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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Unternehmen & Biodiversität: Biodiversität im unternehmerischen Immobilien- und Liegenschaftsmanagement
Heitepriem, N., 2012, Treffpunkt Biologische Vielfalt XI: Interdisziplinärer Forschungsaustausch im Rahmen des Übereinkommens über die biologische Vielfalt. Bonn - Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 137-142 6 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 309).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Unsustainability as a key source of epi- and pandemics: conclusions for sustainability and ecosystems accounting
Schaltegger, S., 15.12.2020, In: Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change. 16, 4, p. 613-619 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unsichtbare Gewalt: Geschlechter- und Machtverhältnisse im politischen Diskurs
Amri-Henkel, A., 09.2017, In: Forum Wissenschaft. 34, 3, p. 8-11 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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(Un)sichtbare Botschaften: Bilder im Diskurs um Agro-Gentechnik
Friedrich, B., Gottschlich, D. & Sulmowski, J. A., 2014, In: Gen-ethische Informationsdienst: GID. 30, 227, p. 27-29 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Gamm, F., Dall, M., Schranner, M., Höhne, B., Loschelder, D. D. & Trötschel, R., 2014, In: Die Wirtschaftsmediation. 2014, 1, p. 47-49 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unravelling deep roots in drylands: A systems thinking participatory approach to the SDGs
Aguiar, A. P. D., Collste, D., Cortés-Calderón, S., Sonetti-González, T., Alves-Martins, M., Castro, A. J., Diallo, A., Eriksson, K. M., Goffner, D., Harmáčková, Z. V., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Mancilla-García, M., Olofsson, V., Perez-Marin, A., Silva-Bezerra, F. G., Sinare, H. & Stragier, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Global Sustainability. 8Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Un progetto di ricerca e sviluppo come punto di partenza per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Stoltenberg, U. & Muraca, B., 2005, La Sostenibilità si può fare: la "vetrina per uno sviluppo sostenibile": un progetto innovativo per la comunicazione e lo sviluppo della sostenibilità. Stoltenberg, U., Muraca, B. & Nora, E. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 214-216 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Unprecedented long-term genetic monomorphism in an endangered relict butterfly species
Habel, J. C., Zachos, F. E., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Louy, D., Aßmann, T. & Schmitt, T., 12.2009, In: Conservation Genetics. 10, 6, p. 1659-1665 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Unlocking knowledge-policy action gaps in disaster-recovery-risk governance cycle: A governmentality approach
Ghosh, A. & Boyd, E., 01.10.2019, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 39, 101236.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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University-linked programmes for sustainable entrepreneurship and regional development: how, and with what impact?
Wagner, M., Hansen, E., Schaltegger, S. & Fichter, K., 01.02.2021, In: Small Business Economics. 56, 3, p. 1141-1158 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review