arbeit von Netzwerken der Regionalvermarktung
Burandt, A. (Speaker)
07.05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Produkte regional vermarkten - Netzwerke zur Stärkung der Region
Burandt, A. (Organiser)
07.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
TADA Conference „Sustainability meets Ethics“, Transatlantic Doctoral Academy on Corporate Responsibility 2012
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
04.05.2012 → 05.05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alcohol myopia as a mechanism for the effect of alcohol on goal commitment
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Oettingen, G. (Coauthor) & Lerner, T. (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ecology & Evolution, Lecture series 2012
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
positive future fantasies reduce physiological energization instantly and over time
Oettingen, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Kappers, H. B. (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why have a drink? Emotional, cognitive, and motivational mechanisms of acute alcohol consumption
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop on occasion of the 10th anniversary DFG Research Unit for 456/1451 2012
Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jagiellonian University
Mölders, T. (Visiting researcher)
30.04.2012 → 25.07.2012Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Scientific conference with integrated meeting of the European network „Gender, Diversity and Urban Sustainability (GDUS)“ 2012
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
27.04.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research