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.

  1. 2013
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    Integration of Material Flow Management into Company Processes within the Automotive Industry

    Boehnke, B., Möller, A. & Wohlgemuth, V., 2013, EnviroInfo 2013 - Environmental Informatics and Renewable Energies: 27th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Page, B., FLeischer, A., Göbel, J. & Wohlgemuth, V. (eds.). 1 ed. Shaker Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 434-442 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    International Corporate Sustainability Barometer: A Comparative Study of 11 Countries

    Schaltegger, S., Harms, D., Hörisch, J., Windolph, S. E., Burritt, R., Carter, A., Truran, S., Crutzen, N., Ben Rhouma, A., Csutora, M., Tabi, A., Kokubu, K., Kitada, H., Haider, B. M., Kim, J.-D., Lee, K.-H., Moneva, J. M., Ortas, E., Álvarez-Etxeberria, I., Daub, C.-H., Schmidt, J., Herzig, C. & Morelli, J., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 56 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Is plant resin important for bees?

    Leonhardt, S., Drescher, N., Kaluza, B. F., Massaro, F. C., Wallace, H. M. & Klein, A.-M., 2013, Building Bridges in Ecology – Linking Systems, Scales and Disciplines: Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 79 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 43).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Kommentar

    Katz, C., 2013, Organisationskultur und Macht : Veränderungspotenziale und Gender. Sagebiel, F. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 221-222 2 p. (Gender interdisziplinär; no. 1).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Kommentar: „Nachhaltigkeit“ neu denken. Timescape – ein kritisch feministischer Zugang zum Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs

    Hofmeister, S., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 313-316 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  7. Published

    Kommentierte Bibliographie: Mobilität

    Hofmeister, S., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Bundschuh, J. (Contributor) & Roth, S. (Contributor), 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 232-234 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  8. Published

    Kommentierte Bibliographie: Wirtschaften und Arbeiten

    Hofmeister, S., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Bundschuh, J. (Contributor) & Roth, S. (Contributor), 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 195-199 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

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    Kommentierte Bibliographie: Raumentwicklung

    Hofmeister, S., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Bundschuh, J. (Contributor) & Roth, S. (Contributor), 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 213-217 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

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    Kommentierte Bibliographie: Klimawandel und -politik

    Hofmeister, S., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Bundschuh, J. (Contributor) & Roth, S. (Contributor), 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 250-252 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

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    Kommentierte Bibliographie: Ressourcenpolitik und Infrastruktur

    Hofmeister, S., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Bundschuh, J. (Contributor) & Roth, S. (Contributor), 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 267-268 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review