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.
- 2000
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Wertorientiertes Energiemanagement
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Teil: Grundwerk - Loseblattsammlung. Beck, H.-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. Müller, Vol. 1. p. 2-14 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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What is Stakeholder Value? Developing a Catchphrase into a Benchmarking Tool
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 57 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2000, Berlin: Springer. 252 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Zum Einfluss von Gleichaltrigen (Peers) auf die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
Salisch, M., 2000, Enzyklopädie der Psychologie: Themenbereich C, Ser. 8, Bd. 4: Determinanten individueller Unterschiede. Amelang, M., Birbaumer, N. & Graumann, C. F. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 345-405 61 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zur theoretisch-wissenschaftlichen Fundierung Vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens
Hofmeister, S., 2000, Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften: Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des Guten Lebens. Biesecker, A., Mathes, M., Schön, S. & Scurrell, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 27-69 43 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entwicklung der Gehölzvegetation auf gezäunten und ungezäunten Vergleichsflächen in Laubwäldern auf Jungmoränenböden in Ostholstein
Kriebitzsch, W.-U., Oheimb, G., Ellenberg, H., Engelschall, B. & Heuveldop, J., 01.2000, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 171, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ausblick: Integration der ökologieorientierten Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2000, Studium der Umweltwissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 225-230 6 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Grundlagen der Umweltpolitik
Gschwendtner, H., 01.01.2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 71-110 40 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Ökologisierung von Finanzmärkten: neue Steuerungssignale für Unternehmen?
Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 01.01.2000, Umweltschutz im globalen Wettbewerb: Neue Spielregeln für das grenzenlose Unternehmen. Fichter, K. & Schneidewind, U. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 103-110 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Plant species diversity and endemism on islands and archipelagos, with special reference to the Macaronesian Islands
Hobohm, C., 01.01.2000, In: Flora. 195, 1, p. 9-24 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review