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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Seven Building Blocks for an Intergenerationally Just Democracy
Rose, M. & Hoffmann, J. M., 2020, Stuttgart: Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, 29 p. (FREG Position Paper)(SSRN eLibrary).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Proxy-Repräsentation: Die institutionelle politische Repräsentation der Stimmlosen am Beispiel zukünftiger Generationen
Rose, M., 2021, Im Namen des Volkes: Zur Kritik politischer Repräsentation. Neubauer, M., Stange, M., Reske, C. & Doktor, F. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, p. 275-302 28 p. (POLITIKA; vol. 21).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Transformative Indikatoren: Zielorientierung und Wirkungsabschätzung in Reallaboren
Rose, M. & Schleicher, K., 2021, Wege transformativer Forschung: Zielorientierung und Indikatoren: Dokumentation des tF-Symposiums am 7. Oktober 2020. Gemeinhardt, A. & Lehmann, K. (eds.). Darmstadt: Schader-Stiftung, p. 53-63 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Biokunststoffe = umweltfreundlich? Ein Nachhaltigkeitsprojekt von Lernenden, Lehrenden, Wissenschaftlern und Wissenschaftlerinnen
Abels, S., Pleissner, D. & Reichelt, A., 2021, In: Naturwissenschaft im Unterricht - Chemie. 32, 183, p. 40-44 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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From grief to hope in conservation
Fischer, J. & Riechers, M., 10.2021, In: Conservation Biology. 35, 5, p. 1698-1700 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Happy just because. A cross-cultural study on subjective wellbeing in three Indigenous societies
Reyes-Garcia, V., Gallois, S., Pyhala, A., Diaz-Reviriego, I., Fernandez-Llamazares, A., Galbraith, E., Miñarro, S. & Napitupulu, L., 13.05.2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 5, 16 p., e0251551.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Life cycle assessment of hetero- and phototrophic as well as combined cultivations of Galdieria sulphuraria
Thielemann, A. K., Smetana, S. & Pleissner, D., 01.09.2021, In: Bioresource Technology. 335, 7 p., 125227.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change
Palomo, I., Locatelli, B., Otero, I., Colloff, M. J., Crouzat, E., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Gómez-Baggethun, E., González-García, A., Grêt-Regamey, A., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., Martín-López, B., Pascual, U., Zafra-Calvo, N., Bruley, E., Fischborn, M., Metz, R. & Lavorel, S., 21.05.2021, In: One Earth. 4, 5, p. 730-741 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Leverage points for sustainability transformations: nine guiding questions for sustainability science and practice
Leventon, J., Abson, D. J. & Lang, D. J., 05.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 3, p. 721-726 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Energy conservation attitudes and intentions: investigating place attachment in Eastern Transylvania, Romania
Klaniecki, K., Duse, I. A., Engler, J. O., Leventon, J. & Abson, D. J., 05.05.2021, In: Psyecology. 12, 2, p. 177-201 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review