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.
- 2012
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Degradation of the tricyclic antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine under environmental conditions, identification of its main aquatic biotic and abiotic transformation products by LC-MS n and their effects on environmental bacteria
Trautwein, C. & Kümmerer, K., 15.03.2012, In: Journal of Chromatography B. 889-890, p. 24-38 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental Management Accounting: Case studies of South-East Asian companies
Herzig, C., Viere, T., Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 15.03.2012, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 326 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Interfacing medicinal chemistry with structural bioinformatics: implications for T box riboswitch RNA drug discovery
Jentzsch, F. & Hines, J. V., 13.03.2012, In: BMC Bioinformatics. 13 Suppl 2, Suppl 2, p. 1-5 5 p., S5.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stand der Technik und fortschrittliche Ansätze in der Entsorgung des Flowback
Rosenwinkel, K.-H., Weichgrebe, D. & Olsson, O., 07.03.2012, BerlinResearch output: other publications › Slides › Research
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How real options and ecological resilience thinking can assist in environmental risk management
Whitten, S. M., Hertzler, G. & Strunz, S., 01.03.2012, In: Journal of Risk Research. 15, 3, p. 331-346 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identification of ozonation by-products of 4- and 5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole during the treatment of surface water to drinking water
Müller, A., Weiss, S. C., Beißwenger, J., Leukhardt, H. G., Schulz, W., Seitz, W., Ruck, W. K. L. & Weber, W. H., 01.03.2012, In: Water Research. 46, 3, p. 679-690 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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34. Symposium für Land- und Agrarsoziologie "Landreflexionen" am 7./8. Oktober 2011 in der Andreas Hermes Akademie in Bonn-Röttgen
Friedrich, B. & Szumelda, A. U., 03.2012, In: Zeitschrift für Agrargeschichte und Agrarsoziologie (ZAA). 60, 1, p. 82-85 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Ansätze einer Systematisierung von Energiegenossenschaften
Holstenkamp, L., 03.2012, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Bank-, Finanz- und Rechnungswesen (IBFR), 47 p. (Arbeitspapierreihe Wirtschaft & Recht; no. 11).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Environmental impacts of a transition toward e-mobility: the present and future role of lithium carbonate production
Stamp, A., Lang, D. J. & Wäger, P. A., 03.2012, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 23, 1, p. 104-112 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Future-oriented higher education: Which key competencies should be fostered through university teaching and learning?
Rieckmann, M., 03.2012, In: Futures. 44, 2, p. 127–135 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review