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.
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Meeting the challenges of global change: the significance of cultural questions to Education for Sustainable Development – theoretical approaches and practical experience
Holz, V., 2010, Lifelong Learning and Active Citizenship: Proceedings of the twelfth Conference of the Children´s Identity and Citizenship in Europe. Cunningham, P. & Fretwell, N. (eds.). CiCe, p. 668-677 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Meeting the Future: Zehnjahrestagung des Doktoranden-Netzwerks Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften
Müller, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2008, Corporate Social Responsibility: Trend oder Modeerscheinung?. Müller, M. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 13-16 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Mehr als nur Begleitmusik: nachhaltige Entwicklung aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
Kuhn, K., 2005, In: Politische Ökologie. 94, Werte schöpfen, p. 78-79 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Mehr Fragen als Antworten: das Repowering nach dem EEG 2009
Schomerus, T. & Stecher, M., 21.09.2009, In: Recht der Energiewirtschaft. p. 269-275 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Mehr Gender in den Greenstream?! Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Natur- und Umweltschutz
Katz, C., 2004, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 3, p. 8-10 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Mehr Macht für eine nachhaltige Zukunft
Heinrichs, H. & Laws, N., 2012, Berlin: WWF.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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Mehr Partizipation wagen? Wirkungen und Potenziale einer intensiven Einbindung von Stakeholdern in Unternehmen
Windolph, S. E., Hörisch, J., Harms, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 21, 1-2, p. 119-126 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mehr Wirkung durch Marktorientierung? Ein Vergleich von gemeinnützigen, zivilgesellschaftlich organisierten und markt-orientierten Betreibermodellen für kleinere Infrastruktursysteme in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit
Reckerzügl, T., 2015, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 152 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Membranbioreaktoren als Vorbehandlung bei der Elimination von Arzneimittelrückständen und Krankheitserregern aus Abwasser von Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens
Mousel, D., Bastian, D., Everding, W., Steube, T., Bäumlisberger, M., Herrmann, M. & Menz, J., 2015, Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens – Charakterisierung, Technologien, Kommunikation und Konzepte: Abschlussbericht des durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Vorhabens "Innovative Konzepte und Technologien für die separate Behandlung von Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens (Sauber+)". Pinnekamp, J., Palmoswki, L., Kümmerer, K. & Schramm, E. (eds.). Aachen: Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft an der RWTH Aachen e.V., Vol. 238. p. 135-156 (Gewässerschutz - Wasser - Abwasser; vol. 238).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Memorandum: Verantwortlichkeit Deutschlands für die weltweite Erhaltung von Arten
Gruttke, H., Ludwig, G., Schnittler, M., Binot-Hafke, M., Fritzlar, F., Kuhn, J., Aßmann, T., Brunken, H., Denz, O., Detzel, P., Henle, K., Kuhlmann, M., Laufer, H., Meinig, H., Müller-Motzfeld, G., Schütz, P., Voith, J., Welk, E. & Matern, A., 2004, Ermittlung der Verantwortlichkeit für die Erhaltung mitteleuropäischer Arten: Referate und Ergebnisse des Symposiums "Ermittlung der Verantwortlichkeit für die Weltweite Erhaltung von Tierarten mit Vorkommen in Mitteleuropa" auf der Insel Vilm vom 17. - 20. November 2003 . Gruttke, H. (ed.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 273-280 8 p. (Naturschutz und biologische Vielfalt; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research