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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Reconstruction of Past and Prediction of Future Benzo[a]pyrene Concentrations Over Europe
Bieser, J., Aulinger, A., Matthias, V. & Quante, M., 01.01.2014, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII: Environmental Security. Steyn, D., Builtjes, P. & Timmermans, R. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 59-63 5 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security; vol. 137).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Rekonstruktion pleistozäner und holozäner Landschafts- und Klimageschichte im nördlichen Mitteleuropa mithilfe limnisch-telmatischer und terrestrischer Sediment- und Bodenabfolgen
Urban, B., 2002, Geo 2002 - Planet Erde: Vergangenheit, Entwicklung, Zukunft: Programm und Kurzfassungen der Tagung vom 1.-5. Oktober 2002 in Würzburg . Niebuhr, B. (ed.). Hannover: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung, p. 336-337 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft; vol. 21).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Resource Allocation in Startup Teams: Exploring Entrepreneurial Coping with Radical Uncertainty during the Corona Pandemic
Yahyaoui, Y., Farny, S., Jakob, E. & Steinmetz, H., 14.06.2022, Frontiers of entrepreneurship research 2021: proceedings. Zacharakis, A. (ed.). MDPI AG, p. 331-334 3 p. (Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Role-Determined Information Needs of Sustainability Management Control
Schaltegger, S., Burritt, R., Zvezdov, D., Tingey-Holyoak, J. & 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.). edition gesowip, p. 129-131 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Rolling Out Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A New Set of Challenges for Sustainability Accounting
Zvezdov, D., 2011, Accounting for Climate Change: What and How to Measure. Csutora, M. & Kerekes, S. (eds.). Budapest: Corvinus University of Budapest, p. 259-262 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands mit Anmerkungen zur Gefährdung
Härdtle, W., 2000, Verzeichnis und Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands: Mit Datenservice auf CD-ROM. Referate und Ergebnisse des gleichnamigen Fachsymposiums in Bonn vom 30.06. - 02.07.2000. Rennwald, E. (ed.). Bonn - Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 393-592 200 p. (Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde; vol. 35).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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SALT - Situation-sensitive sustainable service and product alternatives: Vision, conceptual application & challenges
Trumm, D., Filler, A., Kern, E. & Naumann, S., 2015, 45. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik - INFORMATIK 2015: Informatik, Energie und Umwelt, Proceedings. Cunningham, D. W., Hofstedt, P., Schmitt, I. & Meer, K. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 355-364 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 246).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Saproxylic beetles in the Gartow region of Lower Saxony, a hotspot of invertebrate diversity in north-western Germany
Buse, J., Gürlich, S. & Aßmann, T., 2009, Saproxylic Beetles : Their role and diversity in European woodland and tree habitats; Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles. Buse, J., Alexander, K. N. A., Ranius, T. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 77-103 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Scaffolding guided inquiry-based chemistry education at an inclusive school
Klika, D. & Abels, S. J., 2016, Electronic Proceedings of the ESERA 2015 Conference: Science Education Research: Engaging learners for a sustainable future. Andrée, M. & Jimenez - Aleixandre, M. P. (eds.). University of Helsinki, Vol. Part 7. p. 1030-1037 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Slowing resource loops in the Circular Economy: an experimentation approach in fashion retail
Bocken, N. M. P., Miller, K., Weissbrod, I., Holgado, M. & Evans, S., 2019, Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2018: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (KES-SDM-18). Dao, D., Howlett, R. J., Setchi, R. & Vlacic, L. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 164-173 10 p. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; vol. 130).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review