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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    "Werkzeuge" des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements

    Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C. & Klinke, T., 2007, Berufsbild CSR-Manager. Lenzen, E. & Fengler, J. (eds.). Münster, Westf: Macondo Verlag, p. 23-29 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Werkstattbericht: 10 Jahre Sustainability Leadership Forum

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2014, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 19 p. (CSM-Impulse; vol. 01/2014)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueTransfer

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    Wer gewinnt? Steigendes (DNP-)Anspruchsniveau an das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement

    Schaltegger, S., 28.03.2023, Das Nachhaltigkeitsbuch 2023. Schulze-Hausmann, S. & Bachmann, G. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V., p. 48-49 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

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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 contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

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    Wer berichtet, wird besser

    Schaltegger, S. & Qian, W., 2018, In: Controlling & Management Review. 62, 1, p. 48-51 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Wenn wir wüssten, was wir alles wissen! kollaboratives Wissensmanagement mit einem Wiki

    Barth, M. & Burandt, S., 2008, In: Praxis Geographie. 38, 6, p. 22-26 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Wenn Kinder sich ärgern: Emotionsregulierung in der Entwicklung

    Salisch, M., 2000, Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 323 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    We Need Qualitative Progress to Address the Food-Biodiversity Nexus: A Reply to Seppelt et al.

    Fischer, J., Abson, D. J., Bergsten, A., Collier, N. F., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Schultner, J. & Senbeta, F., 09.2017, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32, 9, p. 632-633 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch