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.
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Einfluss von Nutzung auf die Gefäßpflanzenvielfalt in Wäldern
Oheimb, G., Ellenberg, H., Heuveldop, J. & Kriebitzsch, W.-U., 2002, Biologische Vielfalt mit der Land- und Forstwirtschaft: Symposium der Arbeitsgruppe "Ökosysteme/Ressourcen" des Senats der Bundesforschungsanstalten im Geschäftsbereich des BMVEL vom 15. - 17. Mai 2001 im Forum der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Braunschweig-Völkenrode. Welling, M. (ed.). Münster-Hiltrup: Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 339-342 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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EMA Links with Management Systems and Other Stakeholders
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting Policies and Linkages. Savage, D. E. (ed.). New York, NY: United Nations Publications, p. 91-238 148 p. (Economic & Social Affairs).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotional and social development in childhood
Denham, S., Salisch, M., Olthof, T., Kochanoff, A. & Caverty, S., 2002, Blackwell handbook of childhood social development. Smith, P. K. & Hart, C. H. (eds.). Malden, Mass [u.a.]: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 307-328 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotionale Kompetenz entwickeln: Hintergründe, Vergleich verschiedener Modelle und Bedeutung für Entwicklung und Erziehung
Salisch, M., 2002, Emotionale Kompetenz entwickeln: Grundlagen in Kindheit und Jugend. Salisch, M. (ed.). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, p. 31-50 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotionale Kompetenz entwickeln: Grundlagen in Kindheit und Jugend
Salisch, M. (Editor), 2002, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH. 266 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Environmental Management Accounting and the Opportunity Cost of Neglecting Environmental Protection
Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 265-277 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Environmental Management Strategies: Britain and Germany Compared
Wehrmeyer, W., Wagner, M., Pacheco, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2002, London: Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society , 253 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Erfahrungen und Schlussfolgerungen
Bieker, T., Dyllick, T., Figge, F., Gminder, C. U., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 2002, Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien. Schaltegger, S. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 345-372 28 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fotolyseexperimente in Lösung
Palm, W.-U., 2002, Fachgespräche über Persistenz und Ferntransport von POP-Stoffen: Erstes Fachgespräch am 16. Februar 2000 Zweites Fachgespräch am 6. und 7. September 2001. Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, p. 67-73 7 p. (TEXTE; vol. 16, no. 02).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Gefäßpflanzen-Artenvielfalt in Wäldern, verschiedene Typen von Seltenheit
Oheimb, G., Ellenberg, H., Heuveldop, J. & Kriebitzsch, W. U., 2002, Biologische Vielfalt mit der Land- und Forstwirtschaft: Symposium der Arbeitsgruppe "Ökosysteme/Ressourcen" des Senats der Bundesforschungsanstalten im Geschäftsbereich des BMVEL vom 15. - 17. Mai 2001 (2002). Welling, M. (ed.). Münster-Hiltrup: Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 343-345 3 p. (Schriftenreihe des Bundesministeriums für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft - Reihe A, Angewandte Wissenschaft; vol. 494).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research