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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Halboffene Weidelandschaften in Deutschland: ein alternatives Konzept zu einer nachhaltigen Nutzung von Agrarlandschaften
Härdtle, W., Mierwald, U., Behrends, T., Eischeid, I., Garniel, A., Grell, H., Haese, D., Schneider-Fenske, A. & Voigt, N., 2003, Grünlandmanagement nach Umsetzung der Agenda 2000 - Probleme und Perspektiven für Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz: Grassland management after translation of the Agenda 2000 into action - problems and perspectives for agriculture and nature conservation -. Büchs, W. (ed.). Berlin: Parey Verlag , p. 135-141 7 p. (Mitteilungen aus der Biologischen Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft; no. 393).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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How Does it Pay to Be Green? An Analysis of the Relationship Between Environmental and Economic Performance at the Firm Level and the Influence of Corporate Environmental Strategy Choice
Wagner, M., 2003, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 244 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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How Does Sustainability Performance Relate to Business Competitiveness?
Wagner, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2003, In: Greener Management International. 44, p. 5-16 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Informationsversorgung einer erweiterten Umweltcontrollings
Möller, A. & Rolf, A., 2003, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 11, 2, p. 17-21 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Informationsversorgung eines erweiterten Umweltcontrollings
Möller, A. & Rolf, A., 2003, Umweltschutz und strategisches Handeln: Ansätze zur Integration in das betriebliche Management. Schmidt, M. & Schwegler, R. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 155-238 84 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ist Wildnis planbar? Werte- und Interessenskonflikte in der raumbezogenen Umweltplanung anhand ausgewählter Wildnisprojekte
Brouns, E., 2003, Oekom Verlag. 153 p. (Hochschulschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Kinder leben Räume
Stoltenberg, U., 2003, In: Grundschulunterricht. Sachunterricht. 50, 4, p. 3-7 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Kompendium Umweltrecht: ein Leitfaden für Studium und Praxis
Oberrath, J.-D., Hahn, O. & Schomerus, T., 2003, 3. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 325 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education
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Leistungsermittlung von Sielbauwerken
Brinkmann, B. & Thielecke, S., 2003, In: Wasserwirtschaft. 93, 1/2Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Liste der Waldgefäßpflanzen Deutschlands
Schmidt, M., Ewald, J., Fischer, A., Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., Ellenberg, H. & Schmidt, W., 2003, Hamburg: Verlag Max Wiedebusch. 34 p. (Mitteilungen der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Hamburg; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research