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.

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Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.

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    Social Bots als algorithmische Piraten und als Boten einer techno-environmentalen Handlungskraft

    Leistert, O., 27.03.2017, Algorithmuskulturen: Über die rechnerische Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit. Seyfert, R. & Roberge, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 215 - 234 20 p.

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

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    Social Bots as algorithmic pirates and messengers of techno-environmental agency

    Leistert, O., 01.01.2016, Algorithmic Cultures: Essays on Meaning, Performance and New Technologies. Seyferth, R. & Roberge, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 158 - 172 15 p. (Routledge advances in sociology; vol. 189).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Social capital, resource constraints and low growth communities: Lifestyle entrepreneurs in Nicaragua

    Klapper, R., Upham, P. & Kurronen, K., 22.10.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 10, 3813.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Social capital strengthens agency among fish farmers: Small scale aquaculture in Bulacan, Philippines

    Manlosa, A. O., Albrecht, J. & Riechers, M., 21.02.2023, In: Frontiers in Aquaculture. 2, 14 p., 1106416.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Social Conflicts on Agro-Biotechnology: Conflicting Interests and Conflict of Interest in the Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

    Friedrich, B., Gottschlich, D. & Sulmowski, J. A., 15.06.2011, Conflict of Interest in Central and Eastern Europe. Burdziej, S. & Szalacha, J. (eds.). Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo, p. 33-52

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

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    Social dynamics of community resilience building in the face of climate change: the case of three Scottish communities

    Fazey, I., Carmen, E., Ross, H., Rao-Williams, J., Hodgson, A., Searle, B. A., AlWaer, H., Kenter, J. O., Knox, K., Butler, J. R. A., Murray, K. A., Smith, F. M., Stringer, L. C. & Thankappan, S., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1731-1747 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Social Entrepreneurs and Social Change: Tracing impacts of social entrepreneurship through ideas, structures, and practices

    Ney, S., Beckmann, M., Gräbnitz, D. & Mirkovic, R., 2014, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 6, 1, p. 51-68 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Social Entrepreneurship – Altes Phänomen, neues Paradigma moderner Gesellschaften oder Vorbote eines Kapitalismus 2.0?

    Beckmann, M., 2011, Social Entrepreneurship – Social Business: Für die Gesellschaft unternehmen. Hackenberg, H. & Empter, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 67-85 19 p.

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

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    Social Entrepreneurship and Broader Theories: Shedding New Light on the “Bigger Picture”

    Zeyen, A., Beckmann, M., Mueller, S., Dees, J. G., Khanin, D., Krueger, N., Murphy, P. J., Santos, F., Scarlata, M., Walske, J. & Zacharakis, A., 01.03.2013, In: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 4, 1, p. 88-107 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review