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.
- 2002
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Kumulative und grenzüberschreitende Umweltwirkungen im Zusammenhang mit Offshore-Windparks: Rechtsrahmen und Untersuchungsempfehlungen
Brandt, E., Runge, K. & Dreher, J., 2002, 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 166 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Umwelt- und Energierecht ; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Laufkäferuntersuchungen in nordwestdeutschen Hudewäldern und Hudelandschaften
Falke, B. & Aßmann, T., 2002, Laufkäfer im Wald. Filderstadt: Gesellschaft für Angewandte Carabidologie, p. 51-54 4 p. (Angewandte Carabidologie Supplement II; vol. Sup. 2001).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Leitbildimplementierung in Organisationen: Chancen und Möglichkeiten einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Kindergärten
Godemann, J., 2002, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 178 p. (Bildung und Organisation; vol. 10)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Lernen an realitätsnahen Fallbeispielen mit computerunterstützter Kommunikation
Adomßent, M., 2002, Selbstgesteuertes Lernen. : Tagungsband / Pädagogisches Forum 2002 in München. Höfer, F. (ed.). Müchen: Bayerische Verwaltungsschule, p. 129-144 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Liste der im norddeutschen Tiefland typischen Waldgefäßpflanzen
Schmidt, M., Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Ellenberg, H., 2002, Hamburg: Verlag Max Wiedebusch. 37 p. (Mitteilungen der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Hamburg)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Management der Biodiversität aus Sicht der Portofoliotheorie
Figge, F., 2002, In: Zeitschrift für Biopolitik. 1, 1, p. 18-24 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Management in neuem Licht
Figge, F. & Horst, D., 2002, In: UmweltMagazin. 3, p. 42-44 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Managing Biodiversity Correctly: Efficient Portfolio Management as an Effective Way of Protecting Species
Figge, F., 2002, Köln: Gerling Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-AG, 34 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Manual for Analysis of Soils and Related Materials
Urban, B., 2002, Sustainable Water and Soil Management. Kunst, S., Kruse, T. & Burmester, A. (eds.). Berlin [u.a.]: Springer, p. 321-369 49 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Maßnahmen der Umweltkommunikation zur Förderung eines agrarischen Biodiversitätsbewusstseins
Adomßent, M., 2002, Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt II : aktuelle Forschung im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt vorgestellt auf einer wissenschaftlichen Expertentagung an der Internationalen Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm vom 23. bis 27. Juli 2001. Korn, H. & Feit , U. (eds.). Bonn/ Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 229-235 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research