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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Wie teuer wird die Medizin im Wasser?
Kümmerer, K., 01.2018, In: Zweitausend50. 1, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Centralized and decentralized utilization of organic residues for lactic acid production
Venus, J., Fiore, S., Demichelis, F. & Pleißner, D., 20.01.2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 172, p. 778-785 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Innovationsverbund Nachhaltige Smartphones: Ergebnisdokumentation Workshop IV - Wertschöpfungsarchitekturen und Geschäftsmodelle für den 'Service Point of the Future'
Hansen, E., Revellio, F., Schaltegger, S., Zufall, J. & Norris, S., 2018, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 34 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Stakeholder Engagement for Corporate Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of B2C and B2B Companies
Johnson, M., Redlbacher, F. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2018, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 25, 4, p. 659-673 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Elke Seefried, Zukünfte. Aufstieg und Krise der Zukunftsforschung 1945-1980
Schrickel, I., 2018, In: Technikgeschichte. 85, 1, p. 62-63 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Modeling normativity in sustainability: a comparison of the sustainable development goals, the Paris agreement, and the papal encyclical
Schmieg, G., Meyer, E., Schrickel, I., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Vilsmaier, U., Laubichler, M., Hörl, E. & Lang, D., 01.05.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 3, p. 785-796 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Role of psychology in sociotechnical transitions studies: Review in relation to consumption and technology acceptance
Bögel, P. M. & Upham, P., 09.2018, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 28, p. 122-136 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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(Re)Produktivität – eine Vermittlungskategorie für Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften
Biesecker, A., Hofmeister, S., Amri-Henkel, A., Breitenbach, S. & Saave-Harnack, A., 18.08.2019, Ökonomie des Versorgens: Feministisch-kritische Wirtschaftstheorien im deutschsprachigen Raum. Knobloch, U. (ed.). 1 ed. Weinheim: Juventa Verlag, p. 120-138 18 p. (Arbeitsgesellschaft im Wandel).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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‚Natur’ im Konzept Vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens: Feministisch ökologische Perspektiven auf gesellschaftliche Natur- und Geschlechterverhältnisse
Hofmeister, S., Kanning, H. & Mölders, T., 18.09.2019, Ökonomie des Versorgens: Feministisch-kritische Wirtschaftstheorien im deutschsprachigen Raum. Knobloch, U. (ed.). 1 ed. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 222-249 28 p. (Arbeitsgesellschaft im Wandel).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vorwort
Hofmeister, S., 2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung: Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Tanja, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 7-9 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research