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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Negotiation complexity: a review and an integrative model
Zhang, H., Zhang, K., Warsitzka, M. & Trötschel, R., 27.07.2021, In: International Journal of Conflict Management. 32, 4, p. 554-573 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resolving conflicts between people and over time in the transformation toward sustainability: A framework of interdependent conflicts
Majer, J. M., Barth, M., Zhang, H., Treek, M. & Trötschel, R., 15.04.2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 16 p., 623757.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Materials and Energy Accounting
Burritt, R., Christ, K. & Schaltegger, S., 31.03.2021, Routledge Handbook of Environmental Accounting. Bebbington, J., Larrinaga, C., O'Dwyer, B. & Thomson, I. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 207-223 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in globalen Lieferketten: Gesetzliche Sorgfaltspflichten von Unternehmen im Lichte des WTO-Rechts
Bäumler, J., 2020, In: Archiv des Völkerrechts. 58, 4, p. 464-501 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Nachhaltige Raumentwicklung für die große Transformation – Herausforderungen, Barrieren und Perspektiven für Raumwissenschaften und Raumplanung
Hofmeister, S. (Editor), Warner, B. (Editor) & Ott, Z. (Editor), 2021, Hannover: Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL). 233 p. (Forschungsberichte der ARL; vol. 15)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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12 Fragen an Sabine Hofmeister
Hofmeister, S., 25.03.2021, In: GAIA. 30, 1, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Forschendes Lernen: Beiträge aus dem Chemie- und Sachunterricht
Hofer, E. (Editor) & Lembens, A. (Editor), 03.2021, Wien: Verein zur Förderung des physikalischen und chemischen Unterrichts. 40 p. (Plus Lucis; vol. 2021, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Editorial
Hofer, E. & Lembens, A., 03.2021, In: PLUS LUCIS. 2021, 1, p. 3 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Transfer
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Kommentar der Herausgeberinnen: Was ist drin, wenn Forschendes Lernen draufsteht?
Hofer, E. & Lembens, A., 03.2021, In: PLUS LUCIS. 1/2021, p. 29 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
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Forschendes Lernen: Eine Einführung
Hofer, E. & Lembens, A., 03.2021, In: PLUS LUCIS. 2021, 1, p. 4-7 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer