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.
- 2014
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Accounting for Sustainability in Production and Supply Chains: The British Accounting Review
Burritt, R. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2014, Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V. 93 p. (The British Accounting Review ; vol. 46, no. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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A chaque profil de population son modèle d’économies d’énergie.
Huber, A., Girard, S. & le Marre, P., 2014, L’énergie au coeur du projet urbain. Masboungi, A. (ed.). Paris: Editions du Moniteur, p. 136-139 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Published
A comparison of students' (mis)understanding of female entrepreneurship: A German South African exploratory study
Halberstadt, J., Scholtz, B. & Haak, L., 2014, 8th International Business Conference 2014: Proceedings. Bisschoff, C. (ed.). North-West University , p. 42-51 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Agricultural residues as feedstocks for lactic acid fermentation
Pleissner, D. & Venus, J., 2014, Green Technologies for the Environment. O. Obare, S. & Luque, R. (eds.). American Chemical Society, Vol. 1186. p. 247-263 17 p. (ACS Symposium Series; vol. 1186).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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A Kalman Filter for sensorless control of a piezo actuator for camless internal combustion engines
Hodzic, K., Mercorelli, P. & Werner, N., 2014, 2014 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2014. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1225-1230 6 p. 6871957. (2014 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, SPEEDAM 2014).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Altlastenverantwortlichkeit trotz Dereliktion
Sanden, J., 2014, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht. 20, p. 1329-1333 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Anständig Geld verdienen? Eine protestantische Wirtschaftsethik
Oermann, N. O., 2014, 1 ed. Freiburg: Herder Verlag. 389 p. (Herder Spektrum; vol. 6571)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Application of Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Johnson, M., Viere, T., Schaltegger, S. & Halberstadt, J., 2014, EnviroInfo 2014 - ICT for Energy Efficiency : 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection ; proceedings. Marx Gómez, J., Sonnenschein, M., Vogel, U., Winter, A., Rapp, B. & Giesen, N. (eds.). Universität Oldenburg, Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem, p. 413-420 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Aufbau und Führung von Nachhaltigkeitsmarken in Social Media
Haller-Mangold, T. & Schaltegger, S., 2014, CSR und Social Media: Unternehmerische Verantwortung in sozialen Medien wirkungsvoll vermitteln. Wagner, R., Lahme, G. & Breitbarth, T. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 25-39 15 p. (Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Auswirkungen des Einspeisemanagements auf den Betrieb von WEA und sich daraus ergebende Potentiale für den Einsatz von Energiespeichern
Dietmannsberger, M., Grumm, F., Plenz, M., Storjohann, J., Meister, M., Schulz, D. & Schomerus, T., 2014, Nachhaltige Energieversorgung und Integration von Speichern : Konferenzband; NEIS 2014 Konferenz, Hamburg, 18.-19. September 2014. Schulz, D. (ed.). Hamburg: Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, p. 168-175 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review