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School of Sustainability

Organisational unit: Research School

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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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Publications

  1. Modeling High Aswan Dam Reservoir Morphology Using Remote Sensing to Reduce Evaporation
  2. Electrical and Mechanical Characterization of Polymer Nanofibers for Sensor Application
  3. Die Kunst des Defensivspiels. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Hans Blumenberg und Jacob Taubes
  4. State-Building and the European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus
  5. Internetbasierte Selbsthilfeprogramme unterstützen die Behandlung: depressive Störungen
  6. A cognitive mapping approach to understanding public objection to energy infrastructure
  7. Stufen und Hürden der Teilnahme an Krebsvorsorgeuntersuchungen bei 45 - 60-jährigen Männer
  8. Die Bedeutung europäischer Hafenstädte vor dem Hintergrund der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinien
  9. Repatriate Knowledge Transfer - Erste Ergebnisse eines multinationalen Forschungsprojekts
  10. Repatriate Knowledge Transfer - Erste Ergebnisse eines multinationalen Forschungsprojekts
  11. Conflicts over coastal protection in a National Park: Mediation and negotiated law making
  12. “Dann verfügen wir über Instrumente…”: Äußerungsbefugnisse von Mitgliedern der EU-Kommission
  13. Was wird im Lehrerstudium gelernt und was lässt sich davon in die zweite Phase übertragen?
  14. Einfluss des in- und externen Prüferwechsels auf die Rechnungslegungs- und Prüfungsqualität
  15. Kumulative und grenzüberschreitende Umweltwirkungen im Zusammenhang mit Offshore-Windparks
  16. Ausspracheprobleme weißrussischer Deutschlernender und Schritte zur korrekten Aussprache
  17. Nahtstellen nachhaltigen globalen Lernens - Philosophieren als (neue) Aufgabe von Unterricht
  18. Die Kunst der Stunde. Susanne Leeb über Kader Attia im Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/M.
  19. Testing a Calibration-Free Eye Tracker Prototype at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
  20. Stakeholder and citizen involvement for Water Framework Directive implementation in Spain