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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Natur- und Kulturlandschaften zwischen Einheit und Differenz. Das Beispiel Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
Mölders, T., 2013, Wie werden Landschaften gemacht? Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaften. Leibenath, M., Heiland, S., Kilper, H. & Tzschaschel, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 61-95 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Natur und Landschaft
Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 2019, Handbuch Landschaft: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft. Kühne, O., Weber, F., Beer, K. & Jenal, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 469-478 10 p. (RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Natur- und Technikwissenschaftskritik: Donna Haraway
Hofmeister, S., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 136-141 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Naturverhältnisse, Geschlechterverhältnisse, Nachhaltigkeit
Hofmeister, S. & Katz, C., 2011, Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Groß, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 365-398 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Naturwaldforschung in den Serrahner Buchenwäldern: Ableitungen für eine naturnahe Buchenwirtschaft
Oheimb, G., 2005, In: AFZ, der Wald. 60, 21, p. 1138-1140 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Naturwald und naturnaher Wirtschaftswald: wie unterscheidet sich die Artenvielfalt der Gefäßpflanzen?
Oheimb, G., 2003, In: AFZ, der Wald. 58, 21, p. 1086-1088 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Naturwissenschaften
Härdtle, W. (Editor) & Brandt, E. (Editor), 2002, Berlin: Springer. 233 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Naturwissenschaftliche Kompetenzen und Inklusion – Inklusion durch Kompetenzorientierung?
Abels, S., 24.07.2020, Naturwissenschaftliche Kompetenzen in der Gesellschaft von morgen. : Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, Jahrestagung in Wien 2019. Habig, S. (ed.). Essen: Universität Duisburg-Essen, p. 20-29 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten (Nawi-In): Ein Vergleich der Primar- und Sekundarstufe I
Brauns, S., Egger, D., Abels, S. & Barth, M., 2019, Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung als Grundlage für berufliche und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, Jahrestagung in Kiel 2018. Maurer, C. (ed.). Regensburg: Universität Regensburg, p. 675-678 4 p. (Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik; vol. 39).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Natur - Wissenschaft - Nachhaltigkeit: Die Bedeutung ökologischer Wissenschaften im Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs sowie deren Zusammenhang mit gesellschaftlichen Natur- und Geschlechtervorstellungen
Jungkeit, R., Katz, C., Winterfeld, U. & Weber, I., 2002, Sozial-ökologische Forschung: Ergebnisse der Sondierungsprojekte aus dem BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt. Balzer, I. & Wächter, M. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 475-494 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research