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
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Robbanásveszélyes terek ellenörzése infravörös optikával
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2008, In: Magyar Èpületgépészet. 57, 9, p. 3-6 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Schwarz, N. (2008): Umweltinnovationen und Lebensstile.Eine raumbezogene empirisch fundierte Mulit-Agenten-Simulation.
Gerlach, A., 2008, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 22, 4, p. 53 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Seeanlagen-Verordnung
Schomerus, T., Kahle, C. & Tolkmitt, U., 2008, Das deutsche Bundesrecht: Systematische Sammlung der Gesetze und Verordnungen mit Erläuterungen. Kölble, J. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Vol. 0 I - 0 VIII : Europäische Bezüge.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Späte Kindheit
Salisch, M. & Schröder, E., 2008, Entwicklungspsychologie des Säuglings- und Kindesalters. Hasselhorn, M., Silbereisen, R. K. & Birbaumer, N. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 297 -337 41 p. (Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich C; vol. 5, no. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Stability and selectivity of alkaline proteases in hydrophilic solvents
Pedersen, L. H., Ritthitham, S. & Pleißner, D., 2008, Fourth International Congress on Biocatalysis: Biocat 2008: book of abstracts. Grote, R. (ed.). Harburg: TuTech Verlag, 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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State of the Art of Handling and Storage Systems on Container Terminals
Koppe, B. & Brinkmann, B., 2008, Proceedings of the Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering: August 24-30, 2008, Technische Universität Darmstadt. Zanke, U. (ed.). Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Institut für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, p. 57-61 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Stratigraphie und Befunde
Neugebauer-Maresch, C., Peticzka, R., Frank, C. & Urban, B., 2008, Krems-Hundssteig - Mammutjägerlager der Eiszeit: ein Nutzungsareal paläolithischer Jäger- und Sammler(innen) vor 41000 - 27000 Jahren. Neugebauer-Maresch, C. (ed.). Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 68-147 80 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Structuring multiple perspectives in environmental decision-making: flood protection in the middle Elbe river
Kruse, S., 2008, Environmental argument and cultural difference: Locations, Fractures and Deliberations. Edmondson, R. & Rau, H. (eds.). Oxford [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 37-64 28 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sustainability-Related Innovation and Sustainability Management: A Quantitative Analysis
Wagner, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 30 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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"Sustainable University": nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung
Michelsen, G. (Editor), Adomßent, M. (Editor) & Godemann, J. (Editor), 2008, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 186 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research