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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Gender Greenstreaming: Nachhaltig vielfältig dank der richtigen Brille
Thiem, A. & Fischer, K., 2007, In: Politische Ökologie. 104, Demografischer Wandel, p. 66-67 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries
Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Block, K., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Schmader, T., Croft, A., Sun, M. S., Ainsaar, M., Aarntzen, L., Adamus, M., Anderson, J., Atkinson, C., Avicenna, M., Bąbel, P., Barth, M., Benson-Greenwald, T. M., Maloku, E., Berent, J., Bergsieker, H. B., Biernat, M., Bîrneanu, A. G., Bodinaku, B., Bosak, J., Bosson, J., Branković, M., Burkauskas, J., Čavojová, V., Cheryan, S., Choi, E., Choi, I., Contreras-Ibáñez, C. C., Coogan, A., Danyliuk, I., Dar-Nimrod, I., Dasgupta, N., de Lemus, S., Devos, T., Diab, M., Diekman, A. B., Efremova, M., Eisner, L., Eller, A., Erentaite, R., Fedáková, D., Franc, R., Gartzia, L., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Gecaite-Stonciene, J., Germano, A. L., Giovannelli, I., Diaz, R. G., Gitikhmayeva, L., Gizaw, A. M., Gjoneska, B., González, O. M., González, R., Grijalva, I. D., Güngör, D., Sendén, M. G., Hall, W., Harb, C., Hassan, B., Hässler, T., Hawi, D. R., Henningsen, L., Hoppe, A., Ishii, K., Jakšić, I., Jasini, A., Jurkevičienė, J., Kelmendi, K., Kirby, T. A., Kitakaji, Y., Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Kozytska, I., Kulich, C., Kundtová-Klocová, E., Kunuroglu, F., Aidy, C. L., Lee, A., Lindqvist, A., López-López, W., Luzvinda, L., Maricchiolo, F., Martinot, D., McNamara, R. A., Meister, A., Melka, T. L., Mickuviene, N., Miranda-Orrego, M. I., Mkamwa, T., Morandini, J., Morton, T., Mrisho, D., Nikitin, J., Otten, S., Pacilli, M. G., Page-Gould, E., Perandrés, A., Pizarro, J., Pop-Jordanova, N., Pyrkosz-Pacyna, J., Quta, S., Ramis, T. S., Rani, N., Redersdorff, S., Régner, I., Renström, E. A., Rivera-Rodriguez, A., Rocha, S. T. E., Ryabichenko, T., Saab, R., Sakata, K., Samekin, A., Sánchez-Pachecho, T., Scheifele, C., Schulmeyer, M. K., Sczesny, S., Sirlopú, D., Smith-Castro, V., Soo, K., Spaccatini, F., Steele, J. R., Steffens, M. C., Sucic, I., Vandello, J., Velásquez-Díaz, L. M., Vink, M., Vives, E., Warkineh, T. Z., Žeželj, I., Zhang, X., Zhao, X. & Martiny, S. E., 01.12.2023, In: Political Psychology. 44, 6, p. 1163-1192 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gendered timescapes: gender, diversity, time and sustainability: a cloverleaf of questions (Kleeblatt von Themen) ; Antrittsvorlesung zur Gastprofessur "Gendered Timescapes" Sommersemester 2008 Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
Sabelis, I., 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Werkstattberichte Umweltstrategien).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Gendered Energy – Analytische Perspektiven und Potenziale der Geschlechterforschung für eine sozial-ökologische Gestaltung der Energiewende im Raum
Kanning, H., Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 30.06.2016, In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 74, 3, p. 213-227 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gender differences in knowledge, use, and collection of wild edible plants in three spanish areas
Acosta-Naranjo, R., Rodríguez-Franco, R., Guzmán-Troncoso, A. J., Pardo-De-santayana, M., Aceituno-Mata, L., Gómez-Melara, J., Domínguez-Gregorio, P., Díaz-Reviriego, I., González-Nateras, J. & Reyes-García, V., 01.03.2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 5, p. 1-16 16 p., 2639.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gender Curricula für Bachelor und Master: Umweltwissenschaften: weiter relevant für: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften
Hofmeister, S. & Thiem, A., 2011Research output: other publications › Contributions to online encyclopedia › Transfer
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Gender and (Un)Sustainability—Can Communication Solve a Conflict of Norms?
Franz-Balsen, A., 10.04.2014, In: Sustainability. 6, 4, p. 1973-1991 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gender & Environment
Mölders, T., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 91-96Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Gender als Qualitätsmerkmal in der Organisation von Natur- und Umweltschutzverbänden
Thiem, A., Fischer, K., Grüning, J., Katz, C. & Mayer, M., 2006, Bonn: Deutscher Naturschutzring , 16 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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Gemeinschaftliche Eigeninitiative im Bereich der Daseinsvorsorge : abfallrechtliche Subsidiarität als Anregung und Muster für die Förderung neuer, ziviler Organisationsformen bei der Erledigung öffentlicher Aufgaben
Meyer, J., 2003, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 303 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research