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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Von CSR zu Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., 2011, Corporate Social Responsibility in kommunalen Unternehmen: Wirtschaftliche Betätigung zwischen öffentlichem Auftrag und gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung. Sandberg, B. & Lederer, K. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 187-200 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von den Leidenschaften junger Menschen oder wie sich Ausdruck und Regulierung von Emotionen in Kindheit und Jugend verändert
Salisch, M., 2004, Nonverbale Prozesse in der Psychotherapie. Hermer, M. & Klinzing, H. G. (eds.). Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag, p. 57-78 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von den "scharfen Wässern" zu den "harten Säuren": Ein Streifzug durch die Geschichte der Säure-Base-Modelle
Krebs, R. & Hofer, E., 2022, In: PLUS LUCIS. 2022, 3, p. 8-11 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Von der Beharrlichkeit der Ungleichheit: Erzählung einer südafrikanischen Geschichte
Mölders, T., 2004, Globalisierung und gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse: Mit südafrikanischen Geschichten erzählt von Juliane Grüning, Verena Brinkmann und Tanja Mölders. Christine, K., Müller, C. & von Winterfeld, U. (eds.). Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, p. 26-27 2 p. (Wuppertal papers; no. 143).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Von der Frauen-Frage zum Vorsorgenden Wirtschaften: eine (re)produktionstheoretische Interpretation empirischer Befunde zur Gender-Dimension von Agrarpolitik
Mölders, T., 2010, In: Femina Politica. 19, 1, p. 43-55 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Von der Herausforderung das Leitbild der Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren
Michelsen, G., 2009, Brot und Fisch: Leben für die Ostsee. Heling, A. (ed.). Hamburg-Schenefeld: EB-Verlag, p. 172-183 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von der Industrie in die Schule: Virtual Reality im Physikunterricht: Anregungen zum Einsatz virtueller Videoexperimente und Exkursionen
Stinken-Rösner, L., 2022, In: Unterricht Physik. 33, 189/190, p. 44-48 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Von der Nische zum Erfolgsmodell: der Studiengang Wirtschaftsrecht als Modell für eine neue Juristenausbildung?
Schomerus, T., 2007, Reform als Chance: Das Staatsexamen im Umbruch . Zervakis, P. A. & Neuhaus, P. A. (eds.). 1. ed. Bonn: Hochschulrektorenkonferenz , p. 36 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von der Notwendigkeit interdisziplinär ausgerichteter Studienangebote
Fischer, A. & Michelsen, G., 2000, Sustainable university: auf dem Weg zu einem universitären Agendaprozess. Michelsen, G. (ed.). Frankfurt a.M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 153-179 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Von der Suderburger Wiesenbauschule zur Modelluniversität
Evers, M. & Mennerich, A., 01.05.2004, In: Wasser und Abfall. 6, 5, p. 45-48 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review