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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Neural Networks for Energy Optimization of Production Processes in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Willenbacher, M., Wohlgemuth, V. & Risch, L., 2023, Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics. Wohlgemuth, V., Naumann, S., Behrens, G., Arndt, H.-K. & Höb, M. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 129-145 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Neustrukturierung des Mittleren Freihafens zum Central Terminal Steinwerder (CTS): Markterkundungsverfahren + Vorstellung eines prämierten Konzepts
Brinkmann, B. & Basener, S., 2011, Vorträge: HTG Kongress 2011. Hafentechnische Gesellschaft e.V., p. 100-111 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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New chronometric age estimates for the context of the Neanderthal from Wannen-Ochtendung (Germany) by TL and argon dating
Richter, D., Klinger, P., Schmidt, C., van den Bogaard, P. & Zöller, L., 01.08.2017, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 14, p. 127-136 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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New descriptions and typifications of syntaxa within the project 'Plant communities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and their vulnerability' - Part I
Dengler, J., Berg, C., Eisenberg, M., Isermann, M., Jansen, F., Koska, I., Löbel, S., Manthey, M., Päzolt, J., Spangenberg, A., Timmermann, T. & Wollert, H., 01.12.2003, In: Feddes Repertorium. 114, 7-8, p. 587-631 45 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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New descriptions and typifications of syntaxa within the project 'Plant communities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and their vulnerability' - Part II
Dengler, J., Koska, I., Timmermann, T., Berg, C., Clausnitzer, U., Isermann, M., Linke, C., Päzolt, J., Polte, T. & Spangenberg, A., 22.07.2004, In: Feddes Repertorium. 115, 3-4, p. 353-392 40 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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New evidence for vegetation development and timing of Upper Middle Pleistocene interglacials in Northern Germany and tentative correlations
Urban, B., Sierralta, M. & Frechen, M., 15.08.2011, In: Quaternary International. 241, 1-2, p. 125-142 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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New ideas for modern phytosociological monographs
Dengler, J., Berg, C. & Jansen, F., 2005, In: Annali di Botanica. 5, p. 193-210 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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New Public Environmental Management
Schaltegger, S., 2002, In: Die Schweizer Baustoff-Industrie. 4, p. 19-20 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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New Sediment Cores Reveal Environmental Changes Driven by Tectonic Processes at Ancient Helike, Greece
Engel, M., Jacobson, K., Boldt, K., Frenzel, P., Katsonopoulou, D., Soter, S., Alvarez Zarikian, C. A. & Brückner, H., 01.03.2016, In: Geoarchaeology. 31, 2, p. 140-155 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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NGOs: Promoters of Sustainable Entrepreneurship?
Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2001, Proceddings of the International Transdisciplinarity 2000 Conference: 'Transdisciplinarity: joint problem-solving among science, technology and society', Zurich, February 27 - March 1, 2000: Workbook 1: Dialogue sessions and idea market. Häberli, R. (ed.). Basel: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, p. 523-527 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research