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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Soziale Differenzkategorien als Gegenstand der Lehrer*innenbildung: ein empirischer Beitrag
Budde, J., Offen, S. & Schmidt, J., 2014, Geschlecht und Vielfalt in Schule und Lehrerbildung . Eisenbraun, V. & Uhl, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster: Waxmann Verlag, p. 223-237 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Soziale Medien als Technologien der Überwachung und Kontrolle
Leistert, O., 2016, Handbuch Soziale Medien. Schmidt, J.-H. & Taddicken, M. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, p. 1-17 17 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Soziale und ökologische Verantwortung in der Erlebnisgesellschaft: Chancen und Risiken nachhaltiger Events
Schmidt, S. & Tschochohei, H., 2007, Corporate Social Responsibility. Müller, M. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 175-192 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sozialisation und Emotion
von Salisch, M. & Gunzenhauser, C., 2015, Handbuch Sozialisationsforschung. Hurrelmann, K., Bauer, U., Grundmann, M. & Walper, S. (eds.). 8 ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 753 - 766 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sozial-ökologische Transformation braucht Kritik an den gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen: Zur notwendigen Verankerung von Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in feministischer Theorie und Praxis
Gottschlich, D. & Katz, C., 2016, In: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit : SuN ; Beiträge zur sozial-ökologischen Transformationsforschung. 2, 3, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sozial orientiertes Informationsmanagement: Diskussionspapier zum Sozialmanagement
Dubielzig, F., 2006, Winterthur: Institut für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - INE, 85 p. (INE-Reihe: Beiträge zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung; no. 3/2006).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sozial- und naturwissenschaftliche Bildung in der Grundschule Italiens
Stoltenberg, U., 2004, Neuere Konzeptionen und Zielsetzungen im Sachunterricht. Kaiser, A. & Pech, D. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 188-194 7 p. (Basiswissen Sachunterricht; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sozio-Controlling
Dubielzig, F., 2010, Summa cum laude 2008: Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Pantz, K. (ed.). Darmstadt: Roter Fleck Verlag, p. 202-203 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sozio-Controlling im Unternehmen: das Management erfolgsrelevanter sozial-gesellschaftlicher Themen in der Praxis
Dubielzig, F., 12.03.2009, 1. Aufl. ed. Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag. 363 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Soziologie globaler Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
Heinrichs, H., 2011, Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Groß, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 628-650 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review