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.
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.
Competence profiles, success criteria, and qualification requirements for scientists of environmental and sustainability sciences.
Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Thiem, A.
01.11.09 → 31.05.11
Project: Research
CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice
Ahlers, M., Besser, M., Kuhl, P., Lehr, D., Süßenbach, J., Schmidt, T., Herzog, C., Altenburger, L., Diekhoff, H., Hase, A. K., Kahnbach, L., Wendt, C., Wucherpfennig, S., Horst de Cuestas, K. & Neumann, A.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.03.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
REMOTIVE: Complementary use of mechanical, physical and chemical technologies for the development of comparative recycling concepts for complex plastic-based automotive components
Kümmerer, K. & Endres, H.
01.10.23 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
CCP: Complexity or control? Paradigms for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U., Lang, D. J., Hörl, E., Laubichler, M., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Leistert, O., Schrickel, I., Meyer, E. & Schmieg, G.
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony
01.01.15 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
Connect to transform: Enabling transitions via quadruple helix co-creation
Upham, P., Bögel, P. M., Kordas, O. & Boman, M.
01.01.19 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Conservation of the endangered Danube Clouded Yellow butterfly (Colias myrmidone) in Natura 2000 sites of Romania
Loos, J., Börsch, J., Gallersdörfer, J., Kortmann, E., Nippen, P., Dolek, M., Kastal, A., Lengyel, P. & Vizauer, T.
01.04.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
C-MADEnS: Consortium for Modelling and Analysis of Decentralised Energy Storage
01.10.15 → 01.04.19
Project: Research
CONSUS: CONSUS - Connecting Science-Society Collaborations for Sustainable Innovations
Michelsen, G., Mader, M., Burandt, S. & Adomßent, M.
01.12.13 → 31.03.19
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2010
Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Harms, D.
01.04.09 → 14.02.11
Project: Research