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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Growth and phycocyanin synthesis in the heterotrophic microalga Galdieria sulphuraria on substrates made of food waste from restaurants and bakeries
Sloth, J., Jensen, H. C., Pleißner, D. & Eriksen, N. T., 01.08.2017, In: Bioresource Technology. 238, p. 296-305 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Balanced Scorecards and their Architectures: Irrelevant or Misunderstood?
Hansen, E. G. & Schaltegger, S., 01.07.2018, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 150, 4, p. 937-952 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identifizieren, Verbinden, Verkaufen: Einleitendes zur Maschine Facebook, ihren Konsequenzen und den Beiträgen in diesem Band
Leistert, O. & Röhle, T., 2011, Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net. Leistert, O. & Röhle, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7 - 31 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net
Leistert, O. (Editor) & Röhle, T. (Editor), 2011, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 283 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Innovative Measurement for Corporate Sustainability: Editorial
Álvarez-Etxeberria, I., Ortas, E. & Schaltegger, S., 01.03.2017, In: Sustainable Development. 25 , 2, p. 111-112 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Die Auseinandersetzung verlagert sich deshalb immer auf die Frage: wer kontrolliert wen?
Leistert, O., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 13, 2, p. 78-86 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bitcoin und Blockchain
Leistert, O., 2015, In: POP. Kultur und Kritik. 7, p. 80-85 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Soziale Medien als Technologien der Überwachung und Kontrolle
Leistert, O., 2016, Handbuch Soziale Medien. Schmidt, J.-H. & Taddicken, M. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 1-17 17 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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On the Western Narrative of Empowerment Through ICT: A Comment to Amanda Atwood
Leistert, O., 2016, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 3, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mobile phone signals and protest crowds: Performing an Unstable Post-Media Constellation
Leistert, O., 2017, Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures. Leeker, M., Schipper, I. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 137 - 154 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research