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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Whistle-Blowing heißt nicht: "verpfeifen": Ordonomische Überlegungen zur Korruptionsprävention durch und in Unternehmen
Pies, I. & Beckmann, M., 2010, Korruption: Moralische Verdorbenheit oder Ergebnis falscher Strukturen. Albrecht, R., Knoepffler , N. & Kodalle , K.-M. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, Vol. 9. p. 55-81 27 p. (Kritisches Jahrbuch der Philosophie : Beiheft; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Whistle-Blowing heißt nicht: "verpfeifen": Ordonomische Überlegungen zur Korruptionsprävention durch und in Unternehmen
Pies, I. & Beckmann, M., 2012, Korruption als internationales Phänomen: Ursachen, Auswirkungen und Bekämpfung eines weltweiten Problems. Fifka, M. S. & Falke, A. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 67-94 28 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Who are "the people" in the German Constitution? A critique of, and contribution to, the debate about the right of foreigners to vote in multi-level democracies
Bäumler, J., 2020, In: Law, Democracy and Development. 24, p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Who benefits from indirect prevention and treatment of depression using an online intervention for insomnia? Results from an individual-participant data meta-analysis
Thielecke, J., Kuper, P., Lehr, D., Schuurmans, L., Harrer, M., Ebert, D. D., Cuijpers, P., Behrendt, D., Brückner, H. A., Horvath, H., Riper, H. & Buntrock, C., 07.2024, In: Psychological Medicine. 54, 10, p. 2389-2402 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Who can nudge for sustainable development? How nudge source renders dynamic norms (in-)effective in eliciting sustainable behavior
Boenke, L., Panning, M., Thurow, A., Hörisch, J. & Loschelder, D. D., 25.09.2022, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 368, 11 p., 133246.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Why and How to adopt Green Management into Business Organizations? The Case Study of Korean SMEs in Manufacturing Industry
Lee, K.-H., 31.07.2009, In: Management Decision. 47, 7, p. 1101-1121 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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„Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism?“: Mises, Nozick und die Interdependenz von Sozialstruktur und Semantik
Beckmann, M., 2010, Ludwig von Mises’ gesellschaftstheoretische Praxeologie. Pies, I. & Leschke, M. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, p. 183-190Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Why gender matters for addressing chemical pollution
Wang, M., Balayannis, A., Rother, H. A., Hemmati, M., Holthaus, A. & Zuin Zeidler, V., 01.09.2024, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 8, 9, 1 p., e611.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment
Chan, K. M. A., Balvanera, P., Benessaiah, K., Chapman, M., Díaz, S., Gómez-Baggethun, E., Gould, R., Hannahs, N., Jax, K., Klain, S., Luck, G. W., Martín-López, B., Muraca, B., Norton, B., Ott, K., Pascual, U., Satterfield, T., Tadaki, M., Taggart, J. & Turner, N., 09.02.2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 113, 6, p. 1462-1465 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Wichtige Einflussfaktoren auf die Gefäßpflanzen-Artenvielfalt von Wäldern
Schmidt, M., Ellenberg, H., Heuveldop, J., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Oheimb, G., 2002, Treffpunkt biologische Vielfalt II: Aktuelle Forschung im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt vorgestellt auf einer wissenschaftlichen Expertentagung an der Internationalen Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm vom 23. bis 27. Juli 2001.. Korn, H. & Feit, U. (eds.). Bonn-Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 113-118 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research