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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Der UNESCO Chair „Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung"
Michelsen, G., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 161-166 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Der Übergang ins Postfossile Zeitalter- Übersehene Knappheiten
Kümmerer, K., 01.2012, In: Tutzinger Blätter. B 13829, 1, p. 13-14 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Top-Runner-Ansatz als Instrument zur Steigerung der Endenergieeffizienz bei energiebetriebenen Produkten
Schomerus, T., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht. 6, 3, p. 130-137 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Der Sustainable Economic Value von sozialer Nachhaltigkeit und Umweltmanagement: Konzept und empirische Anwendung
Wagner, M., 2007, Corporate Social Responsibility. Müller, M. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 229-245 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Stoff, der in der Zukunft ist: Zur Verbindung von ökologischer Stoffwirtschaft und Zeitpolitik
Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 57/58, p. 46-49 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Der schnelle Anstieg des Grundwassers nach Starkregen
Wittenberg, H., Aksoy, H. & Miegel, K., 06.2020, In: Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. 64, 2, p. 66-74 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Der Scheidige Gelbstern (Gagea spathacea): Schutzstrategien für eine Verantwortungsart in Deutschland
Fichtner, A., Jansen, D., Härdtle, W., Matthies, D., Arnold, V., Erfmeier, A., Hemke, T., Lütt, S., Schmidt, M., Sturm, K., von Oheimb, G., Wiebe, C. & Ohse, B., 02.2022, In: Natur und Landschaft. 97, 2, p. 71-77 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Der „reflective practicioner“: Leitfigur oder Kategorienfehler einer reflexiven Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung?
Leonhard, T. & Abels, S. J., 2017, Reflexive Lehrerbildung revisited : Traditionen - Zugänge - Perspektiven. Berndt, C., Häcker, T. & Leonhard, T. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 46-55 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Der rechtliche Rahmen für die Umsetzung eines Pumpspeicherwerks im Elbe-Seitenkanal
Maly, C., Meister, M. & Stecher, M., 2015, Pumpspeicher an Bundeswasserstraßen: Technische, wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen am Beispiel des Elbe-Seitenkanal. Degenhart, H., Schomerus, T. & Schulz, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, p. 41-75 35 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der neue Lehrplan Chemie für die Sekundarstufe I
Hofer, E., Lembens, A. & Spitzer, P., 2023, In: Chemie & Schule. 38, 1, p. 20-23 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer