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.
Project “Soils in the Media: Soil Topics on Youtube”
Lütkemöller, D. (Project manager, academic), Luenststaeden, B. (Project staff), Skubowius, K. M. (Project staff) & Beier, A. (Project staff)
01.03.13 → 01.12.13
Project: Other
ELLA: Projekt „ELLA international – Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung“
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.01 → 06.10.03
Project: Research
ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
04.04.07 → 30.04.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ProBioTIC: Promoting Biodiversity through Transdisciplinary Learning Interventions in the Carpathians
Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic)
24.06.24 → 23.06.26
Project: Research
Promoting Knowledge in Times of Global Change - A Platform on Transdisciplinary Sustainability Sciences
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Ahlers, T. (Partner), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Marwege, R. (Project staff), Richter, S. (Project staff), Hetze, K. (Project staff), Metz, C. (Project staff), Mader, M. (Project staff) & Timm, J.-M. (Project staff)
01.05.11 → 07.08.23
Project: Research
Prospects for sustainable development: The future of plants and butterflies in Transylvania
Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.11 → 15.06.15
Project: Dissertation project
Proyecto de educación ambiental para la conservación del Área Protegida Municipal Bosque de Bolognia
Miranda, O. (Project manager, academic), Benavides Frias, C. (Project manager, academic), Flores, S. (Project manager, academic) & Antezana, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → …
Project: Teaching
Prozess-Framing in Verhandlungen: Angebots- versus forderungsbasierte Verhandlungsführung
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → 31.10.16
Project: Research
Publikation eines Forschungsberichtes in Buchform. Erstellung einer druckfertigen Vorlage für einen Verlag für das Projekt mit dem Förderkennzeichen FKZ GTS 0808
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.11 → 31.03.11
Project: Research
Qualifizierungsprogramm: Ausstellungsmanagement und Evaluation für erfolgreiche Ausstellungen zur Umweltkommunikation
Marwege, R. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic), Weyer, M. (Partner, non-academic) & Siekierski, E. (Partner, non-academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.04.15 → 30.06.17
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ZZL: Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung - Handlungsfeld: Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung. Strukturorientierter Schriftspracherwerb (ZZL)
Weinhold, S. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic) & Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Qualität von Schüleräußerungen als Prädiktor für Lernerfolg in experimenteller Kleingruppenarbeit
Walpuski, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.11 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
Quantifying nonlinear dynamics in psychological data (Heisenberg-Professur)
Wallot, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.20 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
Raumkonflikte – Konflikträume: Wie beinflussen neue molekularbiologische Züchtungstechniken Diskurse und Praktiken in ländlichen Räumen in Großbritannien und Deutschland?
Friedrich, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.19 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
Reaktionen zur thermochemischen Speicherung in einer Wärmebatterie
Rammelberg, H. U. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.10 → 25.02.15
Project: Dissertation project
ReCab: ReCab - Nachhaltige Schiffskabinen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft im Schiffbau; Vorhaben: Integration von Kreislauffähigkeits- und Rücknahmekonzepten in Gestaltungsgrundsätze für innovative maritime Wohnbereiche der Zukunft
Braungart, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.24 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.07 → 31.01.08
Project: Research
REDD+ and the changing politics and economics of forest protection in Indonesia
McGregor, A. (Project manager, academic), Challies, E. (Partner), Gavin, M. (Partner), Weaver, S. (Partner) & Tacconi, L. (Partner)
01.01.12 → …
Project: Research
Regionalisierte sozio-technische und -kulturelle Erfolgsfaktoren für ein nachhaltiges Wasser- und Landmanagment
Katz, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.09 → 31.12.09
Project: Research
Regularities in Reading Times
Wallot, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → 31.12.22
Project: Research