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.
- 2004
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Anmerkung zum Beschluss des OVG Münster v. 15.8.2003
Schomerus, T., 2004, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 15, 1, p. 29 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Notes on court decisions › Research
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Auf dem Weg zum „Gender Greenstreaming“? Thematisierung von Geschlechterverhältnissen in Natur und Umweltschutzverbänden
Mölders, T., Katz, C., Brouns, E., Grüning, J. & Mayer, M., 2004, In: Politische Ökologie. 87/88, Energiegeladen, p. 107-108 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Aus(nahme)fälle in der Nachwuchsförderung: Qualifizierungen im Themenfeld "Gender und Nachhaltigkeit"
Katz, C. & Mölders, T., 2004, Geschlechterverhältnisse: Analysen aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis. Hertzfeldt, H., Schäfgen, K. & Veth, S. (eds.). Dietz Verlag, p. 254-262 10 p. (Texte/Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung; vol. 18).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Auswirkungen des kontrollierten Brennens auf die pflanzenverfügbaren Nährstoffe in Podsol-Böden (NSG "Lüneburger Heide")
Falk, K., Härdtle, W. & Mohamed, A., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 108-111 4 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Auswirkungen verschiedener Pflegemaßnahmen auf die Nährstoffdynamik von Heideökosystemen
Fottner, S., Niemeyer, T., Sieber, M. & Härdtle, W., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster: Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 183-199 17 p. (Schriftsreihe für Landwirtschaftpflege und Naturschutz; no. 78).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Auswirkungen von Brand und Mahd auf die Ernährungssituation von Calluna vulgaris und Deschampsia flexuosa in Heideökosystemen
Jirjahn, B., Härdtle, W. & Mohamed, A., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 112-115 4 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bodensaure Eichen- und Eichenmischwälder Europas
Härdtle, W., 2004, In: Tuexenia. 24, p. 57-72 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Bundesweite Ansätze zur Verbesserung der Qualifikation von Schutzgebietspersonal: geprüfter Natur- und Landschaftspfleger, zertifizierter Natur- und Landschaftsführer
Schreiner, J., 2004, Benefits beyond boundaries: Ergebnisse des 5. Weltschutzgebietskongresses in Durban und ihre Bedeutung für deutsche Schutzgebiete ; Dokumentation des Workshops vom 10. - 13. Februar 2004 am Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Internationale Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm. Stolpe, G. & Fischer, W. (eds.). Bonn: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 99-105 7 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 112).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Consistency and Credibility? Environmental Reporting, Environmental Performance Indicators and Economic Performance
Wagner, M., 2004, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 203 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Das soziale Geschlecht des Raumes - die Kategorie Geschlecht im Diskurs Nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
Hofmeister, S., 2004, Lebensweltökonomie. Jochimsen, M. A., Kesting, S. & Knobloch, U. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 181-198 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research