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.
- 2015
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Bildungsmaßnahmen für Ärzte und Pflegepersonal bezüglich Arzneimittelrückstände im Wasserkreislauf
Adomßent, M. & Kümmerer, K., 2015, Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens – Charakterisierung, Technologien, Kommunikation und Konzepte: Abschlussbericht des durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Vorhabens "Innovative Konzepte und Technologien für die separate Behandlung von Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens (Sauber+)", Förderkennzeichen: 02WRS1280A-J- der Fördermaßnahme "Risikomanagement von neuen Schadstoffen und Krankheitserregern im Wasserkreislauf (RiSKWa)". Pinnekamp, J., Palmowski, L., Kümmerer, K. & Schramm, E. (eds.). Aachen: Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft an der RWTH Aachen e.V., p. 285-304 20 p. (Gewässerschutz - Wasser – Abwasser; vol. 238).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bioconversion of renewable feedstocks and agri-food residues into lactic acid
Venus, J. & Pleißner, D., 2015, RAMIRAN 2015 - 16th International Conference Rural-Urban-Symbiosis: abstract book : 8th-10th September 2015, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany. TuTech Verlag, p. 131 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Biographische Lernprozesse von Sustainability Entrepreneuren verstehen
Timm, J.-M., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik. 16, 1, p. 103-113 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bis in den Kern
Schaltegger, S., 2015, In: Markenartikel. Das Magazin für Markenführung. 77, 10, p. 30-32 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Bitcoin und Blockchain
Leistert, O., 2015, In: POP. Kultur und Kritik. 7, p. 80-85 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Brief for GSDR 2015: Transforming Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Mader, C. & Rammel, C., 2015, New York: United Nations, 4 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Burnout und chronischer beruflicher Stress
Koch, S., Lehr, D. & Hillert, A., 2015, 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 108 p. (Fortschritte der Psychotherapie; vol. 60)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Business Model Assessment: Taking a Stakeholder Perspective
Freudenreich, B., Saviuc, I. & Schaltegger, S., 2015, Measuring sustainability performance: bridging corporate and academic contributions. Rodney, I. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), p. 102-105 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Change Agents für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2015, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 23 p. (CSM-Impulse; vol. 01/2015)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Computational modeling of material flow networks
Moeller, A., 2015, ICT Innovations for Sustainability. Hilty, L. M. & Aebischer, B. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, Vol. 310. p. 301-311 11 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 310).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review