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.

  1. Social Entrepreneurs: Social Entepreneurs as Evolutionary Agents in the German Institutional Landscape

    Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Ney, S. (Partner) & Gräbnitz, D. (Project staff)

    01.04.1020.12.12

    Project: Research

  2. FSM II: Certificate programme in Fellowship Sustainability Management

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Santa Cruz, A. (Project staff)

    01.03.1009.06.11

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  3. FLOWS: Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0409.11.09

    Project: Research

  4. Zukunftscamp - Future Now

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Bartsch, A. (Project staff) & Wüllner, C. (Project staff)

    01.04.0730.03.09

    Project: Practical Project

  5. Eine Trainingsstudie zum sozialen und emotionalen Lernen im Kindergarten

    Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.0831.05.12

    Project: Research

  6. Neue Medien in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - GPS-Bildungsrouten im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic), Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Corleis, F. (Coordination)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    03.03.0917.10.11

    Project: Research

  7. Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation towards Corporate Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lee, K.-H. (Project manager, academic)

    21.09.0929.04.10

    Project: Research

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  4. Cross-cultural generalization
  5. Architekturästhetische Stadtwahrnehmung als eine Ästhetik der kulturellen Differenz
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  7. Kommentierung des § 110 VwGO (Teilurteil)
  8. "Global competence" - der neue Fokusbereich in PISA 2018. Ein holpriger Start
  9. Exporter performance in the German business services sector
  10. The Myth of Deconsolidation
  11. Stauch, Marc: The Law of Medical Negligence in England and Germany. A Comparative Analysis. (Zugl.: Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 2007.) – Oxford and Portland, Ore.: Hart 2008
  12. Peter Sloterdijk (1947b)
  13. Vom Öko-Controlling zum Controlling nachhaltiger Wertschöpfungsketten
  14. I modelli di sviluppo imprenditoriale delle imprese locali
  15. Complexities and Nuances in Radical Right Voters' (Anti)Feminism
  16. Ästhetikkolumne
  17. Von Kunst aus
  18. Central bank announcements
  19. Media Genealogy
  20. Market Valuation of Biodiversity Risk:
  21. Organizational Downsizing
  22. At the mercy of prior entry
  23. Längsschnittdaten und Mehrebenenanalyse
  24. Limitations of Protected Areas Zoning in Mediterranean Cultural Landscapes Under the Ecosystem Services Approach
  25. Aufmerksamkeitsprozesse im dreidimensionalen Raum
  26. Ecological-economic viability as a criterion of strong sustainability under uncertainty
  27. The Role of Extensive Margins of Exports in The Great Export Recovery in Germany, 2009/2010
  28. Does pictorial composition guide the eye? Investigating four centuries of last supper pictures
  29. Free Ensembles and Small (Chamber) Orchestras as Innovative Drivers of Classical Music in Germany
  30. Mittsommerfeuer
  31. Die berufliche Endstufe erlangt - und nun?