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.
Biocarburants: une étude à l'échelle mondiale des projets basés sur le jatropha révèle des difficultés non résolues
05.04.13
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Alternativer Kraftstoff: Untersuchung von Jatropha-Projekten zeigt Probleme auf
04.04.13
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Analysis: Renewables turn utilities into dinosaurs of the energy world
08.03.13
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"Ohne Emotionen keine Veränderung" - Hochrangig besetzte Veranstaltung in Privatschule Gut Spascher Sand zum Klimawandel
07.02.13
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Nachhaltigkeit: Unternehmen verschenken Erfolgspotenziale/ Aktuelle Studie - 152 Großunternehmen zu ihrem Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement befragt
05.02.13
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Almond orchards with wild insects have higher fruit set
Brittain, C., Kremen, C., Hendrix, S. D., Thorp, R. W. & Klein, A.-M.
01.02.13
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Interview mit Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger: Wie wird CSR zum effizienten Erfolgsfaktor?
01.02.13
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Hörfunkbeitrag "Die Schwierigkeiten mit der Nachhaltigkeit"
03.01.13
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Erneuerbare Energien im Fokus: Erfahrungen mit der Marktprämie nach dem EEG 2012
Maly, C. & Meister, M.
01.01.13
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Wissenschaftler mit Mut zur Praxis. Wie kann die Wissenschaft dazu beitragen, dass Nachhaltigkeit in Unternehmen und gesellschaft effektiver umgesetzt wird? Das Centre for Sustainability Management agiert als Pionierorganisation an genau dieser Schnittstelle.
01.01.13
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"Der Mind Set ist die größte Herausforderung". Interview mit Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Leiter des Centre for Sustainability Management.
05.12.12
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Wissenschaftler mit Mut zur Praxis: Das Centre for Sustainability Management als Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschft und Umsetzung.
05.12.12
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Erprobung eines Verfahrens zur praxisnahen Bestimmung wasserbaulicher Maßnahmen zur Sicherung des ökologisch notwendigen Mindestabflusses kleiner Fließgewässer (TP 3.5 AP3).
Reusch, H., Heuer-Jungemann, H. & Urban, B.
01.12.12
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Dozent des MBA Sustainability Management im Nachhaltigkeitsbeirat
15.11.12
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MBA Studierende führen Dräxlmaier nachhaltig auf die Überholspur. Sustainability Management im Praxistest.
15.11.12
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Was bewegt die Jugend? Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer.
Grunenberg, H., Küster, K. & Rode, H.
01.11.12
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