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.

  1. Published

    Collaborative energy visioning under conditions of illiberal democracy: Results and recommendations from Ecuador

    Noboa, E., Upham, P. J. & Heinrichs, H., 08.10.2018, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 8, 1, 17 p., 31.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability. Creating solutions in light of the UN sustainable development goals

    Schaltegger, S., Beckmann, M. & Hockerts, K., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 131-152 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Collaborative governance and personal relationships for sustainability transformation in the textile sector

    Beyers, F., 12.2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 10 p., 13347.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Collaborative governance or state regulation? Endless efforts but little capacity for sustainability transformation of the German textile sector

    Beyers, F., Leventon, J. & Heinrichs, H., 02.2023, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 33, 1, p. 56-77 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Collaborative governance towards cities sustainability transition

    Conti, D. D. M., de Hoyos Guevara, A. J., Heinrichs, H., da Silva, L. F., Quaresma, C. C. & Bete, T. D. S., 01.01.2019, In: URBE - Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana. 11, 19 p., e20190046.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Collaborative Information Systems zur Selbstorganisation von ad-hoc-Helfern

    Bonin, H. E. G., 2005, INFORMATIK 2005 - Informatik LIVE!, Beitrage der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 365-369 5 p. (INFORMATIK 2005 - Informatik LIVE!, Beitrage der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI); vol. 2).

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

  7. Published

    CollaborativeInformationSystemszurSelbstorganisationvonad-hoc-Helfern

    Bonin, H. E. G., 2005, Informatik 2005 - Informatik live!: Beiträge der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), 19. bis 22. September 2005 in Bonn. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Vol. 2. p. 365-369 5 p. (INFORMATIK - Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.).

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

  8. Published

    Collaborative modelling for active involvement of stakeholders in urban flood risk management

    Evers, M., Jonoski, A., Maksimovič, C. T., Lange, L., Ochoa Rodriguez, S., Teklesadik, A., Cortes Arevalo, J., Almoradie, A., Simões, N. E., Wang, L. & Makropoulos, C., 12.09.2012, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences . 12, 9, p. 2821-2842 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Collective intentionality in entrepreneurship-as-practice

    Farny, S. & Kibler, E., 01.01.2022, Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice. Thompson, N. A., Byrne, O., Jenkins, A. & Teague, B. T. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 127-140 14 p. (Handbooks of Business and Management Research as Practice).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    College and sustainability - A international dialogue

    Franz-Balsen, A. & Adomssent, M., 2007, In: GAIA. 16, 3, p. 232-234 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  1. The Competitive Strategies of Ecopreneurs: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability
  2. Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response
  3. Rezension zu: Hatzimihail, Nikitas, Preclassical Conflict of Laws, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 607 S.
  4. ephemera: theory and politics in organization. Special issue: "Immaterial and Affective Labour: Explored"
  5. Harald Fritsch, Vollendete Selbstmitteilung Gottes an seine Schöpfung. Die Eschatologie Karl Rahners
  6. A Study on the Performance of Adaptive Neural Networks for Haze Reduction with a Focus on Precision
  7. Stanley J. Grenz, Reason for Hope. The Systematic Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg. Grand Rapids u.a. 2005
  8. The effect of yield surface curvature change by cross hardening on forming limit diagrams of sheets
  9. Funktionsbedingungen der neuen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse - eine verhaltenswissenschaftliche Analyse?
  10. Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter is mediated by quality and quantity of crop residues
  11. Unterrichtshandeln von Lehrkräften und Schülern verbessern durch Förderung emotionaler Kompetenzen
  12. Die raum-zeitliche Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge von nährstoffarmen Mooren in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  13. Strategies for correcting the workpiece deformation during the manufacturing at the milling process
  14. Konsequenzen gesellschaftlicher Entwicklungstrends für Familie und private Lebensformen der Zukunft
  15. Heinrich Oberreuter (Hrsg.): Standortbestimmung Politische Bildung. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau Verlag 2009
  16. Development and Implementation of Technical Interventions to Motivate Young Females for STEM Studies
  17. Multidimensional Polarization of Income and Wealth: The Extent and Intensity of Poverty and Affluence
  18. The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)