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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Nachträgliche Verstärkung von Spannbetonbrücken im Koppelfugenbereich mit bewehrten Betonlaschen.
Koenig, G., Quitmann, H. D., Stuelb, J. & Weigler, H., 10.1980, In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 75, 10, p. 229-235 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachwachsende Rohstoffe zur Substitution von Mineralkraftstoffen -Möglichkeiten und Grenzen-: Eine Bewertung der Herstellung von Biokraftstoffen unter nachhaltigen Aspekten
Lutzenberger, A., 2009, Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. 270 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Nährelementaustrag aus Heideökosystemen durch verschiedene Pflegeverfahren: eine integrierende Betrachtung
Härdtle, W., Fottner, S., Niemeyer, T., Sieber, M. & Mohamed, A., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 123-125 3 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nahtstellen nachhaltigen globalen Lernens - Philosophieren als (neue) Aufgabe von Unterricht
Kater-Wettstädt, L., 24.06.2019, Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen. Clemens, I., Hornberg, S. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Leverkusen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 125-140 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Nahverkehrsabgaben-Modelle
Schomerus, T., 1996, Umweltverkehr : Bausteine für eine zukunftsfähige Verkehrswelt. Smeddinck, U. (ed.). Taunusstein : Eberhard Blottner Verlag, p. 127-144 18 p. (UmweltWissenschaften; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Namibia, Christianity in
Oermann, N. O., 17.02.2022, The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Church: K-Z. Louth, A. (ed.). 4. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Vol. 2. (Oxford Dictionary of Christian Churches).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Narrating Sustainability through Storytelling
Fischer, D. (Editor), Fücker, S. (Editor), Selm, H. (Editor) & Sundermann, A. (Editor), 08.12.2022, 1st ed. London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 142 p. (Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Narrationen und Narrative als Zugänge zu Emotionen in der politischen Bildung
Offen, S., 2018, In: Journal für Politische Bildung. 8, 2, p. 30-33 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Narrations of Sustainability How to Tell the Story of the Socio-Ecological Transformation
Fischer, D., Schaefer, T. & Borner, J., 01.01.2018, In: GAIA. 27, 3, p. 334-336 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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National ecosystem restoration pledges are mismatched with social-ecological enabling conditions
Benra, F., Brück, M., Sigman, E., Pacheco-Romero, M., Shumi, G., Abson, D. J., Frietsch, M. & Fischer, J., 12.2024, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 731.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review