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.
TR_Zusatz von Kreide in Kläranlagen
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
15.11.12 → 25.06.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Micropollutants in Greywater: Personal care products (PCPs) as source for micropollutants in Greywater – Identification, quantification and on-site treatment. /
Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Friedler, E. (Partner), Dubwoski, Y. (Project manager, academic) & Jentzsch, F. (Project staff)
03.12.12 → 31.07.16
Project: Research
Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer - Applied Science
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Grunenberg, H. (Project staff)
01.10.12 → 31.10.13
Project: Research
Prozess-Framing in Verhandlungen: Angebots- versus forderungsbasierte Verhandlungsführung
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → 31.01.14
Project: Research
Influence of degradation-resistent antibiotics and their transformation products from veterinary medicine on herbivorous and nectarivorous insects
Bolek, R. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Leonhardt, S. (Project manager, academic) & Pufal, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.13 → 28.02.14
Project: Research
DSADS - "Den Spurenstoffen auf der Spur" - Teil 1: „Herkunftsanalyse und Sensibilisierung im Stadtgebiet Dülmen."
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project staff), Nafo, I. (Coordination), Götz, K. (Partner), Liesenfeld, J. (Partner) & Keil, F. (Partner)
30.10.12 → 20.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2012. State of the art and progress of sustainability management in major German companies
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff), Hörisch, J. (Project staff) & Windolph, S. E. (Project staff)
01.08.11 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
ZIM Korrosionssensor: Entwicklung eines Sensors zur kontinuierlichen Überwachung von Korrosions- und Belagbildungsprozessen
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic) & Opel, O. (Project staff)
01.11.12 → 12.04.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Politik der Suffizienz: Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer politischen Umsetzung der Suffizienzstrategie (Arbeitstitel)
Spengler, L. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 03.03.17
Project: Dissertation project
I4S: Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hansen, E. G. (Partner) & Wicki, S. (Project staff)
01.01.13 → 31.12.16
Project: Research