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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Dispersal of typical woodland species by roe deer and wild boar
Sommer, K., Schmidt, M., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Oheimb, G., 2003, Biodiversity - from patterns to processes: Kurzfassungen der Beitrage zur 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Okologie in Halle/Saale vom 8. - 12.9.2003. Stadler, J., Hensen, I., Klotz, S. & Feldmann, H. (eds.). Halle/Saale: Die Werkstatt Verlag, p. 221 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 33).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Does it Pay to Be Eco-Efficient in the European Electricity Supply Industry? A Panel Data Analysis of the Relationship between Environmental and Economic Performance
Wagner, M., 2003, In: Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft. 27, 4, p. 309-318 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecopreneurship und Wettbewerbsstrategie: Verbreitung ökologischer Innovationen auf Grundlage von Wettbewerbsvorteilen
Petersen, H., 2003, Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie. 361 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Einfluss forstlicher Nutzung auf die Artenvielfalt und Artenzusammensetzung der Gefäßpflanzen in norddeutschen Laubwäldern
Oheimb, G., 2003, Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. 261 p. (Schriftenreihe naturwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Einführung
Kleiber, O. & Bilecen, E., 2003, Freizeitaktivitäten im Baselbieter Wald: Ökologische Auswirkungen und ökonomische Folgen. Baur, B. (ed.). Liestal: Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, p. 108-112 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Flexibility of industrial material flow networks
Möller, A. & Viere, T., 2003, Industrial ecology for a sustainable future: Abstract from the second ISIE conference 29.06 - 02.07.2003, University of Michigan. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), p. 39-40 2 p. (ISIE Conference).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Fokus Mittelstand: Einzelaspekte der Mittelstandsforschung
Fischer, C. (Editor), Nissen, D. (Editor), Ott, I. (Editor) & Schöning, S. (Editor), 2003, 1. ed. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 285 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Forest history as a base for dynamic naturalness
Westphal, C., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 2003, Biodiversity - from patterns to processes: 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie in Halle/Saale vom 8.-12.9.2003. . Göttingen: Die Werkstatt Verlag, p. 518 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 33).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Frauenansichten in der administrativen Sozialen Arbeit: Eine empirische Untersuchung zu frauenspezifischen Perspektiven von Sozialarbeiterinnen im Allgemeinen Sozialen Dienst
Mayer, M., 2003, In: Gilde-Rundbrief. 57, 2, p. 62-63 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Friede den Völkern: Nachhaltigkeit als interkultureller Prozess. Festschrift für Udo. E. Simonis.
Altner, G. (Editor) & Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2003, Frankfurt am Main: Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 226 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: Nachhaltige Entwickliung; vol. Sonderband)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research