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.
- 2003
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Dynamics of species diversity and composition of herbaceous vegetation in fenced and unfenced plots
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Ellenberg, H., 01.2003, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 174, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Anforderungen an die Stilllegung und Nachsorge von Deponien im europäischen Kontext
Kempkes, J.-H., 2003, Berlin: Tenea Verlag für Medien. 254 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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An Introduction to Corporate Environmental Management: Striving for Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., Burritt, R. & Petersen, H., 2003, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing. 384 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Ärger in der Freundschaft: Herausforderung und Folgen
Salisch, M., Vogelgesang, J. & Oppl, C., 2003, Aggressives Verhalten bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Ursachen, Prävention, Behandlung. Lehmkuhl, U. (ed.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht Verlag, p. 146-156 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Artenvielfalt in norddeutschen Wäldern: welche Gefäßpflanzen sind waldtypisch?
Schmidt, M., Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W. U. & Ellenberg, H., 2003, In: AFZ, der Wald. 58, 2, p. 96-99 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ausbildung professioneller Nachhaltigkeitskommunikatoren: innovativ, interdisziplinär, international
Godemann, J. & Franz-Balsen, A., 2003, Neue Chemie: Reagenzien eines nachhaltigen Umgangs mit Stoffen . Mertz, T. (ed.). Oekom Verlag, p. 7-9 3 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 86, no. 6/2003).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Besondere Aspekte mittelflüchtiger und schwer abbaubarer organischer Spurenstoffe
Palm, W.-U., 2003, In: Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie. 9, 2, p. 12,23 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Bestimmung der abiotischen Wasserstoffbildung von Abfällen und deren Mischungen als Datengrundlage zur Kontrolle des Gashaushaltes von Deponien und zur Gefährdungsabschätzung
Schulz, W., 2003, Berlin: Weißensee Verlag. 236 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme und Sustainability Balanced Scorecard als komplementäre Konzepte zur Umsetzung von betrieblichen Umweltschutz- und Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien
Möller, A. & Schaltegger, S., 2003, Integration von Umweltinformationen in betriebliche Informationssysteme. Heubach, D. & Rey, U. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 115-129 15 p. (Berichte aus der Umweltinformatik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Biology and ecology
Aßmann, T., 2003, The genus carabus in europe: A Synthesis. Turin, H., Penev, L. & Casale, A. (eds.). Sofia [u.a.]: Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 287-306 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research