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.
- 2020
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POR UMA ESCOLA PLURAL, INTEGRADA E COM PARTIDOS
Gomes, C. & Zuin, V., 2020, In: Revista da FAEEBA - Educação e Contemporaneidade. 29, 58, p. 78-90 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Radverkehrsförderung 3.0: Radverkehr, Verkehrsmittelwahl, Stadtverkehr, Verkehrsplanung; Barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital - konzeptionelle Folgerungen aus 30 Jahren Beobachtungen und Forschung (nicht nur) in der Region Lüneburg - Teil 1
Pez, P. & Seidel, A., 2020, In: Internationales Verkehrswesen. 72, 3, p. 20-23 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Radverkehrsförderung 3.0: Barrierefrei, netztransparent, digital - Teil 2; Radverkehr, Verkehrsmittelwahl, Stadtverkehr, Verkehrsplanung
Pez, P. & Seidel, A., 2020, In: Internationales Verkehrswesen. 72, 4, p. 16-20 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rätselhafte Röhren in der Landschaft
Walmsley, D., 2020, In: Naturschutz und Naturparke. 248, p. 12-15 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Responsible Management Learning and Education in Need of Inter- and Transdisciplinarity
Beckmann, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2020, The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education. Moosmeyer, D. C., Laasch, O., Parkes, C. & Brown, K. G. (eds.). Los Angeles: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 561-577 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Scaffolding im Rahmen von Inquiry-based Learning. Unterstützung der Lernenden auf ihrem Weg zur Erkenntnisgewinnung.
Hofer, E., 2020, In: IMST Newsletter. 17, 50, p. 15-18 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Seven Building Blocks for an Intergenerationally Just Democracy
Rose, M. & Hoffmann, J. M., 2020, Stuttgart: Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, 29 p. (FREG Position Paper)(SSRN eLibrary).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Simulationen im Nawi-Unterricht: Erhebung des Status Quo
Stinken-Rösner, L. & Abels, S., 2020, Naturwissenschaftliche Kompetenzen in der Gesellschaft von morgen: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik Jahrestagung in Wien 2019. Habig, S. (ed.). Duisburg-Essen: Universität Duisburg-Essen, p. 736-739 4 p. (Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik; vol. 40).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Sustainability management from a responsible management perspective
Beckmann, M., Schaltegger, S. & Landrum, N. E., 2020, Research handbook of responsible management. Laasch, O., Suddaby, R., Freeman, R. E. & Jamali, D. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 122-137 16 p. (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Vergebung: Zu einer Soziologie der Nachsicht
Fücker, S., 2020, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag. 377 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review