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.
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)
Training Programme „Sustainable University Development“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
01.02.11 → 14.05.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Global TraPs: Transdisciplinary Processes for Sustainable Phosphorus Management
01.01.10 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
TraVo: Transformation in Ökonomie und Politik: Teilvorhaben 2: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschafliche Ansätze und Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Transformationsdebatte
Hofmeister, S., Moths, K., Amri-Henkel, A. & Lenz, C.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.15 → 30.10.16
Project: Research
Transformations:Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen
Japsen, A., Meier, N., Wenzel, M., Farny, S., Schmidt, T. & Cnossen, B.
01.07.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Other
TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector
01.06.22 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
Transversale Bildungsfelder. (Ent-)Kopplung von Bildungsorganisation und Wirtschaftsregion in der Bucht von San Francisco und in der Zukunftswerkstatt Buchholz
01.08.12 → 19.01.17
Project: Dissertation project
TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P2: Complementarity through trait variation
Haider, S., Harpole, W. S., Ma, Z. & Yang, B.
01.12.22 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
TreeDi: TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Fichtner, A., Perles-García, M. D., Bruelheide, H. & Wang, Y.
01.04.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Research