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
The xylobiontic beetle fauna of old oaks colonised by the endangered longhorn beetle Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Buse, J., Zabransky, P. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie: Vorträge der Entomologentagung in Innsbruck vom 26. Februar bis 1. März 2007. Händel, J. (ed.). Gießen: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie , p. 109-112 4 p. (DGaaE Nachrichten; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Towards combined methods for recording ground beetles: pitfall traps, hand picking and sifting in Mediterranean habitats of Israel
Timm, A., Levanony, T., Dayan, T., Wrase, D. W. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 397-408 12 p. ( Pensoft series faunistica; no. 75).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Trajnostni razvoj v predsolskih ustanovah -: oblikovanje in vrednotenje vzgojno-izobrazevalnega koncepta
Adomßent, M., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 2008, In: Trajnostni razvoj v šoli in vrtcu : revija za globalne dimenzije kurikula. 2, 1, p. 17-23 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Integrative Forschungsprozesse verstehen und bewerten
Bergmann, M. (Editor) & Schramm, E. (Editor), 2008, New York/Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. 321 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Transdisziplinäre Integration in der Universität
Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G., 2008, Transdisziplinäre Forschung: integrative Forschungsprozesse verstehen und bewerten. Bergmann, M. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, p. 177-199 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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UmRahmen & AufBrechen
Hofmeister, S. & Böhme, D., 2008, Rolf Curt. Grafik Malerei. Curt, R. & Curt, R. (eds.). München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 19-20 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Umsatzsteigerung durch Nachhaltigkeit: Potenziale und Hürden für Hersteller von Nahrungsmitteln
Steinbach, A., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 112 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Umweltbilanzierung von individuellem Mobilitätsverhalten: methodische und gestaltungsrelevante Ansätze ; mit 50 Tabellen
Grischkat, S., 2008, Mannheim: Verlag MetaGIS Infosysteme. 277 p. (Studien zur Mobilitäts- und Verkehrsforschung)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Uncertainty and sustainability in the management of rangelands
Quaas, M. F., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K. & Müller, B., 2008, Ecological economics: Vol. 2: Modeling coupled ecological-economic systems. Perrings, C. (ed.). Los Angeles, Calif. [u.a.]: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 229-260 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Ansätze zur Stärkung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit
Brugger, F., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 84 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers