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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Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration for a more sustainable agriculture – when does it work?
Velten, S., 2016, Social and technological transformation of farming systems: Diverging and converging pathways: Proceedings of the 12th European IFSA Symposium12th - 15th July 2016 at Harper Adams University, United Kingdom. Wilcox, A. & Mills, K. (eds.). Harper Adams University, Vol. 1. p. 779-800 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Collaboration between the natural, social and human sciences in Global Change Research
Holm, P., Goodsite, M. E., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., Agnoletti, M., Moldan, B., Lang, D. J., Leemans, R., Moeller, J. O., Buendía, M. P., Pohl, W., Scholz, R. W., Sors, A., Vanheusden, B., Yusoff, K. & Zondervan, R., 04.2013, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 28, Special Issue, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Coherence of European legal and structural conditions in water, wetland and flood risk management
Evers, M., 2009, HydroEco 2009: International multidisciplinary conference on hydrology and ecology : ecosystems interfacing with groundwater and surface water ; Proceedings. Bruthans, J., Kovar, K. & Nachtnebel, P. (eds.). 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Coherence in European Environmental Law with particular regard to the industrial emissions directive
Sanden, J., 2012, In: European Energy and Environmental Law Review. 21, 5, p. 220-238 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cognitive dissonance in sustainability scientists regarding air travel for academic purposes: A qualitative study
Schrems, I. & Upham, P., 01.03.2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 5, 14 p., 1837.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Coffee management and the conservation of forest bird diversity in southwestern Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Shumi, G., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2018, In: Biological Conservation. 217, 1, p. 131-139 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Co-Creation of Social Entrepreneurial Opportunities with Refugees
Harima, A. & Freudenberg, J., 02.01.2020, In: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 11, 1, p. 40-64 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Coastal Energy Management: Integration erneuerbarer Energieerzeugung an der Küste
Runge, K. (Editor), 2002, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 92 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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CO2-neutrales Unternehmen - was ist das?
Bode, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 19.10.2007, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 15, 4, p. 265-273 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review