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.
- 2008
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Abwärts in der Spirale? oder Wirkung und Nutzung von gewalthaltigen Bildschirmspielen durch Kinder und Jugendliche
Quarg, A. & Salisch, M., 2008, In: FIfF-Kommunikation. 25, 4, p. 18-25 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Alltagsbilder des Klimawandels: Zum Klimabewusstsein in Deutschland
Weber, M., 2008, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Almsjuka och mördarsniglar: dramatik i Dalby Söderskog
Brunet, J. & Oheimb, G., 2008, In: Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 102, 1, p. 27-38 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ambient Assited Energy Management
Welge, R., Bollow, E., Faasch, H. & Möller, A., 2008, Environmental informatics and industrial ecology: proceedings of the 22nd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management. Möller, A. (ed.). Shaker Verlag, p. 413-424Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Analysis, distribution and fate of PAH, polar PAHand NSO-heterocyclics in the aquifer of tar-contaminated sites
Schlanges, I., Mänz, J. S., Meyer, D., Palm, W.-U. & Ruck, W., 2008, Gasworks Europe: Redevelopment, Site Management and Contaminant Issues of former MGPs and other Tar Oil Polluted Sites: Proceedings of MGP 2008 Conference. Werner, P., Bilitewski, B. & Hüsers, N. (eds.). Pirna: Forum für Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten, p. 277 1 p. (Beiträge zur Abfallwirtschaft, Altlasten; vol. 56).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-induced modification of protein expression in primary hepatocytes from harbour seals
Behr, A., Wargel, A., Siebert, U. & Hellwig, V., 2008, In: Organohalogen Compounds. 70, p. 1079-1082 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research
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An analysis of the requirements for DSS on integrated river basin management
Evers, M., 2008, In: Management of Environmental Quality : an International Journal. 19, 1, p. 37-53 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Anspruchsgruppen in der neuen europäischen Chemikalienregulierung (REACh)
Ingerowski, J. B., Kölsch, D. & Tschochohei, H., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 31, 3, p. 315-354 40 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Anspruchsgruppen in der neuen europäischen Chemikalienregulierung (REACh)
Ingerowski, J. B., Kölsch, D. & Tschochohei, H., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 49 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Atlas mit CD-ROM
Landwehr, B. & Pries, M., 2008, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett. 52 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research