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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Journal of Public Affairs, Special issue: “The marketing and public affairs of sustainability”
Breitbarth, T. (Editor), Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Mahon, J. (Editor), 08.2018, John Wiley & Sons Inc. (Journal of Public Affairs: an International Journal; vol. 18, no. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Structural ambidexterity, transition processes, and integration trade‐offs: a longitudinal study of failed exploration
Hansen, E. G., Wicki, S. & Schaltegger, S., 09.2019, In: R&D Management. 49, 4, p. 484-508 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The business case for sustainability in retrospect: A Scandinavian institutionalism perspective on the role of expert conferences in shaping the emerging ‘CSR and corporate sustainability space’
Breitbarth, T., Schaltegger, S. & Mahon, J., 29.08.2018, In: Journal of Public Affairs. 18, 3, 17 p., e1855.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Transitions and the Spatial Interface: Developing Conceptual Perspectives
Levin-Keitel, M., Mölders, T., Othengrafen, F. & Ibendorf, J., 05.06.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 6, 15 p., 1880.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit -politische Strategien und wissenschaftliche Konzepte
Mölders, T., 2015, Bildung – Selbst(bild) – Geschlechterbilder. Bueschges, K. (ed.). Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 39-63 25 p. (Focus gender; vol. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zwischen Stadt und Land: Hybride Räume verstehen und gestalten
Mölders, T., Othengrafen, F., Stock, K. & Zibell, B., 2016, StadtLandschaften: Die neue Hybridität von Stadt und Land. Hofmeister, S. & Kühne, O. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 37-61 25 p. (Hybride Metropolen).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Normative Orientierungen: Ein kritisch-emanzipatorisches Nachhaltigkeitsverständnis
Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T., 02.2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung : Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 31-43 13 p. (Research).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Einleitung: Eine sozial-ökologische Forschungsperspektive
Mölders, T. & Gottschlich, D., 02.2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung : Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 21-30 10 p. (Research).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Gesellschaftliche Raumverhältnisse: Ein Forschungsprogramm zu den Verbindungen von ‚Natur‘, ‚Raum‘ und ‚Geschlecht‘
Mölders, T., 2017, Zum Selbstverständnis der Gender Studies: Methoden - Methodologien - theoretische Diskussionen und empirische Übersetzungen. Onnen, C. & Rode-Breymann, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Verlag Babara Budrich, Vol. 1. p. 89-105 17 p. (L`AGENda; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom Recht auf Garten: Aneignung urbaner Freiräume als Kritik und Vision gesellschaftlicher Raum-verhältnisse
Mölders, T. & Kühnemann, P., 2017, Aneignung urbaner Freiräume : Ein Diskurs über städtischen Raum. Hauck, T., Hennecke, S. & Körner, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 281-301 21 p. (Urban studies ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research