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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The Diversity of environmental justice: Towards a European Approach
Elvers, H.-D., Heinrichs, H. & Groß, M., 01.12.2008, In: European Societies. 10, 5, p. 835-856 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Discipline of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA): A Bibliometric Literature Review
Schaltegger, S., Gibassier, D. & Zvezdov, D., 2013, EMAN - EU 2013 Conference MATERIAL FLOW COST A CCOUNTING: CONFERENCE PROCEED INGS. Guenther, E. & Bergmann, A. (eds.). Dresden: TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The diffusion of sustainable family farming practices in Colombia: an emerging sociotechnical niche?
Ortíz, W. & Vilsmaier, U., 2016, International Sustainability Transitions Conference. p. 1 - 69 70 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The development of an eco-label for software products: A transdisciplinary process?
Kern, E., 2016, INFORMATIK 2016. Mayr, H. C. & Pinzger, M. (eds.). Bonn: Köllen Verlag, p. 1285-1296 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. P-259).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The development and function of anger in childhood and adolescence
von Salisch, M. & Saarni, C., 2011, Multiple facets of anger: Getting mad or restoring justice?. Pahlavan, F. (ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 81-102 22 p. (Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The depositional environments of Schöningen 13 II-4 and their archaeological implications
Stahlschmidt, M., Miller, C., Ligouis, B., Goldberg, P., Berna, F., Urban, B. & Conard, N. J., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 89, p. 71-91 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Democratic Capacity of Science Education Or: Is Inclusive Science Education the Contemporary Science Education?
Abels, S. & Wellensiek, A., 2018, Bildung gewinnt! Annelie Wellensiek zum Gedenken. Hohenester-Pongratz, B. & Kollmann, F. (eds.). Heidelberg: Mattes Verlag, p. 173-184 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The delay vector variance method and the recurrence quantification analysis of energy markets
Fianu, E. S., 31.03.2016, In: International Journal of Energy and Statistics. 4, 1, 31 p., 1650001.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The dark triad and corporate sustainability: An empirical analysis of personality traits of sustainability managers
Pelster, M. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2022, In: Business Ethics, Environment and Responsibility. 31, 1, p. 80-99 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The cuticular profiles of Australian stingless bees are shaped by resin of the eucalypt tree Corymbia torelliana
Leonhardt, S., Wallace, H. M. & Schmitt, T., 08.2011, In: Austral Ecology. 36, 5, p. 537–543 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review