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

    Sustainability Management in Business Enterprises: Concepts and Instruments for Sustainable Organisation Development

    Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J., 2002, 1. ed. ed., Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, 123 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Sustainability Management in Business Enterprises: Concepts and Instruments for Sustainable Organisation Development

    Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J., 2002, 2. ed. ed., Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 123 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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  4. Published

    Sustainability of Off-Grid Photovoltaic Systems for Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: A Review

    Feron, S., 19.12.2016, In: Sustainability. 8, 12, p. 1-26 26 p., 1326.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Sustainability of rural electrification programs based on off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems in Chile

    Feron, S., Heinrichs, H. & Cordero, R., 01.12.2016, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 6, 1, 19 p., 32.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment—A Conceptual Foundation

    Lüdeke-Freund, F., Freudenreich, B., Schaltegger, S., Saviuc, I. & Stock, M., 2017, Analytics, Innovation, and Excellence-Driven Enterprise Sustainability. Carayannis, E. G. & Sindakis, S. (eds.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 169-206 38 p. (Palgrave studies in democracy, innovation, and entrepreneurship for growth).

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

  7. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation

    Hansen, E. G. & Grosse-Dunker, F., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer, Vol. Volume 1. p. 2407–2417 11 p.

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

  8. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review of Existing Practices and Actors Involved

    Klewitz, J. & Hansen, E. G., 2011, Sustainability in Innovation: Innovation Management Challenges . Huizingh, E., Torkelli, M., Conn, S. & Bitran (eds.). International Society for Professional Innovation Management, 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation of SMEs: A Systematic Review

    Klewitz, J. & Hansen, E. G., 15.02.2014, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 65, p. 57-75 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Sustainability-oriented technology exploration: managerial values, ambidextrous design, and separation drift

    Hansen, E. G., Wicki, S. & Schaltegger, S., 01.06.2022, In: International Journal of Innovation Management. 26, 5, 27 p., 2240004.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  1. The Competitive Strategies of Ecopreneurs: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability
  2. Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response
  3. Rezension zu: Hatzimihail, Nikitas, Preclassical Conflict of Laws, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 607 S.
  4. ephemera: theory and politics in organization. Special issue: "Immaterial and Affective Labour: Explored"
  5. Harald Fritsch, Vollendete Selbstmitteilung Gottes an seine Schöpfung. Die Eschatologie Karl Rahners
  6. A Study on the Performance of Adaptive Neural Networks for Haze Reduction with a Focus on Precision
  7. Stanley J. Grenz, Reason for Hope. The Systematic Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg. Grand Rapids u.a. 2005
  8. The effect of yield surface curvature change by cross hardening on forming limit diagrams of sheets
  9. Funktionsbedingungen der neuen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse - eine verhaltenswissenschaftliche Analyse?
  10. Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter is mediated by quality and quantity of crop residues
  11. Unterrichtshandeln von Lehrkräften und Schülern verbessern durch Förderung emotionaler Kompetenzen
  12. Die raum-zeitliche Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge von nährstoffarmen Mooren in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  13. Strategies for correcting the workpiece deformation during the manufacturing at the milling process
  14. Konsequenzen gesellschaftlicher Entwicklungstrends für Familie und private Lebensformen der Zukunft
  15. Heinrich Oberreuter (Hrsg.): Standortbestimmung Politische Bildung. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau Verlag 2009
  16. Development and Implementation of Technical Interventions to Motivate Young Females for STEM Studies
  17. Multidimensional Polarization of Income and Wealth: The Extent and Intensity of Poverty and Affluence
  18. The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)