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.
Abels, Simone
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Natural Science Education - Professor
- School of Education - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Aigner, Ernest
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Resource Use - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Amsel, Ann-Kathrin
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bammel, Moritz
- Professorship of Psychology, in particular Methodology and Evaluation Research - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bartmann, Emma
- Junior professorship of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law, in particular Environmental Law and the Law of the Sea - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Baschant, Clara-Sophie
- Professorship for Governance and Sustainability - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Benkert, Julia
Dr.
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bertram, Alice
Ph.D.
- Junior professorship of Public Law, European Law and Public International Law, in particular Environmental Law and the Law of the Sea - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Brack, Franziska
- Professorship for Sustainability Economics and Management - Doctoral candidate
Person: Other
Bülow, Franca
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Governance and Sustainability - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Cieslewicz, Kira
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Duguma, Dula Wakassa
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI) - Research associate
Person: Academic staff