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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Social Bots as algorithmic pirates and messengers of techno-environmental agency
Leistert, O., 01.01.2016, Algorithmic Cultures: Essays on Meaning, Performance and New Technologies. Seyferth, R. & Roberge, J. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 158 - 172 15 p. (Routledge advances in sociology; vol. 189).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Blockchains - Eigentumsfragen, Betrug und Diebstahl
Leistert, O., 2017, In: POP. Kultur und Kritik. 6, 10, p. 48-51 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Social Bots als algorithmische Piraten und als Boten einer techno-environmentalen Handlungskraft
Leistert, O., 27.03.2017, Algorithmuskulturen: Über die rechnerische Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit. Seyfert, R. & Roberge, J. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 215 - 234 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Revolution Will Not Be Liked: On the Systemic Constraints of Corporate Social Media Platforms for Protests
Leistert, O., 2015, Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation. Dencik, L. & Leistert, O. (eds.). London: Rowman & Littlefield International, p. 35 - 52 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation
Dencik, L. (Editor) & Leistert, O. (Editor), 2015, London: Rowman & Littlefield International. 248 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Resource availability determines the importance of niche-based versus stochastic community assembly in grasslands
Conradi, T., Temperton, V. M. & Kollmann, J., 08.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 8, p. 1134-1141 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dealing with Climate Change: A Conversation with Paul N. Edwards and Oliver Geden
Schrickel, I. & Engemann, C., 12.06.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 2, p. 175-185 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Measuring Young Consumers’ Sustainable Consumption Behavior: Development and Validation of the YCSCB Scale
Fischer, D., Böhme, T. & Geiger, S. M., 09.2017, In: Young Consumers. 18, 3, p. 312-326 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Development: Special Issue: Innovative measurement approaches for corporate sustainability
Álvarez-Etxeberria, I. (Editor), Ortas, E. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2017, Bradford, West Yorkshire: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 55 p. (Sustainable Development; vol. 25, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Reframing the Food–Biodiversity Challenge
Fischer, J., Abson, D. J., Bergsten, A., Collier, N., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Schultner, J. & Senbeta, F., 05.2017, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32, 5, p. 335-345 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research