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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Einleitung: Von der "Agrarwende" zur relexiven Agrarpolitik
Feindt, P. H., Gottschick, M., Mölders, T., Müller, F., Sodtke, R. & Weiland, S., 2008, Nachhaltige Agrarpolitik als reflexive Politik. Feindt, P. H., Gottschick, M., Mölders, T., Müller, F., Sodtke, R. & Weiland, S. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 9-24 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotionale Entwicklung
Salisch, M., 2008, Entwicklungspsychiatrie: biopsychologische Grundlagen und die Entwicklung psychischer Störungen. Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Resch, F., Schulte-Markwort, M. J. & Warnke, A. (eds.). Stuttgart [u.a.]: Schattauer VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entscheidungsdefekte als Barrieren für Nachhaltigkeitsinnovationen: Ansätze zur Identifikation, Erklärung und Überwindung
Gerlach, A., 2008, 1. ed. Mering: Hampp Verlag. 282 p. (Empirische Personal- und Organisationsforschung)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Entwicklung von Freundschaften und romantischen Beziehungen
Salisch, M. & Seiffge-Krenke, I., 2008, Entwicklungspsychologie des Jugendalters. Silbereisen, R. K., Hasselhorn, M. & Birbaumer, N. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 421-459 39 p. (Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich C; vol. 5, no. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Environmental communication: new challenges and new perspectives
Barth, M., 2008, Communication policies and culture in Europe: Abstracts. Barcelona: European Communication Research and Education Association - ECREA, p. 496 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Environmental informatics and industrial ecology: 22nd International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection ; enviroinfo 2008 ; proceedings of the 22nd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, September 10 - 12, 2008, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany
Möller, A. (Editor), Page, B. (Editor) & Schreiber, M. (Editor), 2008, Aachen: Shaker Verlag. 643 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Erfolgsrelevant: unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit schaffen
Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: Bankinformation. 35, 7, p. 22-25 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Erwerb von Schlüsselkompetenzen ermöglichen. Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Hochschulbildung
Barth, M., Godemann, J., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 2008, Sustainable University. Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 110-129 20 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Europäische Strategien zur Reduzierung von Hochwasserrisiko mithilfe eines nachhaltigen Auenmanagements
Evers, M., 2008, Tagungsband Magdeburger Gewässerschutzseminar 2008. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, UFZ, p. 94-96 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Factors of success and failure for computer-aided instruments in environmental planning
Evers, M., 2008, Environmental informatics and industrial ecology: proceedings of the 22nd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, September 10 - 12, 2008, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany . Möller, A., Page, B. & Schreiber, M. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 75-92 18 p. (Enrivo Info).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research