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

    Ökologisierungsprozesse in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung: eine grundsätzliche Nutzen-Kosten-Betrachtung

    Schaltegger, S. & Frey, R. L., 2001, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 24, 3, p. 341-362 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Ökologisierung von Bildungseinrichtungen als Bildungsstrategie und als Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    Godemann, J., 2000, Zukunftsfähige Umweltbildung in der Ausbildung von Erzieherinnen und Erziehern: Projektbericht ; Entwicklung, Durchführung und Evaluation eines Modellseminars für Multiplikatorinnen und Multiplikatoren für Umweltbildung im Kindergarten in der Erzieherausbildung . Schubert, S., Godemann, J. & Stoltenberg, U. (eds.). Berlin: Verbindungsstelle für Umwelterziehung, p. 205-208 4 p. (Schriftenreihe der UNESCO-Verbindungsstelle für Umwelterziehung).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

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    Ökologisierung von Finanzmärkten: neue Steuerungssignale für Unternehmen?

    Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 01.01.2000, Umweltschutz im globalen Wettbewerb: Neue Spielregeln für das grenzenlose Unternehmen. Fichter, K. & Schneidewind, U. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 103-110 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    Ökonomie und Naturnutzung: Erneuerbare Energien - Produktivität und Reproduktivität von Natur und Ökonomie

    Biesecker, A., Hofmeister, S. & Seidl, I., 2011, Institutionen ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit. Held, M., Kubon-Gilke, G. & Sturn, R. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 201-226 26 p. (Jahrbuch normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik; no. 9).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Ökonomische Analyse der Trade-Offs zwischen Gerechtigkeiten

    Baumgärtner, S., Sievers-Glotzbach, S., Hoberg, N., Quaas, M. F. & Stumpf, K. H., 2014, In: Journal für Generationengerechtigkeit. 14, 1, p. 10-18 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Ökonomische Aspekte der Biodiversität

    Baumgärtner, S. & Becker, C., 2008, Biodiversität. Lanzerath, D., Mutke, J., Barthlott, W., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C. & Spranger, T. M. (eds.). Freiburg [u.a.]: Verlag Karl Alber, p. 75-115 41 p. (Ethik in den Biowissenschaften - Sachstandsberichte des DRZE; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Ökonomische Bildung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen

    Bolscho, D. (Editor) & Hauenschild, K. (Editor), 2008, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 241 p. (Umweltbildung und Zukunftsfähigkeit)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Ökonomische Chancen durch nachhaltige Unternehmensführung: ein Beitrag des Centrum für Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement, Universität Lüneburg

    Schaltegger, S., 2002, B.A.U.M. Jahrbuch 2003. B.A.U.M. e.V. (ed.). Henkel Kommunikation, Vol. 2003. p. 44-46 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Ökonomistische Diskurse der Nachhaltigkeit: Bestimmende Momente und die Frage nach Alternativen

    Meyer, E. M. & Vilsmaier, U., 08.2017, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften und die Suche nach neuen Wissensordnungen. Pfister, T. (ed.). 1 ed. Weimar: Metropolis Verlag, p. 147-168 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Öko-Rating: ökologieorientierte Bewertung von Unternehmen

    Figge, F., 2000, Berlin: Springer. 191 p. (Umweltnatur- & Umweltsozialwissenschaften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch