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.
- 2011
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Globales Lernen und Konsum
Rieckmann, M. (Editor) & Schößwender, B. (Editor), 2011, Münster: Waxmann Verlag. 36 p. (Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik; vol. 34, no. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Good-Practice-Sammlung: Anregungen und Ideen zur Förderung nachhaltigen Konsums
Fischer, D. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Nemnich, C. (Editor) & Freund, E. K. (Contributor), 2011, Bildungsinstitutionen und nachhaltiger Konsum (Handreichung): Nachhaltigen Konsum fördern und Schulen verändern. Michelsen, G. & Nemnich, C. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, 48 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Grundkonzeption eines produktbezogenen Top-Runner Modells auf der EU-Ebene: Umweltforschungsplan des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit : Forschungskennzahl 363 01 233 UBA-FB 001502
Jepsen, D., Reintjes, N., Rubik, F., Stecker, R., Engel, F., Eisenhauer, P., Schomerus, T. & Spengler, L., 2011, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 155 p. (Texte; vol. 2011, no. 36).Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions
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Grüner Umbau: Neue Allianzen für die Umwelt
Altner, G. (Editor), Leitschuh, H. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Simonis, U. E. (Editor) & Weizsäcker, E. U. V. (Editor), 2011, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 246 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie; vol. 2012)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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"Gute Kinder schlechter Eltern": Familienleben, Jugendfürsorge und Sorgerechtsentzug in Hamburg, 1884 - 1914
Richter, J., 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 666 p. (VS Research)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Herausforderungen einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Spannungsfeld von Alltagstauglichkeit, strukturellen Bedingungen und dem Transfer konzeptueller Komplexität
Holz, V. & Stoltenberg, U., 2011, Nachhaltige Entwicklung – transnational. Sichten und Erfahrungen aus Mitteleuropa. Banse, G., Janikowski, R. & Kiepas, A. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 179-195 17 p. (Global zukunftsfähige Entwicklung – Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft; vol. 16, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Barth, M. (Editor), Rieckmann, M. (Editor) & Sanusi, Z. A. (Editor), 2011, Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 180 p. (Higher Education for Sustainability; vol. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Hochschulen und nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Region
Adomßent, M., 2011, Hochschulen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung : Nachhaltigkeit in Forschung, Lehre und Betrieb. Bonn: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, p. 52-53 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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Hochwasser- und Küstenschutz unter Klimawandelbedingungen als besonderes Aufgabengebiet von Partizipation und Kooperation
Grunenberg, H. & Knolle, M., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft : Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 167-185 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Identifizieren, Verbinden, Verkaufen: Einleitendes zur Maschine Facebook, ihren Konsequenzen und den Beiträgen in diesem Band
Leistert, O. & Röhle, T., 2011, Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net. Leistert, O. & Röhle, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 7 - 31 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer