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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Uncharted risk measures for the management of sustainable mining
Watts, B. A., Zago, V. C. P., Gopakumar, L., Ghazaryan, K. & Movsesyan, H., 01.07.2023, In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 19, 4, p. 949-960 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Uncertainty in the river export modelling of pesticides and transformation products
Gassmann, M., Khodorkovsky, M., Friedler, E., Dubowski, Y. & Olsson, O., 01.2014, In: Environmental Modelling & Software. 51, p. 35-44 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Uncertainty and sustainability in the management of rangelands
Quaas, M., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K. & Müller, B., 20.04.2007, In: Ecological Economics. 62, 2, p. 251-266 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Uncertainty and sustainability in the management of rangelands
Quaas, M. F., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K. & Müller, B., 2008, Ecological economics: Vol. 2: Modeling coupled ecological-economic systems. Perrings, C. (ed.). Los Angeles, Calif. [u.a.]: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 229-260 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Umweltwissenschaften
Hofmeister, S. & Thiem, A., 2006, Gender-Aspekte bei der Einführung und Akkreditierung gestufter Studiengänge: eine Handreichung. Becker, R., Jansen-Schulz, B., Kortendiek, B. & Schäfer, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Dortmund: Koordinationsstelle Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW, p. 89-93 5 p. (Studien / Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Umweltverträglichkeitsuntersuchung von Offshore Windparks in der Deutschen Nord- und Ostsee: ein Baustein zum Coastal Energy Management
Runge, K., 2001, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Loseblattsammlung. Beck, H.-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. MüllerResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Umweltverschmutzung durch Licht: Die Ausweisung von Lichtschutzgebieten als Instrument zur Reduktion von Lichtimmissionen
Borchers, K. C. & Schomerus, T., 09.2015, In: Natur und Recht. 37, 9, p. 614-621 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Umwelt und Natur ge(nder)lesen, ge(nder)hört, ge(nder)sehen? Chancen geschlechtergerechter Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und gendersensibler Mediengestaltung in Natur- und Umweltschutz
Fischer, K., Grüning, J., Katz, C., Mayer, M. & Thiem, A., 2006, Bonn: Deutscher Naturschutzring , 20 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsthemen für die breite Masse: Nachhaltigkeit in Internetunternehmen
Kern, E., 2017, 47. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik 2017. Eibl, M. & Gaedke, M. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 1973-1984 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 275).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Umweltszene auf einem Auge blind? Workshop fördert Wahrnehmung von feministischer Forschung
Katz, C., 2002, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 1, p. 26 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research