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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Zeit für Systematik: Nachhaltigkeit zwischen Risiko- und Chancenmanagement
Schaltegger, S., 2013, In: OSCAR.trends. p. 46-50 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zeitforschung ist Nachhaltigkeitsforschung - Zeitpolitik ist Nachhaltigkeitspolitik: mit der Zeit Grenzen zwischen Forschungs- und Politikfeldern überschreiten ...
Hofmeister, S., 2003, Zeit für Zeitpolitik. Kirner, E. (ed.). Bremen: Atlantik-Verlag, p. 33-41 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zeit als Ressource im Recht
Bertram, A., 20.08.2024, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 362 p. (Fundamenta Juridica)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Zehn Jahre Wirtschaftsrecht nach dem Lüneburger Modell
Schomerus, T., 2004, In: Juristische Schulung. 44, 12, p. 1124 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zahlen statt nur Worte: Was nachhaltiges Controlling bewirken kann
Schaltegger, S. & Michalski, A. M., 2020, In: IM+io. 02, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Young people and sustainability: a relationship with a future?
Godemann, J., 2007, In: Unesco heute. 54, p. 74-77 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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‘You can't be green if you're in the red’: Local discourses on the production-biodiversity intersection in a mixed farming area in south-eastern Australia
Schaal, T., Jacobs, A., Leventon, J., Scheele, B. C., Lindenmayer, D. & Hanspach, J., 01.10.2022, In: Land Use Policy. 121, 106306.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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You Are Where You Eat: A Theoretical Perspective on Why Identity Matters in Local Food Groups
Poeggel, K., 23.02.2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 13 p., 782556.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Year-round cattle and horse grazing supports the restoration of abandoned, dry sandy grassland and heathland communities by supressing Calamagrostis epigejos and enhancing species richness
Henning, K., Lorenz, A., von Oheimb, G., Härdtle, W. & Tischew, S., 01.12.2017, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 40, p. 120-130 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ya'ar Bar'am - An old Quercus calliprinos forest of high nature conservation value in the Mediterranean region of Israel
Westphal, C., von Oheimb, G., Meyer-Grünefeldt, M., Tremer, N., Haerdtle, W., Levanony, T., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.12.2009, In: Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 57, 1-2, p. 13-23 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review