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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Hazard screening of photo-transformation products from pharmaceuticals: Application to selective β1-blockers atenolol and metoprolol
Toolaram, A. P., Menz, J., Rastogi, T., Leder, C., Kümmerer, K. & Schneider, M., 01.02.2017, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 579, p. 1769-1780 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Introduction to the symposium on feminist perspectives on human–nature relations
Gottschlich, D., Mölders, T. & Padmanbhan, M., 01.12.2017, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 34, 4, p. 933-940 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Characteristics, emerging needs, and challenges of transdisciplinary sustainability science: experiences from the German Social-Ecological Research Program
Ruppert-Winkel, C., Arlinghaus, R., Deppisch, S., Eisenack, K., Gottschlich, D., Hirschl, B., Matzdorf, B., Mölders, T., Padmanabhan, M., Selbmann, K., Ziegler, R. & Plieninger, T., 09.2015, In: Ecology and Society. 20, 3, 17 p., 13.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sozial-ökologische Transformation braucht Kritik an den gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen: Zur notwendigen Verankerung von Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in feministischer Theorie und Praxis
Gottschlich, D. & Katz, C., 2016, In: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit : SuN ; Beiträge zur sozial-ökologischen Transformationsforschung. 2, 3, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zur Demokratisierung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse: Warum die Perspektiven der Politischen Ökologie dafür unverzichtbar sind
Gottschlich, D. & Hackfort, S., 2016, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 57, 2, p. 300-322 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Erläuterungen. Annotations.
Gottschlich, D., 2015, Natur und Evolution als ZuMutungen an eine zukunftsfähige Gestaltung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft : 7. Spiekerooger KlimaGespräche, 19.-21. November 2015 : Dokumentation. Pfriem, R. (ed.). Oldenburg: dbv Deutscher Buchverlag GmbH, p. 28-29 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Demokratisierung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse im Spannungsfeld von Politisierung und Entpolitisierungsprozessen
Gottschlich, D. & Hackfort, S., 2016, Transformation: Suchprozesse in Zeiten des Umbruchs . Brie, M., Reißig, R. & Thomas, M. (eds.). Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 225-252 27 p. (Texte aus dem Brandenburg-Berliner Institut für Sozialwisschafliche Studien (BISS e.V.); vol. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kritik als unabdingbare gesellschaftlich Dienstleistung. Der Beitrag feministischer Theorie und Praxis zur Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Gottschlich, D. & Katz, C., 22.08.2016, Nachhaltigkeit . Jähnichen, T., Meireis, T., Rehm, J., Reihs, S. & Reuter, H.-R. (eds.). Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, p. 162-182 20 p. (Jahrbuch Sozialer Protestantismus; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Managing Research Environments: Heterarchies in Academia. A Response to Cumming
Fischer, J., 01.12.2016, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 31, 12, p. 900-902 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Experimental evidence of two mechanisms coupling leaf-level C assimilation to rhizosphere CO 2 release
Kayler, Z., Keitel, C., Jansen, K. & Gessler, A., 01.03.2017, In: Environmental and Experimental Botany. 135, p. 21-26 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review