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.
- 2008
- Published
Site use of grazing cattle and sheep in a large-scale pasture landscape: a GPS/GIS assessment
Putfarken, D., Dengler, J., Lehmann, S. & Härdtle, W., 01.05.2008, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 111, 1-2, p. 54-67 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Types of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Conditions for Sustainability Innovation: From the Administration of a Technical Challenge to the Management of an Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 30.04.2008, Sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship: New Perspectives in Research on Corporate Sustainability series . Wüstenhagen, R., Hamschmidt, J., Sharma, S. & Starik, M. (eds.). Cheltenham [u.a.]: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 27-48 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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I&EC 18-Small particle size magnesium in one-pot Grignard-Zerewitinoff reactions: Kinetics of and practical application to reductive dechlorination of persistent organic pollutants
Birke, V., 06.04.2008, In: ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 235Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Long-term effects of historical heathland farming on soil properties of forest ecosystems
von Oheimb, G., Haerdtle, W., Naumann, P. S., Westphal, C., Meyer, H. & Aßmann, T., 05.04.2008, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 255, 5-6, p. 1984-1993 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An endangered longhorn beetle associated with old oaks and its possible role as an ecosystem engineer
Buse, J., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.04.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 2, p. 329-337 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Natural vs. financial insurance in the management of public-good ecosystems
Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.04.2008, In: Ecological Economics. 65, 2, p. 397-406 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ertrags-/Risikooptimierung von Nachhaltigkeitsfonds: eine konzeptionelle und empirische Untersuchung
Peylo, B. T., 04.2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 174 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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A synthesis of atmospheric mercury depletion event chemistry in the atmosphere and snow
Steffen, A., Douglas, T., Amyot, M., Ariya, P., Aspmo, K., Berg, T., Bottenheim, J., Brooks, S., Cobbett, F., Dastoor, A., Dommergue, A., Ebinghaus, R., Ferrari, C. P., Gardfeldt, K., Goodsite, M. E., Lean, D. R. S., Poulain, A. J., Scherz, C., Skov, H., Sommar, J. & Temme, C., 12.03.2008, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 8, 6, p. 1445-1482 38 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Umweltchemie 2007: Trendbericht
Lammel, G., Feichter, J., Kurtenbach, R., Wiesen, P., Kreuzig, R., Mueller, S., Zachmann, D. W., Knocker, T., Lamshöft, M., Schaeffer, A., Endres, F., Goss, K.-U., Palm, W.-U. & Scheringer, M., 01.03.2008, In: Nachrichten aus der Chemie. 56, 3, p. 346-352 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Der Einfluss von Zwischenhölzern auf das Biegedrillknickverhalten zweiteiliger Brettschichtholzträger
Eilering, S., 03.2008, In: Bautechnik. 85, 3, p. 175-182 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review