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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Developing ESD-specific professional action competence for teachers: knowledge, skills, and attitudes in implementing ESD at the school level
Brandt, J.-O., Barth, M., Hale, A. & Merritt, E., 11.10.2022, In: Environmental Education Research. 28, 12, p. 1691-1729 39 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing Carbon Accounting: Between driving Carbon Reductions and Complying with a Carbon Reporting Standard
Gibassier, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2012, Sustainable Economy. Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences , 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Developing Carbon Accounting: Between Driving Carbon Reductions and Complying with a Carbon Reporting Standard
Gibassier, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 25 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Developing a Green Business Portfolio
Ilinitch, A. Y. & Schaltegger, S., 01.04.1995, In: Long Range Planning. 28, 2, p. 29-38 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developed materials for thermal energy storage: synthesis and characterization
Druske, M.-M., Fopah Lele, A., Korhammer, K., Rammelberg, H., Wegscheider, N., Ruck, W. & Schmidt, T., 01.01.2014, In: Energy Procedia. 61, p. 96-99 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Deutungsmuster von MINT-Lehrpersonen zu Forschendem Lernen
Koliander, B., Hofer, E. & Puddu, S., 2022, Unsicherheit als Element von naturwissenschaftsbezogenen Bildungsprozessen: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, Virtuelle Jahrestagung 2021 . Habig, S. & van Vorst, H. (eds.). Duisburg-Essen, Nürnberg: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, p. 272-275 4 p. (Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik; vol. 42).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Determination of vapor-phase PAH in ambient air
Kock, H. H., Ebinghaus, R., Heisterkamp, I., Rosenfeld, H. & Ruck, W., 2002, Transport and chemical transformation in the troposphere: Proceedings of EUROTRAC Symposium 2002. Midgley, P. & Reuther, M. (eds.). Weikersheim: Margraf Verlag, p. 671-673 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Determination of the octanol-air partition coefficients (KOA) of fluorotelomer alcohols
Thuens, S., Dreyer, A., Sturm, R., Temme, C. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.2008, In: Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 53, 1, p. 223-227 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determination of the construction and the material identity values of outside building components with the help of in-situ measuring procedures and FEM-simulation calculations
Beißner, E. & Eilering, S., 02.2009, In: Bautechnik. 86, 2, p. 94-98 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determination of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in water and suspended particulate matter in the river Elbe and North Sea, Germany
Ahrens, L., Plassmann, M., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 06.2009, In: Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China. 3, 2, p. 152-170 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review