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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Untersuchungs- und Monitoringkonzept zur Abschätzung der Auswirkungen von Offshore-Windparks auf die marine Umwelt
Ehrich, S., Hoffmann, J., Kafemann, R., Piper, W., Runge, K., Thomsen, F. & Zauke, G.-P., 2001, Hamburg: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei. 28 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Emotional and social development in childhood
Denham, S., Salisch, M., Olthof, T., Kochanoff, A. & Caverty, S., 2002, Blackwell handbook of childhood social development. Smith, P. K. & Hart, C. H. (eds.). Malden, Mass [u.a.]: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 307-328 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit der Sustainability Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S., 2004, Betriebliche Instrumente für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften: Konzepte für die Praxis. Mahammadzadeh, M. (ed.). Köln: Deutscher Instituts-Verlag , p. 165-174 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Struktur und Vegetation von Natur- und Wirtschaftswäldern des Tieflandes auf der Grundlage räumlich expliziter Vegetationsmodelle
Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 2001, Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft. Pott, R. (ed.). Hannover: Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft , Vol. 13. p. 183-196 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der MBA "Sustainament": das Rüstzeug für den Business Case des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements
Schaltegger, S., Petersen, H. & Kalisch, C., 2007, Berufsbild CSR-Manager. Lenzen, E. (ed.). Münster, Westf: Macondo Verlag, p. 30-34 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit
Katz, C. & Vinz, D., 2005, ABC der Globalisierung: Von »Alterssicherung« bis »Zivilgesellschaft« Herausgegeben vom Wissenschaftlichen Beirat von Attac. Braunmühl, C. V., Huffschmid, J. & Wichterich, C. (eds.). Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, p. 126-127 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Rarity types of forest plants in Northern Germany
Ellenberg, H., Oheimb, G. & Kriebitzsch, W. U., 2001, Assessment, conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 30-31 2 p. (CBD Technical Series ; no. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Environmental Management Accounting in Japan: Trends and Current Practices of Environmental Accounting Disclosure and Environmental Management Accounting
Saka, C., Burritt, R., Schaltegger, S. & Hahn, T., 2005, The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovations and Governance in the 21st Century. Hargroves, K. C. & Smith, M. H. (eds.). London [u.a.]: Earthscan Publications Ltd., p. 141-156 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Klimaschutz und Monitoring in der strategischen Umweltprüfung: Offshore-Windenergienutzung in der ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone
Schomerus, T. (Editor) & Runge, K. (Editor), 2008, Berlin: Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft . 319 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Ökologisierung von Bildungseinrichtungen als Bildungsstrategie und als Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Godemann, J., 2000, Zukunftsfähige Umweltbildung in der Ausbildung von Erzieherinnen und Erziehern: Projektbericht ; Entwicklung, Durchführung und Evaluation eines Modellseminars für Multiplikatorinnen und Multiplikatoren für Umweltbildung im Kindergarten in der Erzieherausbildung . Schubert, S., Godemann, J. & Stoltenberg, U. (eds.). Berlin: Verbindungsstelle für Umwelterziehung, p. 205-208 4 p. (Schriftenreihe der UNESCO-Verbindungsstelle für Umwelterziehung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research