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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Vom integrierten Umwelt- zum heutigen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement: Eine Fallstudie aus der Telekommunikationsbranche im Lichte des Winter-Modells
Schaltegger, S. & Hansen, E. G., 2012, Georg Winter - Pionier der umweltbewussten Unternehmensführung: Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag. Seidel, E. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 255-276 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom Luftballon zum Van-de-Graaff-Generator: Experimente zur Elektrostatik mit Augmented-RealityErweiterung
Stinken-Rösner, L., 01.08.2019, In: Unterricht Physik. 30, 171/172, p. 25-29 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
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Vom nachhaltigen Naturkapital zur Einheit von Produktivität und Reproduktivität - Reproduktion als grundlegende Kategorie des Wirtschaftens
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2001, Nachhaltiges Naturkapital: Ökonomik und zukunftsfähige Entwicklung . Held, M. & Nutzinger, H. G. (eds.). Frankfurt, Main: Campus Verlag, p. 155-178 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom Recht auf Garten: Aneignung urbaner Freiräume als Kritik und Vision gesellschaftlicher Raum-verhältnisse
Mölders, T. & Kühnemann, P., 2017, Aneignung urbaner Freiräume : Ein Diskurs über städtischen Raum. Hauck, T., Hennecke, S. & Körner, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 281-301 21 p. (Urban studies ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom Saulus zum Paulus ? Nachhaltigkeitsweiterbildung von Managern als essentieller Treiber
Schaltegger, S., 2011, In: Glocalist Review. 318, p. 6-8 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Vom Süden lernen: Lateinamerikas Alternativen zum Neoliberalismus
Sack, K., Stierle, S. & Rieckmann, M., 2008, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag. 94 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Vom Umwelt- zum Nachhaltigkeitsjournalismus? Die Initiative "Nachhaltigkeit und Journalismus"
Michelsen, G. & Fischer, D., 03.2016, Nachhaltigkeit und Journalismus: Erkenntnisse und Impulse aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Fischer, D. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 9-19 11 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen ‐ Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von Alltagspraxen, Aushandlungen und Irritationen: Lebensentwürfe und prekäre Verhältnisse in der geschlechtersensiblen Bildungsarbeit
Offen, S., 2010, In: Gender. 2, 1, p. 152-160 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
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Von Besserwissern, Moralaposteln und Tugendwächtern: Woran Kommunikation über Ethik scheitern kann
Adomßent, M., 2016, Jenseits von Belehrung und Bekehrung: Wie kann Kommunikation über Ethik im Naturschutz gelingen? Dokumentation des gleichnamigen Workshops in Stuttgart-Hohenheim am 8. und 9. Oktober 2015. Eser, U. (ed.). Bonn Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 50-57 8 p. (BfN-Skripten ; vol. 437).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Von "cool" zu Klärung: Ärgerentwicklung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen
Salisch, M., 2002, In: Psychomed. 14, 1, p. 41-44 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research