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.
- 2019
- Published
A two-step approach for the prediction of mood levels based on diary data
Bremer, V., Becker, D., Genz, T., Funk, B. & Lehr, D., 2019, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases - European Conference, ECML PKDD 2018, Proceedings: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2018, Dublin, Ireland. Brefeld, U., Curry, E., Daly, E., MacNamee, B., Marascu, A., Pinelli, F., Berlingerio, M. & Hurley, N. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 626-629 4 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11053 LNAI).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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„Beziehungsweise“ werden oder das sozialisatorische Potential von Freundschaften unter Jugendlichen
Salisch, M., 2019, Zukunft der Freundschaft: Freundschaft zwischen Idealisierung und Auflösung. Stiehler, S. (ed.). Berlin: Frank & Timme, p. 105-122 17 p. (Transposition – Ostschweizer Beiträge zu Lehre, Forschung und Entwicklung in der Sozialen Arbeit; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Dorf: Soziale Prozesse und räumliche Arrangements
Steinführer, A. (Editor), Laschewski, L. (Editor), Mölders, T. (Editor) & Siebert, R. (Editor), 2019, 1 ed. Münster: LIT Verlag. 220 p. (Rural areas: Issues of local and regional development / Ländliche Räume. Beiträge zur lokalen und regionalen Entwicklung; vol. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Das Dorf als Gegenstand sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung und Theoriebildung. Zur Einführung
Laschewski, L., Steinführer, A., Mölders, T. & Siebert, R., 2019, Das Dorf. : Soziale Prozesse und räumliche Arrangements. Steinführer, A., Laschewski, L., Mölders, T. & Siebert, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster: LIT Verlag, Vol. 5. p. 3-56 54 p. (Rural areas: Issues of local and regional development / Ländliche Räume. Beiträge zur lokalen und regionalen Entwicklung; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Digi-Exist: Eine digitale Plattform zur Gesundheitsförderung für junge Unternehmen
Ducki, A., Behrendt, D., Boß, L., Brandt, M., Janneck, M., Jent, S., Kunze, D., Lehr, D., Nissen, H. & Wappler, P., 2019, Fehlzeiten-Report 2019. Badura, B., Ducki, A., Schröder, H., Klose, J. & Meyer, M. (eds.). Springer Nature AG, p. 333-347 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Editorial
Rose, M. & Hoffmann, J. M., 2019, In: Intergenerational Justice Review. 5, 2, p. 47 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Europäische Selbstwerdung und Selbstbe-hauptung durch wirtschaftliche Staatskunst
Oermann, N. O. & Wolff, H.-J., 2019, In: ifo Schnelldienst. 72, 22, p. 12-15 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Experimentation for Sustainable Innovation
Weissbrod, I., 2019, Innovation for Sustainability: Business transformations towards a better world. Bocken, N., Ritala, P., Albareda, L. & Verburg, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 335-352 18 p. (Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business in Association with Future Earth).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Exposing the Collaboration between Malaysian Media and Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations (ENGOs) in Environmental Communication
Mohamad Saleh, M. S. & Heinrichs, H., 2019, In: Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal. 11, 2, p. 317-330 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Forschendes Lernen zum Thema ‚Trennverfahren’ inklusiv gestalten – Eine videobasierte Studie im naturwissenschaftlichen Sachunterricht
Abels, S., Demmel, L., Minnemann, M., Rathig, J. & Semmler, F., 2019, Inklusion im Sachunterricht: Perspektiven der Forschung. Pech, D., Schomaker, C. & Simon, T. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 36-50 15 p. (Forschungen zur Didaktik des Sachunterrichts; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review