School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
International DAAD Summer School “Sustainable Development as Strategy and Aim of Higher Education”
01.01.09 → 12.03.10
Project: Other
International DAAD-Alumni Seminar „Education for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity“
Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
15.06.09 → 14.10.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Training Programme „Sustainable Consumption and Global Justice – Perspectives for Sustainability through Academic North-South Cooperation“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
20.08.09 → 19.03.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ECOPAG: Environmental consequences of participatory governance – A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Case Studies in Environmental Decision-Making
Newig, J. & Adzersen, A.
01.03.09 → 14.04.15
Project: Research
EML-Symposium: 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium
Schaltegger, S., Esders, M. & Harms, D.
01.12.09 → 09.06.11
Project: Research
Plant-insect interactions, flower traits, and pollination along an experimental plant diversity gradient (FOR 1451 - Teilprojekt 03)
01.05.10 → 05.05.15
Project: Research
Internationale wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung "On the Generalization of Newtons Experimentum Crucis", Berlin, 19.-22.09.2010
17.06.10 → 27.01.11
Project: Scientific event
SAWA: Strategic Alliance for Integrated Water Management Actions
17.03.08 → 28.04.15
Project: Research