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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Strategies and drivers of sustainable business model innovation
Lüdeke-Freund, F., Schaltegger, S. & Dembek, K., 2019, Handbook of Sustainable Innovation. Boons, F. & McMeekin, A. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 101-123 23 p. 6Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Strategies for developing and running e-courses for the VCSE
Barth, M., Burandt, S., Pizzera, J. & Görsdorf, E., 2009, Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe: VCSE Best Practice Guidebook. Sartzetakis, E. (ed.). University of Macedonia, p. 35-44 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Transfer
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Strategies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: An Empirical Investigation of Large German Companies
Harms, D., Hansen, E. G. & Schaltegger, S., 07.2013, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 20, 4, p. 205–218 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Strategische Nachhaltigkeitspolitik: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Deutschland
Heinrichs, H., Laws, N. & Riedel, H., 11.2013, Erfolgreiche Strategien für eine nachhaltige Zukunft: Reinhard Mohn Preis 2013. Bertelsmann Stiftung (ed.). Gütersloh: WBV Bertelsmann Verlag, p. 43-58 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Strategisches Umweltmanagement und Öko-Marketing: Grundlagen des Umweltmanagements
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 03.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 93 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Strategische Umweltprüfung bei planerischen Ausweisungen für Offshore-Windparks in der deutschen ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone (AWZ)
Schomerus, T. & Busse, J., 2005, In: NordÖR. 8, p. 45 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Strategische Umweltprüfung für die Offshore-Windenergienutzung: Grundlagen ökologischer Planung beim Ausbau der Offshore-Windenergie in der deutschen Ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone
Schomerus, T., Burandt, S., Runge, K. & Nehls, G., 2006, Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. 551 p. (Schriftenreihe Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Strategische Umweltprüfung für die Offshore-Windenergienutzung
Schomerus, T., Runge, K. & Nehls, G., 2007, 2. Wissenschaftstage des Bundesumweltministeriums zur Offshore-Windenergienutzung am 20. und 21. Februar 2007 in Berlin: Tagungband. Wende, W., Köppel, J., Morkel, L. & Toland, A. (eds.). Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, p. 78-87 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Strategisch fundiertes Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling – Konzeption und Umsetzung in der Praxis
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2012, Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling - Konzepte, Instrumente und Fallbeispiele für die Umsetzung. Gleich, R., Bartels, P. & Breisig, V. (eds.). Freiburg: Haufe Mediengruppe, p. 45-66 22 p. (Der Controlling-Berater; no. 21).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Strategy for phytomanagement in an area affected by iron ore dam rupture: A study case in Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Zago, V. C. P., das Dores, N. C. & Watts, B. A., 01.06.2019, In: Environmental Pollution. 249, p. 1029-1037 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review