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.
- 2018
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Der UNESCO Chair „Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung"
Michelsen, G., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 161-166 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Diagnose sozial-emotionaler Kompetenzen in Vorschule und Schule
Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 2018, Schuleingangsdiagnostik. Schneider, W. & Hasselhorn, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 207-222 16 p. 10. (Tests und Trends. Jahrbuch der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik. ; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Bedeutung urgeschichtlicher Ackerbausysteme für das Vorkommen des Scheidigen Goldsterns - Gagea spathacea (Hayne) Salisb. – in Schleswig-Holstein: Beispiele aus Dithmarschen
Arnold, V. & Fichtner, A., 2018, In: Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde. 43, p. 87-100 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Grenzen des Rechts im Schutz vor sexueller Belästigung: Eine Untersuchung von Rechtsetzung und Rechtsanwendung des § 184i StGB unter Berücksichtigung der unterschiedlichen Betroffenheit der Geschlechter
Bertram, A., 2018, Grenzen des Rechts. Foblets, M.-C., Höland, A. & Henschel, D. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Halle-Wittenberg, p. 187-212 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Notwendigkeit der Verhandlung widersprüchlicher Anforderungen an das Lehren von Chemie an einer inklusiven Schule – Eine Fallstudie
Abels, S., Heidinger, C., Koliander, B. & Plotz, T., 2018, In: Zeitschrift für interpretative Schul- und Unterrichtsforschung. 7, 1, p. 135–151 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeit
Temperton, V. M., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 94-101 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Doing Gender – Doing Space – Doing Body: Feministische Kritiken an der De/Ökonomisierung von ‚Natur/en‘ – Entwicklung einer Forschungsperspektive
Hofmeister, S., Mölders, T. & Onnen, C., 2018, Materialität/en und Geschlecht: Beiträge zur 6. Jahrestagung der Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien e.V. . Palm, K., Jähnert, G., Völker, S. & Grenz, S. (eds.). Berlin: Zentrum für Transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien, Humboldt Universität Berlin, p. 63-81 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Education for Sustainable Consumption through Mindfulness: Active Methodology Toolkit 9
Fritzsche, J., Fischer, D., Böhme, T. & Grossman, P., 2018, Elverum: Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. 44 p. (Images and Objects - Active Learning Methodology; vol. 9)(Responsible and sustainable living)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Ein technoökologischer Habitus? Die Sozialmorphologie im Modell der Technosphäre
Herberg, J. A. & Schmieg, G., 2018, Die Erde, der Mensch und das Soziale: zur Transformation gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse im Anthropozän. Henkel, A. & Laux, H. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 161-180 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Elke Seefried, Zukünfte. Aufstieg und Krise der Zukunftsforschung 1945-1980
Schrickel, I., 2018, In: Technikgeschichte. 85, 1, p. 62-63 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research