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.
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Helga Kanning: Umweltbilanzen, Instrumente einer zukunftsfähigen Regionalplanung: die potentielle Bedeutung regionsbezogener Stoffstrombilanzen, von EMAS und der Ökobilanz-Methodik - ,vonEMASund der Okobilanz-Methodik. - Dortmund:DortmunderVertriebfiirBau- undPlanungsliteratur2002.=UVP spe-zial17
Hofmeister, S., 31.01.2002, In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 60, 1, p. 73-74 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Ecosystem Services
Guterstam, B., Werker, A., Adamsson, M., Barker, D., Brüll, A., Dakers, A., Gossling, S., Heeb, J., Loiselle, S., Mander, U., Melaku Canu, D., Roggenbauer, R., Roux, M., Santopietro, G. D., Stuart, D., Trudeau, M. & van Bohemen, H. D., 01.01.2002, Understanding and solving environmental problems in the 21st century: Toward a new, integrated hard problem science. Costanza, R. & Jørgensen, S. E. (eds.). Elsevier B.V., p. 127-138 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Grundlagen der Umweltchemie
Ruck, W., 01.01.2002, Naturwissenschaften. Härdtle, W. (ed.). Berlin [u.a.]: Springer Verlag, p. 79-111 33 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Inland sand ecosystems: dynamics and restitution as a consequence of the use of different grazing systems
Schwabe, A., Remy, D., Aßmann, T., Kratochwil, A., Mährlein, A., Nobis, M., Storm, C., Zehm, A., Schlemmer, H., Seuss, R., Bergmann, S., Eichberg, C., Menzel, U., Persigehl, M., Zimmermann, K. & Weinert, M., 01.01.2002, Pasture landscapes and nature conservation. Redecker, B., Härdtle, W., Finck, P., Riecken, U. & Schröder, E. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 239-252 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Partizipationsformen von Kindern und Jugendlichen am Beispiel des außerschulischen Umweltbildungskonzepts von Greenpeace
Degenhardt, L., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G. & Molitor, H., 01.01.2002, Umweltbewusstsein unter dem Leitbild nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ergebnisse Empirischer Untersuchungen Und Pädagogische Konsequenzen. Bolscho, D. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 169-188 20 p. (Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft ; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The Relationship Between the Environmental and Economic Performance of Firms: An Empirical Analysis of the European Paper Industry
Wagner, M., Phu, N. V., Azomahou, T. & Wehrmeyer, W., 01.01.2002, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 9, 3, p. 133-146 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Relationship of Environmental and Economic Performance at the Firm Level: A Review of Empirical Studies in Europe and Methodological Comments
Wagner, M. & Wehrmeyer, W., 01.01.2002, In: European Environment. 12, 3, p. 149-159 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Umweltbewusstsein unter dem Leitbild nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ergebnisse empirischer Untersuchungen und pädagogische Konsequenzen
Michelsen, G. (Editor) & Bolscho, D. (Editor), 01.01.2002, Leverkusen: Verlag Leske + Budrich. 334 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Water and soil towards sustainable land use
Urban, B., 01.01.2002, Sustainable water and soil management. Kunst, S. (ed.). Berlin [u.a.]: Springer Verlag, p. 261-293 33 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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A Framework for Ecopreneurship: Leading Bioneers and Environmental Managers to Ecopreneurship
Schaltegger, S., 2002, In: Greener Management International. 38, p. 45-58 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review