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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  1. 2012
  2. Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Klein, A.-M. (Speaker), Thiel, D. (Speaker) & Winkler, K. (Speaker)

    03.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. VI ARALIG PhD-course 2012

    Friedrich, B. (Participant)

    03.06.201207.06.2012

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

  4. 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development - ISSD 2012

    Kümmerer, K. (Keynote speaker)

    31.05.201201.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Die Neuererfindung des Ökonomischen: Beitrag ökologischer Ökonomik zur Debatte um Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)

    30.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Environmental Management Accounting. Purposes, Patterns, Paths

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    30.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Transdisciplinary Research in Corporate Sustainability. Vision, Verdict, Value

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. The RMIT Accounting for Sustainability Conference 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    28.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 22nd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting - SETAC 2012

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    22.05.201224.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Workshop mit Praxispartnern "Regionale Esskultur Lüneburger Heide"

    Burandt, A. (Organiser)

    22.05.2012

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

  11. Forschungskolloquium am Institut für Soziologie an der Jagiellonen Universität 2012

    Mölders, T. (Participant)

    18.05.2012

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

  12. The Nature of Rurality. Nature-Gender-Relations in Rural Areas

    Mölders, T. (Lecturer)

    18.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    18.05.201219.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. 34. Bundeskongress der Kunstpädagogik - BuKo 2012

    Friedrich, B. (Participant)

    17.05.201219.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  15. Ressourcenschutz durch Abfallvermeidung – Der Beitrag des KrWG

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    16.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Schooling for sustainability: Education for sustainable development

    Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)

    15.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. 22. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Humanökologie - DGH 2012

    Gottschlich, D. (Opponent) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    12.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Magstim Neuroscience Conference and Workshop (Oxford) 2012

    Zhang, K. (Participant)

    12.05.201213.05.2012

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