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

    Conference Session: International Volunteering and Development – Learning to be a Global Citizen?

    Skinner, A., Brown, E., Griffiths, M., Kontzi, K. & Koleth, M., 2014, In: Voluntaris. 2, 2, p. 117-125 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Self-Regulation, Language Skills, and Emotion Knowledge in Young Children From Northern Germany

    von Salisch, M., Hänel, M. & Denham, S., 01.07.2015, In: Early Education and Development. 26, 5-6, p. 792-806 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Die psychologische Perspektive: Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

    von Salisch, M., 2016, Handbuch Peerforschung. Köhler, S.-M., Krüger, H.-H. & Pfaff, N. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 75-88 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  4. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Emotionsregulation und Problemverhalten von Kindern und Jugendlichen: Editorial

    von Salisch, M. & Klein, A. M., 2015, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 64, 5, p. 328 - 333 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  6. Published

    Welche kognitiven Fähigkeiten von jungen Kindern sagen ihre Fortschritte beim Wissen über Emotionen voraus?

    von Salisch, M., Klinkhammer, J. & Hänel, M., 2015, Entwicklung und Förderung in der frühen Kindheit: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Cloos, P., Koch, K. & Mähler, C. (eds.). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 115 - 132 18 p.

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

  7. Published

    Emotionale Kompetenz bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Entwicklung und Folgen

    Klinkhammer, J. & von Salisch, M., 01.10.2015, 1 ed. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH. 188 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Brief for GSDR 2015: Transforming Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Mader, C. & Rammel, C., 2015, New York: United Nations, 4 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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  10. Published

    Critical reflection on knowledge and narratives of conservation agriculture

    Whitfield, S., Dougill, A. J., Dyer, J., Kalaba, F. K., Leventon, J. & Stringer, L. C., 01.03.2015, In: Geoforum. 60, 3, p. 133-142 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review