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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    Nachhaltiger Konsum – Der Unterschied zwischen subjektiv und objektiv um-weltfreundlichem Kaufverhalten

    Haubach, C. & Moser, A., 2016, Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit an deutschen Hochschulen. Leal Filho, W. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Springer Spektrum, p. 297-311 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Nachhaltiger Ressourcenschutz und Recht

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2016, Im Brennpunkt: Ressourcenwende: Transformation zu einer ressourcenleichten Gesellschaft. Binswanger, H.-C., Ekardt, F., Grothe, A., Hasenclever, W.-D., Hauchler, I., Jänicke, M., Kollmann, K., Michaelis, N., Nutzinger, H. G., Rogall, H. & Scherhorn, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 215-236 22 p. (Jahrbuch Nachhaltige Ökonomie; vol. 2016/2017, no. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

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    Nachhaltigkeit managen mit der Balanced Scorecard

    Schaltegger, S., 2016, Bewertung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit: Modelle und Methoden zur Selbstbewertung. Grothe, A. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 41-55 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Nachhaltigkeitskonzepte von Lehrenden im Kontext der Kompetenzentwicklung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Sundermann, A., 2016, Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Themen, Methoden und Trends: Themen, Methoden und Trends. Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Leverkusen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 219-223 4 p. ( Schriftenreihe „Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft“ der Kommission Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Nutzung von Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement-Software in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen

    Johnson, M., 2016, Bewertung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit: Modelle und Methoden zur Selbstbewertung. Grothe, A. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 139-155 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Online CSR communication by listed companies: a factor for enthusiasm or disappointment?

    Hetze, K., Bögel, P. M., Glock, Y. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2016, 20th EMAN Conference: Two Decades of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Accounting - What has been accieved?; Proceedings of the 20 th Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN), Lüneburg, 2016. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Centre for Sustainability Management, p. 119-120 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Online-CSR-Kommunikation: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede börsennotierter Unternehmen in der DACH-Region

    Hetze, K., Bögel, P. M., Glock, Y. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2016, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 24, 2, p. 223-236 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    On the way to greener ionic liquids: Identification of a fully mineralizable phenylalanine-based ionic liquid

    Haiß, A., Jordan, A., Westphal, J., Logunova, E., Gathergood, N. & Kümmerer, K., 2016, In: Green Chemistry . 18, 16, p. 4361-4373 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  2. An den Grenzen der Verständigung: Politische Erwachsenenbildung und die Herausforderungen der "Flüchtlingskrise"
  3. Die Politisierung von ‚Gesellschaft‘ – Ernesto Laclaus und Chantal Mouffes postmarxistische Theorie des Sozialen
  4. Stellvertretung als allgemeines Rechtsinstitut - zu Theorie, Dogmatik und Reichweite des Repräsentationsprinzips
  5. Advantages and Disadvanteges of Different Text Coding Procedures for Research and Practice in a School Context
  6. Daniela Giannetti and Kenneth Benoit (eds.) (2009). Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments (Abingdon: Routledge)
  7. The necessity of disinfected toilet brushes - information policy of companies on disinfectants in private homes
  8. Highly Efficient IPT Transmitter Circuit Based on a Novel Enhanced Class B Amplifier for Consumer Applications
  9. Biodegradation tests of mercaptocarboxylic acids, their esters, related divalent sulfur compounds and mercaptans
  10. Participation in River Basin Planning Under the Water Framework Directive – Has it Benefitted Good Water Status?
  11. Der einsatz von lernstrategien in einer konkreten lernsituation bei schülern unterschiedlicher jahrgangsstufen
  12. Zur Bedeutung der Selbstwirksamkeit für eine individuelle Förderung im Unterricht mit heterogenen Lerngruppen
  13. School leaders’ innovation-related self-efficacy: professional development and learning networks make a difference
  14. La competencia intercultural y la competencia pragmática en la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera (ELE)
  15. A multivariate, multilevel analysis of the relationship between cognitive abilities and scholastic achievement
  16. Social organization influences the exchange and species richness of medicinal plants in amazonian homegardens
  17. Training im Sportunterricht – sport- und trainingspädagogische Zugänge sowie methodisch-didaktische Überlegungen
  18. Why is there not more demand for redistribution? Cross-national evidence for the role of social justice beliefs
  19. A sufficient asymptotic stability condition in generalised model predictive control to avoid input saturation
  20. Inversion of Fuzzy Neural Networks for the Reduction of Noise in the Control Loop for Automotive Applications
  21. Resonating self-tracking practices? Empirical insights into theoretical reflections on a 'sociology of resonance'
  22. On the Problems of Honorary Work in German Sports Clubs – A Qualitative-Dominated Crossover Mixed Methods Study
  23. Socio-demographic factors, entrepreneurial orientation, personal initiative, and environmental problems in Uganda
  24. Nanomechanical Analysis and Fractography of Extruded Mg-Dy-Nd Based Alloy Influenced by Solution Heat Treatment