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.

  1. 2007
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    The parrot knew everything: [ab 10 Jahren]

    Puchalla, D., 2007, Berlin: Langenscheidt ELT. 131 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    The Zodiac murders: [Krimi] ; [Niveau B2]

    Eilertson, C. & Puchalla, D., 2007, Berlin: Langenscheidt ELT. 175 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

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    Tourism strategies for adaption and sustainable development in mountain and coastal destinations in Germany

    Bartels, C., Barth, M., Heinrichs, H., Kreilkamp, E., Matzarakis, A. & Moeller, A., 2007, Developments in tourism climatology: 3rd International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Recreation. Matzarakis, A., de Freitas, C. & Scott, D. (eds.). International Society of Biometeorology (ISB), p. 207-213 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Towards Sustainable Entrepreneurship: A Value Creating Perspective on Corporate Societal Strategies. Discussion Paper

    Weber, M., 2007, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Tradition und Innovation: Region und Bildung in einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Editor) & Nemnich, C. (Editor), 2007, Frankfurt am M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 359 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Umwelt-, Risiko-, Wissenschafts- und Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: eine Verortung

    Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). 2 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 42-52 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Unter Trickstern und Kojoten: was "Geschlecht" in Umweltforschung und -planung leistet

    Hofmeister, S., 2007, In: Forum Wissenschaft. 24, 4, p. 19-22 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Veränderung von Staatlichkeit und öffentliche Güter – Voraussetzungen für Nachhaltigkeit, Geschlechtergerechtigkeit und Sicherung der Lebensgrundlagen (livelihood): Dokumentation der AG Frauen des Forums Umwelt & Entwicklung

    Gottschlich, D. (Editor), Grüning, J. (Editor), Mölders, T. (Editor) & Vinz, D. (Editor), 2007, Bonn, Berlin ua. : Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung. 49 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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Activities

  1. Fulbright International Interdisciplinary Conference "Olympism and the Fulbright Spirit: Humanism in Action" 2004
  2. Transdisciplinary Cooperation In Teacher Education: A Chance For The Implementation Of ESD Into School Practice?
  3. Uncertain futures. The (Un-)Making of Certainty in German Schools in the Context of Refugee Migration from Ukraine
  4. Theorie Praxis Transfer im Rahmen von Ausbildung und Studium mit Blick auf die berufliche Lernortkooperationen
  5. Die Multikriterielle Evaluationsstudie – Ein transdisziplinäres Instrument zur integrativen Entscheidungsfindung
  6. NumaRete would count no more! Von Wahrnehmungsmaschinen, biologischen Systemen und dem Vorführeffekt. (Hyperkult 16)
  7. "Ästhetische Spannung als Zukunftsungewissheit? Zur Aktualität von Clemens Lugowskis historischer Literaturtheorie"
  8. Kinetics of biotic iron oxidation by Gallionella ferruginea spp. and catalytic activity of biogenic iron deposits
  9. (Hoch)Schulen als nachhaltige Konsumkulturen: Transdisziplinäre Innovationsforschung am Beispiel des Projektes BINK
  10. Intensivworkshop "Empirisches Arbeiten in der Deutschdidaktik" des Nachwuchsnetzwerks Deutschdidaktik im SDD - 2013
  11. Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Feld der Ausbildungen für pädagogische Fach- und Lehrkräfte in der Kindertagesbetreuung
  12. Multi-Level Parties and Local Interest Representation: First Approaches Towards a More Encompassing Research Design
  13. Eigenzeiten of Creativity – Temporal Work as a Coordination Challenge in Artistic and Scientific Project Ecologies
  14. Zwischen ‚Krisenbewältigung‘ und Diskriminierungskritik – Schulischer Wandel im Horizont aktueller Fluchtmigrationen

Publications

  1. Functional diversity and trait composition of butterfly and bird communities in Farmlands of Central Romania
  2. The role of co-evolutionary development and value change debt in navigating transitioning cultural landscapes
  3. Cumulating evidence in environmental governance, policy and planning research: towards a research reform agenda
  4. Who perceives women's rights as threatening to men and boys? Explaining modern sexism among young men in Europe
  5. Physikalische modellierung und simulation des material- und strukturverhaltens thermisch gespritzter schichten
  6. Diagnostik in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Domäne aus Perspektive der fachdidaktischen Lehr- und Lernforschung
  7. Die Anverwandlung der Bibel in Kants Schrift »Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft« von 1793
  8. The revolution is conditional? The conditionality of hydrogen fuel cell expectations in five European countries
  9. Studying the fate of the drug Chlorprothixene and its photo transformation products in the aquatic environment
  10. UN Global Action Programme and Education for Sustainable Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Base
  11. Dolderer, Maya, u.a. (Hg.), O Mother, Where Art Thou? (Queer-)Feministische Perspektiven auf Mutterschaft und Mütterlichkeit
  12. Farmers’ perceptions and knowledge of natural enemies as providers of biological control in cider apple orchards
  13. Elemente und Wandlungen der Mitgliedschaftsverfassung der EU – Beitritt, flexible Integration, Austritt, Ausschluss
  14. Zur Finanz-, Branchen- und Nachhaltigkeitsexpertise im Prüfungsausschuss bei börsennotierten Aktiengesellschaften