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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Global assessment of the non-equilibrium theory of rangelands: Revisited and refined
Engler, J. O. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2018, In: Land Use Policy. 70, p. 479 - 484 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Global assessment of the non-equilibrium concept in rangelands
Wehrden, H. V., Hanspach, J., Kaczensky, P., Fischer, J. & Wesche, K., 03.2012, In: Ecological Applications. 22, 2, p. 393-399 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Global and regional probabilities of major nuclear reactor accidents
Engler, J. O., 01.09.2020, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 269, 7 p., 110780.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gleichstellung: gleichstellungspolitische Maßnahmen und Anreize für Klein- und Mittelbetriebe (KMU) am Beispiel von betrieblichen Verbundmodellen zur Frauenförderung
Mayer, M. & Horstkötter, I., 2003, In: Arbeitsrecht im Betrieb. 24, 2, p. 104-109 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Gläserne Energieversorgungsunternehmen? neue Pflichten nach dem geänderten Umweltinformationsrecht
Schomerus, T., 01.01.2007, Europa - Verfassung, Arbeit, Umwelt: liber amicorum Hartwig Donner . Heilmann, J. & Schubert, J. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 37-52 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Glancing into the Applied Tool Box: Surveying Operational Sustainability Accounting Practice
Schaltegger, S., Hörisch, J. & Harms, D., 2012, Abstracts. 15th EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting: in collaboration with the CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research Environmental Management Accounting for a Sustainable Economy. Helsinki: Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences , 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Give and take frames in shared-resource negotiations
Majer, J., Zhang, K., Zhang, H., Höhne, B. & Trötschel, R., 01.06.2022, In: Journal of Economic Psychology. 90, 20 p., 102492.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gibt es ein Wirtschaften jenseits von Wachstum? sozial-ökologische Perspektiven auf eine (re)produktive Ökonomie
Hofmeister, S. & Scurrell, B., 01.05.2006, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 21, 2, p. 20-21 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gewinner der Nachhaltigkeit: Sustainable Champions: Ansätze zur Analyse von Marktführern im Umweltbereich
Petersen, H., 08.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 57 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Gewalthaltige Bildschirmspiele: Auswahl und Wirkung am Anfang der Computerspielkarriere
Salisch, M., Kristen, A. & Oppl, C., 2008, Clash of Realities 2008: Spielen in digitalen Welten. Kaminski, W. & Lorber, M. (eds.). München: KoPäd Verlag, p. 119-132 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research