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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Fate of phenothiazine pharmaceuticals during Fenton process: experimental design optimization, assessment of transformation products and ready biodegradability
Wilde, M. L. & Kümmerer, K., 04.06.2014, Abstract book of the 2nd international conference on recycling and reuse: June 4-6, 2014-İstanbul/ Türkiye. Bekbölet, M., Selcuk, H., Kavurmaci, S. S., Aydin, I., Yüzer, B. & Yigit Hunce, S. (eds.). Boğaziçi University Press, p. 103-104 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Flexibility of industrial material flow networks
Möller, A. & Viere, T., 2003, Industrial ecology for a sustainable future: Abstract from the second ISIE conference 29.06 - 02.07.2003, University of Michigan. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), p. 39-40 2 p. (ISIE Conference).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Forest history as a base for dynamic naturalness
Westphal, C., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 2003, Biodiversity - from patterns to processes: 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie in Halle/Saale vom 8.-12.9.2003. . Göttingen: Die Werkstatt Verlag, p. 518 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 33).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Functional Involvement in Corporate Sustainability Management: Contribution of Corporate Functions to the Sustainable Development of Companies
Schaltegger, S., Harms, D., Windolph, S. E. & Hörisch, J., 2012, Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organisational Challenges: Proceedings of the 3rd International Sustainability Conference. Daub, C.-H., Burger, P., Scherrer, Y. M. & Frecè, J. T. (eds.). 1 ed. Basel: edition gesowip, p. 59 - 62 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Gemeinsam glücklicher: Optionen aus der Integration von Universitäten und Fachhochschulen für eine nachhaltigkeitsrelevante Lehre und Forschung
Adomßent, M. & Michelsen, G., 2005, Reflexionen der Psychologie: 100 Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Rammsayer, T. & Troche, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag, p. 57-58 2 p. (Politische Ökologie).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Gesellschaftlichen Wandel gestalten: Forschendes Lernen
Vilsmaier, U. & Prien-Ribcke, S., 2013, Forschendes Lernen Forum für gute Lehre : Konferenzbroschüre. Binas, E. & Mieg, H. A. (eds.). Fachhochschule Potsdam, p. 70-71 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Holocene climatic and environmental history of the north-west German coastal area constructed from a 20 m section of the Garding-2 research drill core.
Proborukmi, M. S. & Urban, B., 2014, Abstract Book 9th European Palaeobotany - Palynology Conference. p. 220-221 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Homegarden management cannot compensate pollination deficiency to cucumbers in Indonesia
Motzke, I. & Klein, A.-M., 2013, Building Bridges in Ecology – Linking Systems, Scales and Disciplines: Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 83 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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How do rhizobacterial volatiles influence root system architecture, biomass production and allocation of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon?
Delaplace, P., Ormeno-Lafuente, E., Nguyen, M., Delory, B., Baudson, C., Mendaluk - Saunier de Cazenave, M., Spaepen, S., Varin, S., Brostaux, Y. & du Jardin, P., 12.01.2016, 24th Plant & Animal Genome Conference, Brachypodium Genomics Workshop. Scherago International, 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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How Sustainability Accounting contributes to improved Information Management and Management Control
Zvezdov, D., 2012, 15th EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting: Environmental Management Accounting for a Sustainable Economy. Helsinki: Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences , p. 13 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review