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.
- 2022
- Published
Resilience and coastal governance: knowledge and navigation between stability and transformation
Rölfer, L., Celliers, L. & Abson, D. J., 01.06.2022, In: Ecology and Society. 27, 2, 15 p., 40.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability-oriented technology exploration: managerial values, ambidextrous design, and separation drift
Hansen, E. G., Wicki, S. & Schaltegger, S., 01.06.2022, In: International Journal of Innovation Management. 26, 5, 27 p., 2240004.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Experiences of i-Kiribati with labor mobility schemes
Cornish, G., Pearson, J., McNamara, K., Alofa, P. & McMichael, C., 06.2022, In: Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 31, 2, p. 162-175 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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From stories to maps: translating participatory scenario narratives into spatially explicit information
Duguma, D. W., Schultner, J., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 06.2022, In: Ecology and Society. 27, 2, 26 p., 13.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Planning for Sea Spaces II: Towards an Agenda for Research
Crawford, J., Walsh, C., Sielker, F. & Smith, G., 06.2022, In: Planning Practice and Research. 37, 3, p. 269-275 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Wer fraß die Geburtstagstorte? Einen Kriminalfall mithilfe digitaler Mikroskopie lösen
Rodenhauser, A., 06.2022, In: Digital unterrichten. Biologie. 2022, 6, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review
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Emotionale Kompetenz bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Entwicklung und Folgen
Klinkhammer, J., Voltmer, K. & von Salisch, M., 24.05.2022, 2., erweiterte und überarbeitete Auflage ed. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH. 196 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications
Heinken, T., Diekmann, M., Liira, J., Orczewska, A., Schmidt, M., Brunet, J., Chytrý, M., Chabrerie, O., Decocq, G., De Frenne, P., Drevojan, P., Dzwonko, Z., Ewald, J., Feilberg, J., Graae, B. J., Grytnes, J. A., Hermy, M., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., Laivins, M., Lenoir, J., Lindmo, S., Marage, D., Marozas, V., Niemeyer, T., Paal, J., Pyšek, P., Roosaluste, E., Sadlo, J., Schaminée, J. H. J., Tyler, T., Verheyen, K., Wulf, M. & Vanneste, T., 16.05.2022, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 33, 3, 16 p., e13132.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Von Handelskonflikten zu Wirtschaftskriegen – über die fließenden ethischen Grenzen im Umgang mit Autokratien
Oermann, N. O., 16.05.2022, Wie soll die Wirtschaft mit Autokratien umgehen?. Russwurm, S. & Lang, J. (eds.). Freiburg i. Brsg. : Verlag Herder GmbH, p. 37-60 24 p. (Wirtschaft ist Gesellschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Neanderthals in changing environments from MIS 5 to early MIS 4 in northern Central Europe – Integrating archaeological, (chrono)stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental evidence at the site of Lichtenberg
Weiss, M., Hein, M., Urban, B., Stahlschmidt, M. C., Heinrich, S., Hilbert, Y. H., Power, R. C., von Suchodoletz, H., Terberger, T., Böhner, U., Klimscha, F., Veil, S., Breest, K., Schmidt, J., Colarossi, D., Tucci, M., Frechen, M., Tanner, D. C. & Lauer, T., 15.05.2022, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 284, 107519.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review