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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Wirtschaftsethik: Vom freien Markt bis zur Share Economy
Oermann, N. O., 10.02.2015, 1 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag. 127 p. (C. H. Beck Wissen; vol. 2845)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Anständig Geld verdienen? Eine protestantische Wirtschaftsethik
Oermann, N. O., 2014, 1 ed. Freiburg: Herder Verlag. 389 p. (Herder Spektrum; vol. 6571)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Carbon Management Accounting and Reporting in Practice: A Case Study on Converging Emergent Approaches
Gibassier, D. & Schaltegger, S., 07.09.2015, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 6, 3, p. 340-365 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Evaluation of the toxic effects of four anti-cancer drugs in plant bioassays and its potency for screening in the context of waste water reuse for irrigation
Lutterbeck, C. A., Kern, D. I., Machado, Ê. L. & Kümmerer, K., 01.09.2015, In: Chemosphere. 135, p. 403-410 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The madrid statement on poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Blum, A., Balan, S. A., Scheringer, M., Trier, X., Goldenman, G., Cousins, I. T., Diamond, M., Fletcher, T., Higgins, C., Lindeman, A. E., Peaslee, G., Voogt, P. D., Wang, Z. & Weber, R., 01.05.2015, In: Environmental Health Perspectives. 123, 5, p. A107-A111 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland
Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Batáry, P., Kormann, U., Báldi, A., Dicks, L. V., Herzon, I., Kleijn, D., Tryjanowski, P., Apostolova, I., Arlettaz, R., Aunins, A., Aviron, S., Baležentiene, L., Fischer, C., Halada, L., Hartel, T., Helm, A., Hristov, I., Jelaska, S. D., Kaligarič, M., Kamp, J., Klimek, S., Koorberg, P., Kostiuková, J., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Kuemmerle, T., Leuschner, C., Lindborg, R., Loos, J., Maccherini, S., Marja, R., Máthé, O., Paulini, I., Proença, V., Rey-Benayas, J., Sans, F. X., Seifert, C., Stalenga, J., Timaeus, J., Török, P., van Swaay, C., Viik, E. & Tscharntke, T., 01.06.2015, In: Diversity and Distributions. 21, 6, p. 722-730 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning
John, B., Keeler, L. W., Wiek, A. & Lang, D. J., 01.11.2015, In: Cities. 48, p. 86 - 98 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Entwicklung von Instrumenten zur Vermeidung von Lebensmittelabfällen: Kurzfassung
Jepsen, D., Vollmer, A., Eberle, U., Fels, J. & Schomerus, T., 12.2014, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 23 p. (Umweltforschungsplan des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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A call for statistical editors in ecology
Von Wehrden, H., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 01.06.2015, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 30, 6, p. 293 - 294 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Einfluss der Bewirtschaftungsintensität auf die Wachstumsdynamik von Waldmeister-Buchenwäldern (Galio odorat-Fagetum)
Fichtner, A., 2009, Kiel: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg e. V. 150 p. (Mitteilungen der AG Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg; no. 66)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research