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.

Topics

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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    Sustainability communication: an integrative approach

    Adomßent, M., 2011, Sustainability Communication : Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 27-38 11 p.

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

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    Sustainability Competencies in Higher Education

    Michel, J. O., Brundiers, K., Barth, M., Fischer, D., Mochizuki, Y., Redman, A. & Zint, M., 22.09.2022, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Brears, R. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Sustainability competencies in teacher education: Making teacher education count in everyday school practice

    Bürgener, L. & Barth, M., 10.02.2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 174, January 2018, p. 821 - 826 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    Sustainability conflicts in Coastal India: Hazards, changing climate and development discourse in Indian Sundarbans

    Ghosh, A., 12.2017, 1 ed. Germany: Springer. 245 p. (Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Sustainability economics – general versus specific, and conceptual versus practical

    Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 05.2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 169).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Sustainability economics - General versus specific, and conceptual versus practical

    Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M., 15.09.2010, In: Ecological Economics. 69, 11, p. 2056-2059 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Sustainability Entrepreneurship in the Context of Emissions Trading

    Gerlach, A., 2006, Emissions Trading and Business. Antes, R. & Hansjürgens, B. (eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Physica-Verlag, p. 73-87 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Sustainability entrepreneurship to address large distances in international food supply

    Weber, H., Wiek, A. & Lang, D. J., 01.09.2020, In: Business Strategy and Development. 3, 3, p. 318-331 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Sustainability Ethics

    Oermann, N. O. & Weinert, A., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 175-192 18 p.

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