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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'Homestory Deutschland' Schwarze Biografien in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Empowerment im Klassenraum (der Grundschule)
Golly, N., 2015, Wie Rassismus aus Schulbüchern spricht : Kritische Auseinandersetzung mit »Afrika«-Bildern und Schwarz-Weiß-Konstruktionen in der Schule – Ursachen, Auswirkungen und Handlungsansätze für die pädagogische Praxis. Marmer, E. & Sow, P. (eds.). Weinheim: Julius Beltz Verlag, p. 241-254 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Home range size and resource use of breeding and non-breeding white storks along a land use gradient
Zurell, D., von Wehrden, H., Rotics, S., Kaatz, M., Groß, H., Schlag, L., Schäfer, M., Sapir, N., Turjeman, S., Wikelski, M., Nathan, R. & Jeltsch, F., 12.06.2018, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6, JUN, 11 p., 79.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Homegarden management cannot compensate pollination deficiency to cucumbers in Indonesia
Motzke, I. & Klein, A.-M., 2013, Building Bridges in Ecology – Linking Systems, Scales and Disciplines: Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 83 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Holocene climatic and environmental history of the north-west German coastal area constructed from a 20 m section of the Garding-2 research drill core.
Proborukmi, M. S. & Urban, B., 2014, Abstract Book 9th European Palaeobotany - Palynology Conference. p. 220-221 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Hollow futures? Tree decline, lag effects and hollow-dependent species
Manning, A. D., Gibbons, P. G., Fischer, J., Oliver, D. L. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 08.2013, In: Animal Conservation. 16, 4, p. 395-403 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hochwasser- und Naturschutz in der nachhaltigen Regionalentwicklung: eine sozial-ökologische Perspektive auf die gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisse in der Region
Mölders, T. & Kruse, S., 2005, In: Umweltpsychologie. 9, 2, p. 30-49 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hochwasser- und Küstenschutz unter Klimawandelbedingungen als besonderes Aufgabengebiet von Partizipation und Kooperation
Grunenberg, H. & Knolle, M., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft : Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 167-185 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Hochwasser- und Küstenschutz in Deutschland
Brinkmann, B. & Heinrichs, H., 02.2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 501-522 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Hochschule und Nachhaltigkeit: Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Adomßent, M., 2010, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 33, 4, p. 33-34 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hochschulen und Nachhaltigkeit: ein internationaler Dialog
Franz-Balsen, A. & Adomssent, M., 01.09.2007, In: GAIA. 16, 3, p. 232-234 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research