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.

  1. 1995
  2. Published

    Öko-Controlling für das Firmenareal

    Buser, H. & Schaltegger, S., 1995, In: IO-Management. 64, 5, p. 77-82 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  3. Published

    Öko-Effizienz durch Öko-Controlling: Zur praktischen Umsetzung von EMAS und ISO 14001

    Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1995, Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich. 164 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Developing a Green Business Portfolio

    Ilinitch, A. Y. & Schaltegger, S., 01.04.1995, In: Long Range Planning. 28, 2, p. 29-38 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    On the theoretical concept of the potential natural vegetation and proposals for an up-to-date modification

    Härdtle, W., 01.09.1995, In: Folia Geobotanica. 30, 3, p. 263-276 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. 1996
  8. Published

    An overview of current trends in european environmental education

    Filho, W. L., 1996, In: Journal of Environmental Education. 28, 1, p. 5-10 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Corporate Environmental Accounting

    Schaltegger, S., Müller, K. & Hindrichsen, H., 1996, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 306 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published
  11. Published

    Innovatives Management staatlicher Umweltpolitik: Das Konzept des New Public Environmental Management

    Schaltegger, S., Kubat, R., Hilber, C. & Vaterlaus, S., 1996, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH. 285 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  12. Published

    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Quo Vadis?

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 1996, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH. 187 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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  3. Treatment of a Trifluraline Effluent by Means of Oxidation-Coagulation with Fe(VI) and Combined Fenton Processes
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  5. Curriculum Hannover – webbasierte vs. analoge Durchführung der psychosomatischen Nachsorge und vs. Care as usual
  6. Lyapunov stability analysis to set up a PI controller for a mass flow system in case of a non-saturating input
  7. Mit Textprozeduren am (Fach-)Wortschatz arbeiten – sprachliche Mittel in Sachtexten sammeln, entwickeln und anwenden.
  8. Bodenentwicklungen und Bodenbelastungen der Mäanderschleife Wehninger Werder an der niedersächsischen Mittelelbe
  9. The cuticular profiles of Australian stingless bees are shaped by resin of the eucalypt tree Corymbia torelliana
  10. Business Model Experimentation for Circularity: Driving sustainability in a large international clothing retailer
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  12. Die individuell präferierte bezugsnormorientierung und das selbstkonzept von grundschulkindern im fach mathematik
  13. Impact of climate change and pollution driven land use changes on Elbe river (Northern Germany) floodplain vegetation.
  14. Determination of Pentachlorophenol and Hexachlorobenzene in Natural Waters Affected by Industrial Chemical Residues
  15. Lerngelegenheiten zum Thema Redoxreaktionen und zur Handlungsdimension 'Schlüsse ziehen' / 'Konsequenzen ziehen' schaffen
  16. The Settlement of EEZ Fisheries Access Disputes under UNCLOS: Limitations to Jurisdiction and Compulsory Conciliation
  17. Phosphorus status, use and recycling in a Chinese peri-urban region with intensive animal husbandry and cropping systems
  18. Psychometric properties of the German narcissism inventory 90 (NI-90) in a clinical and non-clinical sample of adolescents
  19. Relations between idle time, exhaustion, and engagement at work