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.
- 2010
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Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China
Schuldt, A., Baruffol, M., Boehnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Lang, A. C., Nadrowski, K., von Oheimb, G., Voigt, W., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 07.2010, In: Journal of Ecology. 98, 4, p. 917-926 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Focus: (Re)productivity Sustainable relations both between society and nature and between the genders
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 15.06.2010, In: Ecological Economics. 69, 8, p. 1703-1711 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Value Creation, Management Competencies, and Global Corporate Citizenship: An Ordonomic Approach to Business Ethics in the Age of Globalization
Pies, I., Beckmann, M. & Hielscher, S., 01.06.2010, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 94, 2, p. 265-278 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Consumers' Responses to CSR Activities: The Linkage between Increased Awareness and Purchase Intention
Lee, K.-H. & Shin, D., 06.2010, In: Public Relations Review. 36, 2, p. 193-195 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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LeNA: Leitfaden für die Nachnutzung von Altablagerungen
Striegnitz, M. & Panebianco, S., 06.2010, Fachtagung: 25 Jahre Sanierung der Deponie Georgswerder : Umgang mit baulich gesicherten Altlasten: Erkenntnisse und Perspektiven; Tagungsband zur Fachtagung vom 10. und 11. Juni 2010. Hamburg, F. H. (ed.). Hamburg: Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, p. 135-147 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Total-Reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis of elements in size-fractionated particulate matter sampled on polycarbonate filters - Composition and sources of aerosol particles in Göteborg, Sweden
Wagner, A. & Mages, M., 06.2010, In: Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy. 65, 6, p. 471-477 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Higher Education for Sustainable Consumption: Concept and Results of a Transdisciplinary Project Course
Fischer, D. & Rieckmann, M., 09.05.2010, In: Journal of Sustainability Education. 1, 2, p. 296–306 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education
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Highly reduced genetic diversity of Rosa rubiginosa L. populations in the invasive range
Zimmermann, H., Ritz, C., Hirsch, H., Renison, D., Wesche, K. & Hensen, I., 01.05.2010, In: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 171, 4, p. 435-446 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Learning settings to face climate change
Burandt, S. & Barth, M., 01.05.2010, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 18, 7, p. 659-665 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Klimaschutzrecht im Wandel: V. Bremer Umweltgespräche - Tagungsbericht
Guerra González, J., 05.2010, In: Natur und Recht. 32, 5, p. 335-336 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Transfer