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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How Sustainability-Related Challenges Can Fuel Conflict Between Organizations and External Stakeholders: A Social Psychological Perspective to Master Value Differences, Time Horizons, and Resource Allocations
Majer, J. M., Loschelder, D. D., Windolph, L. J. & Fischer, D., 2019, In: Umweltpsychologie. 22, 2, p. 53-70 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unterricht zum Thema "Flucht und Flüchtlinge"? eine Analyse von Lehrmaterialien aus dem Internet
Kater-Wettstädt, L., 09.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung. 8, 2, p. 137 - 152 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Creating Environmental Solutions: Part 1
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), Beckmann, M. (Editor) & Hockerts, K. (Editor), 2018, Olney: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 129 p. (International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing; vol. 10, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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How can sustainable chemistry contribute to a circular economy?
Pleißner, D., 06.09.2018, In: Detritus - Multidisciplinary Journal for Waste Resource & Residues. 3, September, p. 4-6 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Green thinking but thoughtless buying? An empirical extension of the value-attitude-behaviour hierarchy in sustainable clothing
Jacobs, K., Petersen, L., Hörisch, J. & Battenfeld, D., 01.12.2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 203, p. 1155-1169 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant density modifies root system architecture in spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) through a change in nodal root number
Hecht, V. L., Temperton, V. M., Nagel, K. A., Rascher, U., Pude, R. & Postma, J. A., 15.06.2019, In: Plant and Soil. 439, 1-2, p. 179-200 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hydrolyzed organic residues as sources of secondary raw materials
Pleißner, D. & Peinemann, J. C., 29.08.2018, In: Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 90, 9, p. 1161-1161 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: finding the common ground of multi-faceted concepts
von Wehrden, H., Guimarães, M. H., Bina, O., Varanda, M., Lang, D. J., John, B., Gralla, F., Alexander, D., Raines, D., White, A. & Lawrence, R. J., 07.05.2019, In: Sustainability Science. 14, 3, p. 875-888 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dimensions, dialectic, discourse: Three political perspectives on the sustainability of the German healthcare system
Fischer, M. & Heinrichs, H., 19.07.2018, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15, 7, 22 p., 1526.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Business Model Experimentation for Circularity: Driving sustainability in a large international clothing retailer
Bocken, N. M. P., Miller, K., Weissbrod, I., Holgado, M. & Evans, S., 12.2017, In: Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. 2017, 1, p. 85-122 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review