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.
- 2004
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Hochschule neu denken: Neuorientierung im Horizont der Nachhaltigkeit ; ein Memorandum
Adomßent, M., 2004, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 44 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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How Do Sustainability Intrapreneurs Overcome Innovation Conflicts?
Gerlach, A., 2004, Conference proceedings. ERP Environment, p. 132-141 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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HPLC/MS/MS in der wasseranalytik: Iodierte Röntgenkontrastmittel in oberflächen-, grund- und trinkwasser
Seitz, W., Weber, W. H., Flottmann, D. & Schulz, W., 2004, In: CLB Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik. 55, 12, p. 456-460 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Im Namen der Natur! Welcher Natur? Naturverständnisse und -verhältnisse bei ausgewählten Natur- und Umweltschutzverbänden
Mölders, T., Katz, C. & Unterreiner, S., 2004, Naturverständnisse in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Rink, D. & Wächter, M. (eds.). Frankfurt [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 173-202 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Influence of solar radiation on mercury emission fluxes from soils
Bahlmann, E., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 2004, In: RMZ - Materials and Geoenvironment. 51, 2, p. 787-790 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Investigation of the sulfur speciation in petroleum products by capillary gas chromatography with ICP-collision cell-MS detection
Bouyssiere, B., Leonhard, P., Pröfrock, D., Baco, F., Lopez Garcia, C., Wilbur, S. & Prange, A., 2004, In: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 19, 5, p. 700-702 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ist der Naturschutz auf dem "Gender-Auge" blind? mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit gefordert
Grüning, J., 2004, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 3, p. 6-7 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Kolonisation restituierter Sandrasen im Darmstädter Flugsandgebiet und im mittleren Emsland durch Laufkäfer
Persigehl, M., Lehmann, S., Vermeulen, H. J., Rosenkranz, B., Falke, B. & Aßmann, T., 2004, Beweidung und Restitution als Chancen für den Naturschutz?. Strohschneider, R. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 161-177 17 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Konzept zur Neuabgrenzung und Ausweitung des Naturparks Lüneburger Heide: ein Beitrag zu einem konsistenten Schutzgebietssystems und einer nachhaltigen Regionalentwicklung
Burandt, S., Finger, K., Frenz, K., Heck, A., Maly, L.-H. & Prenger-Berninghoff, K., 2004, In: Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851. 43, p. 105-119 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Korngrößenabhängigkeit der Verteilung ausgesuchter schwerflüchtiger organischer Substanzen in Flusssedimenten und Schlussfolgerungen für die Sedimentanalytik
Opel, O., 2004, 1. ed., Hildeshelm: Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Ökologie , 61 p. (Oberirdische Gewässer; vol. 22).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research